Jeff from Apex CDL Institute demonstrates the newly adopted Class A CDL test range skills now required by AAMVA and FMCSA for 2024. Check with your state to see if they have adopted the new CDL test model
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@JamesFranssen4 ай бұрын
I want to thank you for your videos! I passed my Class A CDL final test today and now I am a proud owner if a Class A license. I've viewed hundreds of videos to help me through the process and yours has informed me the most and is the most professional of all of the other videos. Thanks again! Your videos are the best.
@hooksettatv75882 ай бұрын
Who u working with now days
@JamesFranssenАй бұрын
@@hooksettatv7588 I haven't applied for any driving companies yet. I am currently working on an Augmented Reality instructional experience for the Pre-Trip inspection part of the CDL test. Taking the class made me think this would be a good idea. I have one CDL college interested in what I have to offer after I showed them a prototype. If nothing comes of this I might start driving next year.
@LataushaTheAuthor5 ай бұрын
As he was doing this I wish I could see his steering wheel. That would help us a lot.
@fabian4095Ай бұрын
Where’s the in cab camera to show wat he was doing.
@DaddyBeetleАй бұрын
need more of this, commenting for the algorithm, I'm preparing myself to take the Class A CDL test! I appreciate the video and insight Apex CDL!
@Hery6313 ай бұрын
Me watching the whole thing like i don’t have a CDL. 😁 These videos helped a lot while I was working on getting it.
@kim7011491Ай бұрын
When doing offset right just remember Lionel=Left Richie=Right Sings=Straight Really=Right Loud=Left It will get you in the box if your tandems tires are in place by the first set of cones
@blugrace62984 ай бұрын
I'm getting ready to get my class A CDL through the technician college here in Salt Lake City Utah and I want you to know that in order for me to prepare and become familiar with all the concepts you teach, watching you teach has been much easier for me and I think that your videos are the most informative and the best out there! You have the best communication skills. You're the most thorough at the way you explain things it is very easy to understand. You're a great instructor I'm sure you're students at your school value your expertise. Thanks again for all the good content and wisdom that you're passing along and sharing with us all in the truck driving world.
@jasonshimkus61395 ай бұрын
Thank you for these videos! Todays date is march 3rd 2024. I start my cdl school April 1st at TDI in Sanford, Florida. My plan is to watch each of your updated videos at least once daily. So ill be giving your videos(more inportantly the update pretrip video) at least 30 views each just myself. Ill also share your videos with the other students in my class as well!
@mustangbuslady2 ай бұрын
This is great. I Train in Texas and your video is the first I have seen on the new version! Of course I train Class B w/ School bus & Passenger but it is basically the same. Great job on your explanation!
@brandonjones152Ай бұрын
I have class A and drive class B , the combination vehicle is not the same at all . Trust me .
@mustangbuslady7 күн бұрын
@@brandonjones152 I know that the trailer adds a more difficult aspect. By saying "basically the same" I meant the skills and points
@TemporalMatador14 күн бұрын
Left right, straighten out, right left. That's the easiest way to start. Use pull-ups to fix any trouble you get yourself in. You have two free ones, and any further apparently only costs a point. Points are a resource. I'm testing next week and I have full confidence I can do this maneuver, not only because of practice but because I understand the angles needed to set myself up properly and also the understanding of how the tractor pushes the kingpin at the fifth wheel, which pushes the trailer along it's rotation point at the rear tandem axle.
@hondaracer31526 күн бұрын
Sir, your videos are absolutely the best. Thank you for the free help that you are providing us. You are a great teacher.
@deerefarmer72357 ай бұрын
thanks greatly for your new videos. well, that last maneuver on the back up is just like a parallel park but now have the fourth side is limited. wow. that will be the tough part. i passed the parallel park several years ago but this will make it even tighter. i totally see the other improvements in the test but requiring that one is hard to understand. realize you guys don't make the rules. thanks again for your new videos. they are very helpful.
@Apexcdl7 ай бұрын
Yes, you are correct, its basically a parallel park. If a student does it like we teach, that drivers side cone doesnt even come into play.
@davidgoodman87307 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing and helping the next generation guys.
@mikelogan99CDLClassAskillstest2 ай бұрын
Your drivers demonstration on the forward offset seemed to miss the mark when you said it’s required to drive the passenger side trailer tires between the mark and the cone. I guess the object is to try to not go too far out and that’s what it looked like happened in your example. Your truck was highlighted outside that area.
@91rusАй бұрын
Thank You!
@arynpittaway97903 ай бұрын
Great job with all your videos Jeff. You teach much in the same manner as I do. I can appreciate your professionalism and I can tell that you put Safety first. If I was ever in Kansas, I would want to stop by your school just to sit in on some of your classes to learn more. "One person only knows everything, until they find a person that knows more than them!" Can't wait to watch your Range skills training. Question: Do you think that it would be easier to test in a pup trailer (better for on road) or a 53" given that the backing portion is a longer distance...keeping the 28-32' straight might be tougher...Thoughts?
@ComicJoker5 ай бұрын
Good educational video it’s helping me get a better understanding of the maneuvers for my test day
@brandonjones152Ай бұрын
These look challenging
@ijustwannabeadrummerАй бұрын
lol it is!
@TRSEnterprises-zw8doКүн бұрын
The outer tire/wheel was within the boundary - and that is all that is required (Not the Entire Tandems). So what he did was close to perfect.
@goddessboxx20775 күн бұрын
Extremely Helpful Thanx✨✨✨
@michaelpereira89377 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot Jeff and Ricky. Great video. Mike.
@sammymonstar535828 күн бұрын
Doing these maneuvers right now and they are challenging because they are combining the offset and Parallel back at the same time so really it’s just tricky at the pivot comes
@AmirKhan-tz4cy3 ай бұрын
I just subscribed this channel this guy looks professional 👍 , I’ll be getting my cdl A license soon .
@claytonTass-bk6bt7 ай бұрын
Thank you brother by sharing good lessons however we waiting to see the how part of maneuvering trick
@elizabethjurado50807 ай бұрын
Yes please
@raumir704 ай бұрын
Make another with using a steering wheel camera.
@lorrainescott33712 ай бұрын
Yes please this would help so much
@levimiller40607 ай бұрын
Thank you! God bless
@MrTk69696 ай бұрын
They shouldnt have made it easier but should have added more maneuvers especially alley docks and truck stop parkings and pull outs
@themanwithamission6 ай бұрын
Hello guys, thank you so much for the video! I run a school in Tampa, FL, would you guys be able to put the dimensions of all of these maneuvers in the comments or the description of the video? Thank you in advance!
@ijustwannabeadrummerАй бұрын
Yo whats the name of your school?
@passionforguns4 ай бұрын
Great video!
@videos86016 ай бұрын
Thank you
@LoLo-yp1yo7 ай бұрын
Where can I find the cone layout for this new skills test and would this be the same for a dump truck with pointless hitch?
@darrylbaber63295 ай бұрын
The skills test layout is in the dmv manual
@Nin.fudud-5 ай бұрын
Thanks
@RebecaMontez-wp6mk3 ай бұрын
Do you have an informational video like this but for a school bus?
@dinganindhlovu85516 ай бұрын
Is this what all states test or it varies with the state you are in?
@ijustwannabeadrummerАй бұрын
I think so. I think it's FMCSA so under DOT which is federal. Might be small differences in the different states. In Florida it's the same exact with the same point systems. 5 points if you miss the forward and stop. 2 points for encroachments. Auto fail if you don't stop the rear bumper in the box on the final maneuver!
@marydavtian34942 ай бұрын
Is it the same testing for California?
@Alexkpianist6 ай бұрын
Is it hard to drive these kinds of truck?
@oscarmoses10712 ай бұрын
I never seeing the wheels turn on the off set
@user-lg4mc9qy2r5 ай бұрын
Wait to you got to Ally dock to a dock your going to have a lot of things hit
@adriandutchin78893 ай бұрын
Wow 👌
@oscarmarquez7295Ай бұрын
California ?
@RedRedred-ld4pb7 ай бұрын
Are you licensing by the DMV?
@Apexcdl7 ай бұрын
We are licensed 3rd party examiners by the State of Kansas. So yes, we perform the CDL exam on property.
@CDLHUSTLE976 ай бұрын
does colorado have this test?
@REZZ58116 ай бұрын
Yes I'm currently in school I can verify his on point. I'm attending sage trucking school in Grand junction.
@OKCsmokin_4205 ай бұрын
I think this is a federal test so yes I believe so
@tsm19753 ай бұрын
I take my exam tomorrow and I’ll be driving an automatic Freightliner day cab that I’ve had barely any practice in. I’m most nervous about hitting my mark on the forward stop. I want to go the speed Ricky is going. If I just place it in drive without acceleration will I creep along like that? I’m worried about going too fast or the truck inadvertently stopping.
@Everysingletimeowitz3 ай бұрын
Did you pass?
@tsm19753 ай бұрын
I passed. I did end up over anticipating the forward stop and came about an inch short. My heart sank getting those 5 points. But, I was determined to pass on my first exam. After completing the straight back and forward offset with no problem I think my examiner told me I had gained some points back but I wasn’t exactly sure what he meant. Would you know? I didn’t know you could get points taken off. Anyway, I then completed the reverse offset with 1 point (a third pull up). I was relieved when he got into the passenger seat and said “Let’s go for a ride”.
@SuperPoshposh4 ай бұрын
This industry is Not profitable anymore
@Apexcdl2 ай бұрын
Thats a completely incorrect statement. Its a changing landscape, the ways of making money have changed, just like the entire economy. But there is still so much money to be made in this industry.
@gypsywest6636 ай бұрын
Your mud flaps are in the wrong position they should be positioned within 6 inches of the trailer tires
@renesanchez22105 ай бұрын
I was taught 8 inches
@eded247 ай бұрын
Because of thr idiots on the road now they have to test then how to drive forward
@Apexcdl7 ай бұрын
They always should have. Off-tracking of the trailer is one of the leading causes of low-speed truck accidents. And it happens to drivers with years of experience.