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| Heavy weight lifting requirements? Do most of the trucking companies out there have heavy weight lifting requirements? Schneider now has a "must lift and carry 60lbs with no effort" requirement and Interstate's application says "Frequently carry, push, or pull weight up to 80lbs with or without a mechanical aid." If I remember correctly, CR England and Swift say similar things. A number of the companies coming to present at our school have said all you need is to pass the DOT physical. Since my wife and I passed a complete doctor's physical, the DOT physical, the drug screens, etc. etc., it seems rather short sighted for a company to say they value mature teams and then cut them out if they aren't weight lifters.  |
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| This is a good question for this forum I am in my mid 50's and have some lower back issues. I can lift 100 lbs, but should not be doing it on a regular basis. The 99-100% no-touch freight option sounds good to me. I have seen the Schneider ads looking for mature husband and wife teams. It seems strange they would basically exclude most women with such a weight lifting requirement. With a mature driver you get stability, and a good work ethic. Do they expect us to be athletes also?  I also am a little concerned about the on 6 days off 1 day setup I am reading alot about. Some people are out 4 weeks then home for a few days. Is it that way at every company? |
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| Just don't touch freight. Are you a driver or a lumper? The typical 50 bucks that most companies offer for you to lump your own freight won't even cover a single visit to the chiropractor. Call your dispatcher and tell them you need a Comcheck to pay the lumper. Every single one of my instructors told me that most companies have no problem paying a lumper 200-250 bucks to unload your trailer. Several of my instructors also informed me that they lumped their own loads when they first started driving, but shortly realized that they didn't get paid enough to do it and when it came down to it, weren't really forced to do it, so they quit doing it. Needless to say, I have decided that I won't touch freight. Especially not for 50 bucks a load. |
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