Spardo:
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My total admiration goes out to you, Coffee and Montana, I haven’t a clue what this bloke is on about. Perhaps I’ve been talking French too long.
Can’t honestly make head nor tales of it really David, hence my absence from the debate 
Perhaps some will see why we chose to return to the UK for a couple of years to allow the kids a fighting chance at "Education
bobthedog:
But can’t you see that this is a fiddle? Don’t you see that this, given the general nervousness in America, is a surefire way to get deported and never allowed back? How is it a fiddle? to go to work for a company that req them to have a CDL alot of them want them to be able to haul thing from one job site to the otherWhat people need is an idea how to do it properly, as I try to give them ideas for coming here. They need to know that they can land and start working legally and without the fears that so many from the UK have had when they have worked in the US.
go to the company and talk to them you can get them to hire you faster in a smaller town then in a big one they will see that u really want to work and hope u will stay around the small town to help it grow i know 3 people from the u.k that did it and they are there 100% LEGALLY small town people will help more on geting a green card then people in big citys do you understand how hard it is to find a driver in smaller towns that really want to be there
And this doesn’t answer what was asked. You say you can pull a trailer in the UK with a Peterbilt. A 244" is fairly short, yet is still the same length as a 6 wheeled rigid in the UK. Add a 45’ curtainsider to that and you will be at least 8’ overlength.well u are half right about it still need to drop some of it off,and in not driving the pete any more im driving a old blue dafAlso, there is no way a US CDL is valid to drive a heavy vehicle commercially, not even a light vehicle, in fact. Not legally, anyway. Coffee put the link up for all to see.
well wonder how im doing it ■■?, lets see so your telling me that a company cannt hire you in the u.k and driver with a cdl? well i better tell my boss wonder if he is still up■■? didnt say how many lorry company in the u.k that has trucks reg some where eles but drives them here in the u.k…coz from what i got from the dvla is as long as it is not G.B reg then i can drive it
im saying go to a small town.coz they wud help you more im not saying do it illlegally go to a small town and see what they have to offer i do know that if they like u they wud go out of there way to help get you and there familys legally.
o one more thing i wudnt say u came back to give your kids a edacation in england when your puting me down each time coz i went to 2nd school here in england this is not my 1st time over here.
But you are still misunderstanding me. Firstly, I don’t care how many times you have been there or whether or not you went to school there. I am not putting you down, either. But you are saying that people should go to a small town and get a job, but that what they are doing is not strictly above board. You say to get a job in a builders yard and drive their truck. That is nothing short of a fiddle.
Now given the general climate in the USA, where some people think that Canadians all live in igloos and where there is snow all year round, and where they have a huge movement demanding that US citizens get preference over anyone else when it comes to work, etc., that is unsafe and unwise.
If you are allowed to do it in the UK then all power to your elbow. It does not work that way in the US because your only immediate neighbours are either Mexico, and we all know how much Americans love them, or Canada.
I can drive in the US on my Canadian licence, and the US drivers can drive here on their US licences, thanks to NAFTA and the fact that to say otherwise would be stupid. But the UK has all those wonderful EU states as neighbours, so if the truck is registered in Holland but based in the UK then that, in itself, is illegal.
Just because nothing gets done doesn’t make it any better or safer, does it? It certainly doesn’t make it right. Maybe those of us that question your statements do so because we like things to be right and legal.
I am getting a little bored of going around in circles. When I get down to the US next, I shall ask for a copy of the regs and scan them onto the site, just for you.
I think that there is some miss-understanding as to why i say to work for a builder i was just using that as example. What i was meaning is some of the driver has more to offer. Like i met 4 driver that used to work on reefers ok so if they went to a small town and wanted to driver and told them they cud also do the reefer if it went down. 1 thing it also called a skilled person. So who would they be more willing to help just a driver or one that can do both drive i’m not saying they can drive on there hgv for more then the law will allow like you said every state have there own laws and no 2 laws are alike just coz its good for one state don’t mean its good for all states one. But what i’m saying is if someone wanted to go there to live is go to a small town to get a job and have them to fill out the paper work to help them get what it takes to get every thing legal. Or find one that would like to have a partner the reason i’m saying this is I found so much in trucking over here in England that could help out in the usa like the small reefers i’m not going to go into this much coz i’m looking for someone to help me a little more with them my self. But if you been to the states and I believe you have then you know your self we don’t have them small reefers like here in England so if you had a driver that knows about them and he is also the driver he can work on them. That makes him an asset and also a tradesman. The reason for that he can get a green card and a cdl and have his or her family with them. I see a lot of people go to like dallas, la and nyc just to get turned down I seen people go to small towns and get one easier
And as for Canada and the igloos. Canada is ok wud have them go to Canada then Mexico. But i’m not going to go down the road on Mexico i think you said that for me how we like them in the states: .I am getting a little bored of going around in circles. When I get down to the US next, I shall ask for a copy of the regs and scan them onto the site, just for you. Not being a smarta$$ but you think u can get one for Oklahoma for me if you go that way or one for Texas and make sure it got some telephone numbers on it coz i’m getting diff understanding from the u.s.c.i.s.about some things and all my friends are back in there states and not going back out till the 1st of the year. I will even send money for you to ship me a book for getting the cdl from one of them states. So some cud read it over here
o and one more thing. Just because nothing gets done doesn’t make it any better or safer, does it? It certainly doesn’t make it right. Maybe those of us that question your statements do so because we like things to be right and legal.i’m asking around to make sure coz one thing for sure i dont want to be in trouble over here for something i’m not doing right.
This is my first posting on TN and maybe I should have picked a subject a little less immotive…but for what its worth, we arrived here (Phoenix) in 99. We had perm residency status green cards. Arizona law told us to apply for AZ drivers licenses within 10 days of moving into our residence here. After a few days we went to our local Department Motor Vehicle office and was told that our UK car and my HGV license were not recognised. We took our car tests there and then…a short quiz and a brief drive around an industrial estate…photy’s taken and licenses issued immediately. I went to the next desk to enquire abut a CDL and was told I would start the application from scratch and 20 years with an HGV from UK/Europe meant nothing. Fair enough, its not my country and I have no right to demand anything. Eight years on and I have never bothered to get it. However, a Phoenix CDL training school is offering six day CDL license course for $1500…this sort of “crash” course is ideal for anybody with prior experience that can get here legally to obtain their license easily. Everything is here, affordable training and tons of jobs, Swift Transport the US largest trucking co. is based here in Phoenix.
Thats it just my twopenneth but there is just that little issue of greenish/pink card!
Welcome to TN Trubrit, always good to hear different points of view on this tricky subject.
there is a guy out of texas that gets drivers from u.k.nz and oz that is good he even has a website that he will hire now this guy is also good to work for!!
carl1967
can you pm me mate with info
on that guy from texas
I keep well away from these debates,it’s all nonsense. Say what you like or skirt around any law you want the truth is there are only 2 ways to get a green card if you are a truck driver AND English.
You can marry an American.If you don’t like that idea the ONLY other way is to marry an American. That’s cleared that up then.
or maybe your significant other could be of skilled worker status and get in that way…
Longwayround:
I keep well away from these debates,it’s all nonsense. Say what you like or skirt around any law you want the truth is there are only 2 ways to get a green card if you are a truck driver AND English.You can marry an American.If you don’t like that idea the ONLY other way is to marry an American.
There is another far easier way:
Move to Northern Ireland 
There are a certain amount of green cards given to NI residents every year,infact when the “ceasefires” happened in 1994 the then President Clinton gave out 5000 to NI citizens alone
How many were actually used I don’t know. 
Didn’t know about N.Ireland. They’ve had several green card lotteries for Irish nationals over the years.Know a couple of drivers who got in that way back in about 1994 ish