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What is the Trucker's Duck Walk?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by WonderlandSC, Aug 3, 2015.

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  1. Aug 3, 2015 #1
    WonderlandSC

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    Please know that I've glanced over several threads, but the question below wasn't asked though some of the answers were helpful. I am grateful to the all the experienced drivers out there willing to answer!! I've tried to research the "duck walk" online, but I've only found fitness and military examples. No trucker examples. That worries me.

    Is the "Trucker's Duck Walk" more like a wide-spread squat (no hands) where you waddle 6ft? Or is it a down-low exercise where you roll on your heels using one leg @ a time?
     
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  3. Aug 3, 2015 #2
    taxihacker66

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  4. Aug 3, 2015 #3
    truckon

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    Its more like a duck waddle.
     
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    Chinatown

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    You can practice; squat down and duck walk underneath a trailer. That's what the companies, some companies, will ask you to do during orientation.
     
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  7. Aug 4, 2015 #5
    The Patriot

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    It's gay and only idiotic companies have drivers do that. If they say they want you to do it, stay away :)
    BTW this is NOT a dot requirement.
     
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    MJ1657

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    And then you go home.
     
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  10. Aug 4, 2015 #8
    dca

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    It's one of them prankster jobs
     
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  11. Aug 4, 2015 #9
    Lepton1

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    Companies can and do require more than DOT requirements. Case in point is my current company, which requires you to be able to lift 70 lbs from the floor to your shoulders.

    Duck walk is a requirement if the company anticipates you will be working under the trailer frequently.
     
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  12. Aug 4, 2015 #10
    G.Anthony

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    I would be very careful the first time doing this, especially in the doctors office.

    it takes years of practice to do this, (the squatting) with out your reflexes thinking that you are squatting to drop a loaf.

    just so you know, squeeze them thar cheeks tightly. you may want to practice this several times, long before you actually go for the physical..
     
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