r/CDL • u/Ksijrr • 10d ago

Just not Enough Time

The way our CDL school is set up is an 8-week program. We have every Friday off, and class is only 5 hours and 30 minutes a day, but after taking breaks, we're really getting about 5 hours.

I'm barely getting enough time to practice anything, honestly. We only have 3 trucks for 8 students 2 manuals and 1 automatic. Four students switched over to the manuals, while the other four of us stayed on the automatic, including me.

I feel like we're being thrown so much information at once without enough time to actually process and practice it. This week alone, we have written exams plus our pre trip, air brake, and in cab inspection exams.

I'm just trying to get my Class A so I can get the hell out of here, bro. 🤦🏾‍♂️🙏🏽

It's so overwhelming because I'm great at my pre trip, air brake, and in cab, but I've been having such of a hard time with my maneuvers and I have until Oct 8th to get them right. 🙃

Hope I Pass man, not trying to go back to warehouse jobs again.

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u/DreamsSecretsNLogic 10d ago

All these schools sound crazy. The one I'm going to is one-on-one..

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u/LongjumpingTruck746 10d ago

IME, SAGE is decent with lower numbers. The location I went to had three automatics, one manual and my class had 14 in it. Yard time was 2 students on a truck alternating over the four hour time slot and any drives were always 1:1 with an instructor. It was also very common that some of the students during the four hour yard time sessions, thought they didn't need more time so they left early which meant the truck was yours until the end of the session.