Don't forget the airbrake test. This is a separate test from the CDL test, and you have to pass both.
DO NOT DRIVE THE TEST VEHICLE TO THE TEST BY YOURSELF- You must take a licensed CDL driver with you.
I believe that all of the 900 series cargos fall under the 26,000 lb limit empty. You only need the CDL if you plan on loading it more than the 26,000lb limit. You DO NEED an airbrake endorsement to drive any 900 series vehicle.
The pretrip will be the hard part. You have to know all the subsystems of the vehicle, and their purpose. It goes something like this:
This is a headlight, this vehicle is equipped with two of them. THe headlight has two positions, high and low. The headlights are firmly mounted, clean, and appear to be aimed correctly. I will now enter the vehicle, and check for proper operation of the headlights(click the high beam switch). My headlights are now on bright, the Highbeam indcator is lit, and both highbeams are working. This is my left hand turn signal and parking lamp. It is clean, firmly mounted and appears to be working properly..... and so on and so forth.
I have to pretrip one tractor, and up to 4 dollies, and 8 trailers a night. I can just about do it in my sleep.
DO NOT DRIVE THE TEST VEHICLE TO THE TEST BY YOURSELF- You must take a licensed CDL driver with you.
I believe that all of the 900 series cargos fall under the 26,000 lb limit empty. You only need the CDL if you plan on loading it more than the 26,000lb limit. You DO NEED an airbrake endorsement to drive any 900 series vehicle.
The pretrip will be the hard part. You have to know all the subsystems of the vehicle, and their purpose. It goes something like this:
This is a headlight, this vehicle is equipped with two of them. THe headlight has two positions, high and low. The headlights are firmly mounted, clean, and appear to be aimed correctly. I will now enter the vehicle, and check for proper operation of the headlights(click the high beam switch). My headlights are now on bright, the Highbeam indcator is lit, and both highbeams are working. This is my left hand turn signal and parking lamp. It is clean, firmly mounted and appears to be working properly..... and so on and so forth.
I have to pretrip one tractor, and up to 4 dollies, and 8 trailers a night. I can just about do it in my sleep.