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compensation: $1250 weekly plus bonuses and benefits
employment type: employee's choice

This is a very different type of truck driving. You must be able to be gone for two to three months at a time. You must be able to enter Canada with no prior criminal history. Aside from being a great driver, it is important to have good hygiene and nice manners.

We don't run a lot of miles but there are times when we run hard. We run at night and sleep during the day in the truck at the show. You get a hotel allowance for days off to get a room and get out of the truck. You are fed a really good breakfast, lunch, and dinner on show days.

We need guys that have a lot of over the road experience in all sorts of mountain, city, and weather conditions. We put our trucks everywhere in all types of situations. We are looking for the very best drivers, not those that jump from job to job. Our drivers are paid well, are treated with respect, drive nice trucks and work together as a team.

If this sounds interesting to you, then reach out to our website, roadshowservices.com and fill out the online app or reply to this email with any questions. We have great clients, great drivers, and do great work. Thanks

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Concert tour tractor trailer driver

 

Averitt has a division called On Tour Logistics that does shows and concerts and such. If I remember right you have to be a regular Averitt driver for at least a year and have letters of recommendation from your DM to be eligible.. can't just hire in.

Special Event Transportation or SET also comes to mind, super nice Volvos I've seen pulling trailers for different country singers. Don't know much about them though

 

Haven't seen you on here in almost a YEAR. Where ya been, man?

 

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Averitt Express has a specialized division for concert touring. On Tour Logistics or OTL. Drivers are paid salary $1,200 per week. Hometime is slim but you go all over the 48 and Canada. Typically drivers sleep days and work nights. Driver typically installs/removes cargo straps but doesn't load/unload. Most venues provide food and drinks. You are guaranteed a parking space, even if it's NYC. Generally you start out hauling gear for "production work", whatever that is. If you do well there you get assigned an artist tour and you follow their schedule. Passport required.

Stage Door Productions and ShoMotion are other companies

 

I've worked with a bunch of former drivers that did that and they all had health problems. One of them used to post on here and he was dying of cancer. He quit posting, so maybe the cancer won. I worked with one that drove for Conway Twitty and was with him when he died.
Another I worked with crashed Lee Greenwood's bus; he also had health problems. He's a lot younger than me and has heart problems related to the job & can no longer pass the physical for a cdl. Nashville area is loaded with those former drivers. They had some good times for a brief period in their life, but it all came to a screeching halt.

 

I saw Conway Twittys bus in the truck stop in Springfield MO. the night he passed away. Did not hear the news of his passing until following morning. That was '93 and it was a hot night

 

The guy I worked with, that was with him, said Conway was one of the nicest people he ever met in the entertainment industry. The guy I'm posting about also had severe health problems for doing those tours and now has a pacemaker in his chest and can't pass the DOT physical because even with the pacemaker, his heart still has irregular beats. Dontor told him it's from stress on those tours, smoking tobacco and other stuff, too much alcohol, and on and on.