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Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by fbc91, Oct 17, 2016.
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@Flattie C - possible team member and he lives in Richmond,VA
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I am going to change gears a minute. If you physically are prevented from doing the physical labor and lifting because of your issues make #### sure you tell the person this that gives you your interview. It may be possible for them to help you avoid this lifting. However has had been stated there are other aspects to trucking that require sometime intense physical labor. Raising and lowering a recalcitrant landing gear comes to mind. Pulling a 5th wheel release lever can be hard. I once had a 5th wheel that was so hard to release I had to take some advil after moving 3 trailers just to get to my loaded trailer. You had better right from the get go let somebody know of your limitations. Don't wait till you are faced with a repack situation. Now that I think about it I had to go grab a pallet at a Walmart DC once and repack the top parts of a pallet that spilled out after I opened the trailer door. It was intense physical labor handling cold meat. Just saying, it is my belief you are looking for something that don't exist in the trucking world!
Edited to add: My father taught me so many things about trucking I wish I had had a tape recorder so I could index it. However he told me something I have never forgot about physical labor and trucking. He told me to stay away from flatbeds because if I did not one day I would fall off the #### thing and bust my head open. He then told me if somebody ever tells you that you will never be called to do hard work that person is engaging in one of the things truckers have done for years. It is called telling whoppers. Over the years I have come to see the things my father told me was/is true and I wish my father was alive today so I could apologize to him for doubting him.Last edited: Oct 18, 2016
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Thank you for the advice everyone.
Honestly, it sounds pretty discouraging; I can't think of any other job I could do-- I can't do office work because of the amount of typing ( I am using a voice to text right now). I have been unemployed for a little over a year now.
At CDL School, the release arm to the fifth wheel gave me some trouble but I was able to recover in a couple of days.
I was advised by another trucker with rheumatoid arthritis not to disclose my problems, because that might eliminate my chance of getting hired. I talked to a Werner recruiter and told them about my issues and I haven't heard back. But I will contact them to find out.
I actually injured my elbows in the meat department at a grocery store lifting frozen turkeys, so I know what you're talking about talking about regarding cold meat.Lepton1 Thanks this. -
You passed the DOT physical, so you're hirable. Don't discuss anything with anyone about any issues. Talking too much is why Werner isn't calling you.
Some companies don't require another physical and will accept you current cdl school physical. Try those:
Freymiller
TransAm
Magnum Ltd.
J&R Schugel
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I honestly believe you can find a good situation it is just going to take some time. I would give serious consideration to driving a yard dog moving trailers around. Not a lot of hard work involved just a lot of up and down moving the gladhand off and on the trailers. I don't think the pay is all that good though. Don't just give up. Beat the bushes pound the pavement.Lepton1 Thanks this. -
If it takes you days to physically recover from pulling a 5th wheel handle then you may want to reconsider this career.
As others have mentioned, pulling the lever to disengage the pins on trailer tandems will be even more difficult than a 5th wheel handle. Newer trailers have an air actuated button to disengage the pins but there are still many many trailers with manual levers. When the pins get jammed (a common problem) it requires a great deal of strength and applied force to pull that lever.BigDog Trucker and Longarm Thank this. -
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