Commercial Driver License (CDL) Skills Test Course Markings

StakeAll Marking Whisker

How to layout and mark the Commercial Driver License (CDL) Skills Test Course? The US Department of Highway Transportation issued new rules for each state and county driver licensing boards to increase the requirements on the CDL Skills Test.

While some of the CDL Skills Test courses will be laid out on concrete/asphalt surfaces with pylons and paint there will many courses laid out on gravel and packed lots. How do you mark on these surfaces where paint is not appropriate? One of the marking solutions is using survey like marking whiskers, specifically the StakeAll integrated marking whiskers, along with pylons and rope.

The StakeAlls have a hardened plastic stake that can be driven into a hard packed surfaces using a 1/2 inch diameter rod such and the Tru Mark Hand Driver or the Standup Driver. The traditional marking whisker strands are attached to the top ridge of the plastic stake. The StakeAlls come in multiple colors where course distinctions to need be made. They are sold in set of 5 each with packaged offering of 15 (set of 3) and 25 (set of 5) for additional savings.

Delaware Skills Test Manual, Section 11, Course Layout. http://www.dmv.de.gov/services/driver_services/drivers_license/pdfs/chapters10-12--field_test_version1_changes5.pdf
Iowa CDL Skills Test video on pavement. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=higwPN-yoBE
Oregon Pre-trip Inspection http://www.odot.state.or.us/forms/dmv/6883.pdf

StakeAll with 1/2" Diameter
Hand Driver

StakeAll Durability

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