Daly's Truck Driving School

I started school at Daly’s Truck Driving School on Monday. The facility is fantastic modern building and a very large practice range. So far the instructors have been great. Our instructor is a master instructor with many years of driving experience. He does a great job making the general knowledge, combinations and air brake instruction interesting. He also gives us a lot of insight into the trucking business. He has old school values and tells it like it is. For the remainder of the week we will cover log books, FMCSA, retest on the required basics and take our permit test. Next week we start practicing the required DDS maneuvers on the yard. From what I have seen they will go the extra mile to prepare you to pass the CDL test. Today we also received our packets containing applications for pre-hires. Will keep everyone informed on how it is going.

 

You are correct on the website. School is located in Buford, GA not far from the Mall of Georgia that offers plenty of lodging and eateries. The program is 3 weeks plus CDL testing. Our class is 12 students. There is plenty of equipment on the yard. Student teams are made up of 4 students per instructor for behind the wheel training

Good luck on school, hope to see you soon on the road.

 

We have finished up General Knowledge, Combinations and Airbrakes. We did reviews today prior to getting permits tomorrow afternoon. We spent part of the day doing log books and finished up with a FMCSA open book test. Tomorrow prior to going to the DDS for permits we are going on the yard for a coupling demo. We then start next week on maneuvers for the road test. I already have a Class "B" so I only need to take the combination test. So Far So Good. Also started filling out applications for the pre-hires. So far the hardest part is deciding who to send applications to. We have had three recruiters come in this week, Swift, TransAm and CT Transportation. CT is a flatbed company out of Florida and Georgia. I really didn't think I wanted to do flatbed at my age but the pay and home time is tempting me. CT is part of the ComCar group and they have about four different carriers that work in and out of the same yards. You can easily transfer between the companies. (Flatbed, Line Haul, Tanker and Refrigerator plus an owner operator division.)