RookieWYhntr
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Or know someone who can?
You getting into trucking?Or know someone who can?
Sure seems like trucking companies are always hiringI’ve had a cdl for 24 years, it’s good to have in the fact that there is always work
I had a CDL for over 45 years, never got that endorsement just for that reasons. Eye problems ended that.I can drive one and used to have a license. Insurance and stuff was too much of a hassle. I have a dump truck but have a Z license now so it's legal. Had a school bus driver's license for a while. NEVER do that. Every youth and church group wanted me to drive them on their trips. Got rid of that quickly!
Corn Pop was a bad dudeUsed to drive cross country with my driving partner Corn Pop.
So can you make more money if you own your own truck vs working for the man?Someone just watched Over the top! Let’s arm rustle!
All our apprentices are required to get a CDL by the end of their 2nd year. So I have 14 guys with a CDL. I just let my lapse last year. Still wear trucker hats on occasion!!
10-4Breaker breaker for the RookieWYhntr. That's a big 10-4 there good buddy. I can slingshot a towed wagon into nearly any parallel parking spot. Just give me a holler on the ole squelch box if ya need info as I'll be 10-10 on the side.
Did you used to drive a school bus as well?Used to drive cross country with my driving partner Corn Pop.
I have no experience trucking for a living.So can you make more money if you own your own truck vs working for the man?
I don’t believe that’s what you “make”. Sounds closer to what you charge. Still need to subtract the cost of the truck and the OH expenses like insurance.I think here in utah guys that have their own truck and side dump are making about $125/ hr. And a single dumptruck is $95 hr. You can make lots more having your own truck if you can keep it on the road,lots of new trucks here in the last 2-3 years
I figured that was common knowledge. Like if you tell someone you make $100000 a year, that doesn’t mean your bank account sees $100000 a yearI don’t believe that’s what you “make”. Sounds closer to what you charge. Still need to subtract the cost of the truck and the OH expenses like insurance.
It’s gonna become more common around here when things slow down, plus with fuel around $4/ gallon and most trucks getting around 5-7 mpg, it’s gonna hurt when they aren’t keeping them busyLots of first time owner operators think they are making the big bucks until they have to replace their semi. Then it’s back working for the man. ??
And most are the residuals from recapped tires, i.e. old carcasses with new tread fused on. Poor ones tend to separate when they heat up too much. Not sure if they're still allowed, but when I was in the garage business a zillion years ago, lots of truckers used them. They were big money savers.Fun fact those pieces of tire you see on the road, truckers call them gators.
Well, now that I think about it, there used to be a guy they called, Earl. He wasn’t around long. Somebody said he went to work at a feed store in down town Pagosa Springs, Colorado.Dementia Joe claimed yesterday that he use to drive a big rig. So it must not be that difficult. I hear he's also an expert golfer just like Kim Jong Un and he got an 18 on his last round
Perhaps some states might regulate them differently, but retreads are still done & sold here in AZ. There are a couple of places that do them and many dealers that sell them.I don't believe tires are recapped anymore mostly because of liability.
I wondered what this was about. Now I get it. LMAO!Biden raises eyebrows with claim he 'used to drive' 18-wheeler truck
Biden was visiting a Mack Truck facility when he made the claim to have driven the massive trucks before, which require a special kind of license to drive.www.foxnews.com
What yellow line?
What kind of shifter is ol' Bessy pulling on these days?Automatics are for PUSSIES!