Unconventional Trucking Gigs

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  1. Thrasher28

    Thrasher28 Road Train Member

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    Trucking isn't always a full time job. Some weeks are only 65 hours instead of 70. And company driving isn't too bad. They give you lots of freedom to choose "yes" or "no" on the load acceptance macro. Unfortunately, choosing no usually doesn't end all that well, but you can still give it a try
     
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  3. Thrasher28

    Thrasher28 Road Train Member

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    Look into hotshot work if you're wanting it to not be a full time thing. I'd imagine that's the only way to bring operation and insurance costs down to the point it'd even be an option. Could do luxury car transport or transport boats (probably not that common in AZ lmao) or whatever for clients.
     
  4. buzzarddriver

    buzzarddriver Road Train Member

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    Probably find a Chicago 1099 company that will even get you a fake CDL and send you on your way to figure out how to drive a truck on your own.
     
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  6. roundhouse

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    You CAN do those types of jobs , but you’re finding to have to get some experience with regular normal trucking first .

    my neighbor does heavy haul oversize loads

    always a challenge .

    but you’ve got to get some experience in normal trucking first .
     
  7. FearTheCorn

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    I have actually eaten frogs. Not a French lady because I have hygiene standards, but a few I pulled from the creek. Chicken of the creek! Anyways, I am trying to find a significant military operation that the French Foreign Legion has actually been a part of in the last 20 years. Educate me, I am too lazy to check myself.
     
  8. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    I think the FFL has operated in a few countries in Africa this year. Mali and somewhere else.
     
  9. FearTheCorn

    FearTheCorn Medium Load Member

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    Yeah, they operate in Africa regularly. I don't know if they have always been a peacekeeping force, or actually engage in state to state combat, or get involve in local insurgencies.
     
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    2001–2014: Operation Enduring Freedom in War in Afghanistan
    2002–2003: Opération Licorne in Ivory Coast
    2008: EUFOR Tchad/RCA in Chad
    2013–2014: Operation Serval in the Northern Mali conflict
     
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  11. FearTheCorn

    FearTheCorn Medium Load Member

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    Thank you. I knew they were all over Africa, but was unaware they were in Afghanistan.
     
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