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Chaps2018

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  1. Excellent thread, we have a huge skylight in our new rig and are expecting it to be too hot in the South Texas heat. Was planning to fill the empty cavity with pink insulation ☹️ if it gets too hot. I do appreciate the confirmation of my first choice and the additional measures such as painting it or covering with eternabond should that not work out.
  2. Just completed my Texas Class A Except Requirements and wanted to thank you for providing this extremely valuable reference thread for the subject. All of you have brought clarity to the state requirements and captured the tactical guidance necessary to achieve the licence. I would like to add my piece of guidance to the list. I took my written and driving skills test at the Hempstead, TX location. My experience was as outlined in this thread (ie, initial confusion/call to supervisor). Once the test was complete, they scheduled my appointment on the spot (Driving test queue was 5 weeks). Online scheduling tools did not work when I tried them. My skills test experience summary: Arrive 15 min before test time Insurance verification Examiner looked at truck door sticker and trailer yellow sticker (assume to confirm GCWR met requirments for Class A (>26k# GVWR, trailer >10k#) Lights/horn verification Explanation of test (no tricks, plenty of time to execute requests, scoring, driver is responsible for traffic laws, etc). Probably one of the most significant things the examiner stated was the purpose of the test: "... to have the driver demonstrate they can make the rig do what is required in a safe, legal manner...." Backup: straight line 60 feet. Plenty of room Leaving the facility: there was a very low branch and tough turn coming out of the EXIT lane. The examiner directed me to exit the site through the ENTRANCE lane. (I was relieved due to low hanging branch...) Quick 20min drive (multiple turns, lane changes, highway entrance/exit). Important items: lane positioning (using both mirrors), turn signals until the entire rig is in the new lane, stopping on the white line/crosswalk, head turns to look before entering intersection, following distance, cornering/curbs No pre-trip inspection, no brake tests, etc
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