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Haggis for Breakfast

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6. Anyone know how much a CDL costs these days ?

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 18, 2018, 08:24 PM

Nov 2018

Is it the same from state-to-state ? Is going to a school and graduating a requirement in the US ?

It's not an easy life. Schedules can be really tight (if you work for someone else) and I have heard that delays can cost the driver. The insurance is high. The cost of gas can be an issue. Weather can work against the driver. It seems there can be a lot of contributing factors that create obstacles to this kind of livelihood.

Plus - and maybe I see more of this because of where I live - that the big rigs get pulled over by state troopers a LOT.

All this aside, saying that this is a way toward making millions is something only the delusional will believe.

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