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About to enter closing on my first house. Excited.
TripleDigitRide replied to mav's topic in General Chat
:lol: Congrats on the new home. I am taking a break from preparing our floors for hardwood. I'm too fat for this crap. I'm about to start painting and staining roughly 150' of shoe molding. Hopefully, by the time I get finished with that, it will have cooled down a few degrees so I can mow the lawn. Our yard isn't very big, so I can usually push mow it in about 45 minutes. -
Troubling news for the Trayvon Martin camp
TripleDigitRide replied to DaveS's topic in 2A Legislation and Politics
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I wish i could find a job that paid as well as my current one, but didn't require a CDL. I love my job, but the BS that comes along with a CDL is a royal PITA. I hope to be able to move onto something else one of these days.
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If i remember correctly, the DMV charges about $50 for your CDL. There is an additional fee (few bucks) for the tanker endorsement, Just hope you don't have to get a HAZMAT endorsement. It's much like getting your HCP. Finger prints, background check, expensive...
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Well, then I would disregard my advice until you find out the procedure for that. It may be what has been explained here, but it very well may be slightly different.
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I have no idea what "57 restriction permitted" means. I've never heard of that. I did a quick Google search, and came up with nothing.
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Class A is the big dog, truck and trailer.
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You'd think they would provide the training for you. If you have to pay for a CDL training course, expect to pay $3000-$5000, last i checked. That was several years ago, but I suspect it hasn't dropped that much, if at all.
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To determine which type of CDL (A or B) you'll need, you need to know what type of truck you'll be driving. Class A: Any combination (truck and trailer) of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GWVR) of 26,001 or more pounds, provided the GVWR of the vehicle(s) being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds. Class B: Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing a vehicle not in excess of 10,000 pounds GVWR.
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The truck driving schools are usually only 3-4 weeks long, but they aren't cheap. My father was an owner-operator, so I had access to a truck and instructor. The problem is, without going through a CDL training school, finding anyone to hire you is nearly impossible these days. Because of insurance restrictions, 99.99% of trucking companies require drivers to have completed a CDL training course or have a minimum of six months to one year of verifiable experience. Your company isn't giving you a reason for this hassle?
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If that's the case, you will have to find someone with a truck or go to a truck driving school.
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As far as the physical goes, they are becoming more strict. The big thing now is Sleep Apnea. They use your hght, weight, BMI, blood pressure, etc. to determine if you need to be tested for Sleep Apnea. Based on memory, they check your vision (simple chart), hearing (whisper from a few feet away), urine (sugar, protein, drugs, etc.). They usually have you bend over and touch your toes, check for hernia, and I've even had a couple of them make me jog in place for 1 minute. No one has asked me to do that during the last few I've had. It's actually pretty basic.
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56FordGuy gave some good info. Unless you already know how to drive a truck and don't need experience, you will need to first go take the written test for your permit. Once you have your permit, you can drive with a licensed CDL holder. Once you're confident that you can pass both the driving and pre-trip inspection portions of the test, you will need to schedule an appointment at your local drivers licence testing center (not all centers do CDL testing), or you can pay a 3rd party (truck driving school) to give you the tests. That's what i did. If you will be driving a tanker, you will need to take an additional test for the tanker endorsement.
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:rofl: Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saw a photo of that van on the local news. A possible connection to the disappearance of several lot lizards in the east Tennessee area.
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That's some awesome news. Congratulations! You deserve it.
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Troubling news for the Trayvon Martin camp
TripleDigitRide replied to DaveS's topic in 2A Legislation and Politics
I hope they do riot. Then I hope the riots result a handful of Rodney King style beatdowns so we can hear more from Al and Jessie. They've been far too quiet. -
Is the upper a flat top?
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Yes, there are plenty of low-profile gas blocks for heavy/bull barrels. I had one made by Troy, and another by Midwest Industries.
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Get a free-floating handguard that's long enough for your optic and back up sights. That shouldn't be hard to do with such along barrel. I'm not a fan of exposed gas blocks, but that's just me. I like low profile gas blocks that are under the handguard.
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Congrats! You can - and likely will - customize it to your own liking. Enjoy!
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Troubling news for the Trayvon Martin camp
TripleDigitRide replied to DaveS's topic in 2A Legislation and Politics
How is that even possible? What makes calling someone something vulgar any different that using a racial slur? At any rate, y'all are nitpicking my post in order to ignore the point I made. Folks are prosecuted all the time for shooting a person in a place they have a legal right to be and aren't breaking any laws. The point I'm making here is INTENT. If your intent is to provoke an attack or violent behavior in order to use your weapon in self defense it doesn't matter how many times they bounce your head off the pavement. Nitpicking? Not only are you using poor analogies, you're also implying that you somehow had the power to read Zimmerman's mind during the time ofbthe incident. There is zero proof, anywhere, that Zimmerman had the intent to engage in a physical altercation with Martin. If I hear a noise in my backyard and go outside to investigate, this doesn't mean I am doing so with the intent to do anything other than find out what's going on. Once there, if I am put in the position to defend my life, property or family, I will take the necessary measures. There are ZERO facts to back up any claims that Zimmerman intended on physically harming Martin in any way, shape or form. None. You can presume and assume all you want, but the facts [as we know them to be] speak for themselves. If you consider him guilty, it's souly based on emotion and the fact that you may have handled the situation differently. If you are comfortable with the justice system operating in such a fashion, let's hope you are never in the position to be judged by a group of your peers who would have chosen to handle any given situation differently than yourself. Or you could convince yourself that you'd never find yourself in such position. I have no problem with someone having an opinion opposite of my own, but please back it up with some facts. Afterall, this is a situation where a man's freedom is at stake. I, for one, do not take such a situation lightly, even if I have no dog in the hunt. We also must not forget, law enforcement initially concluded that not only did Zimmerman not commit a crime when shooting Martin, he also did not commit a crime leading up to the shooting. As far as I know, they still are not claiming he was guilty of a crime leading up to the shooting. To me, it seems this case wouldn't even be going to trial, had it not been for the emotional outcry from the community. Had Martin been gunned down on his way home from the store by some gangbanger on the street corner, we wouldn't even know his name. -
Troubling news for the Trayvon Martin camp
TripleDigitRide replied to DaveS's topic in 2A Legislation and Politics
Gee...that one may have been my best post ever! ROTFLMAO It made the most sense. :p