Best way to get into oversize hauling??

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  1. seagreg

    seagreg Light Load Member

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  3. ncmickey

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    I was in the Carpenters in NJ. The old Local 620. Best paying part time job ever! (Part time cause of the lay-offs lol)

    I left after I vested my pension. Moved to NC and did non union residential carpentry and painting for many years.
    Got into trucking about 5 years ago. Was burned out on the construction grind...

    some good suggestions so far. Take a look at Kivi Brothers. They are an open deck company that has a heavy haul division.
     
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  4. BigDog Trucker

    BigDog Trucker Heavy Load Member

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    Thank you for the tip! I just looked em up and see theyre out of Duluth. I've spent many a good night up in duluth before. It is COLD AS ALL HELL up there!

    And the union is great IF you can stay working or youre a young guy lol.
     
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  5. Fold_Moiler

    Fold_Moiler Road Train Member

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    Oh yeah kivi bros runs nice trucks.

    tbh I don’t see them running too much oversize but they do it for sure.

    idk anything about them but I see them all over since I’m in mn as well.

    they are about 20 minutes south of Duluth right on 35 by dry dock bar.

    they also have a shop in blaine which is just north of Minneapolis.

    I don’t know anything about them other than they have nice equipment and it’s far as hell from your house lol.

    Hopefully you get the job working for the excavation company. You’ll be set once you learn to run all the equipment you’ll never be laid off hopefully.
     
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  6. BigDog Trucker

    BigDog Trucker Heavy Load Member

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    Thanks brother. Learning to operate all the equipment will be the next step. I know enough to drive the stuff onto the trailer. But actually being able to work with them is a whole different animal. I was considering using my GI bill to go to heavy equipment school depending on how this job situation works out. Theres a school down in Georgia I was looking at. They do cranes and rigging, too.
     
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  7. Fold_Moiler

    Fold_Moiler Road Train Member

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    Oh yeah, anyone can run equipment but it takes a long time to be an operator.

    you can go to the school if you want or just learn on the job and get paid...

    Cranes is good money that’s for sure. Those tower crane operators in New York are bringing in 300k.
     
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    BigDog Trucker Heavy Load Member

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    Yeah those crane operators make crazy money. Lotta stress tho and you need all kinds of certifications. Id be happy just being the guy running a loader lol.
     
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    Yeah, if you got a medical card though you can get certified on a crane. It’s the same guidelines.

    to me a tower crane would suck. I don’t want to sit in a box for 15 hours.
     
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  10. authentic251

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    What's that school down in georgia called?
     
  11. BigDog Trucker

    BigDog Trucker Heavy Load Member

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    Heavy Equipment College of America. They have a campus in Conyers, GA.
     
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