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  1. samcro

    samcro Light Load Member

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    Hey All,

    Are there any OTR trucking companies that do not do the lifting test?:biggrin_25513: Some use a 90 lb weight you have to lift and put on a shelf,right? Which companies don't do that?

    Thanks for the input!

    Be safe!
     
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    well lets see...when I was with Celadon they didn't do that....ah the smaller outfit I was driving for last didnt do one......most of the smaller companies...IE 20 trucks won't do one...but yeah I'm sure alot of the bigger boys do it.
     
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    Yeah, thanks Nik...my elbows are AFU'd from 4.5 years of running a ramp with heavy ### crap... don't wanna look like I can't hook/unhook or pull a hose 'cuz my elbows won't bear 90 lbs...
     
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    I can understand that...so were you a bedbugger?
     
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    i have heard that swift no longer does the work well test
     
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    LOL!! not gonna lie brother...don't know that term... I worked for SYGMA...food service, touch everything in the trailer 2x, stack it on the hand truck, run it down the ramp...

    other dude....thanks for the Swift info...never been there, no reason to go...
     
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    Bed bugger is moving van
     
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    My next thought after I had posted was doing a food run......you said the ramps so I thought of the moving van first....but yeah I can see where doing the food service stuff would tear you up pretty badly.
     
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    It's not 90 pounds either
    It's more like 20-30 ... It's nothing like the test you took for the foodservice industry not even close ... I did that test at US Foods and the OTR work test is a piece of cake and my knees are shot from that 2 wheeler and ramp

    You have no worries
     
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    Thanks Kentucky!! That's encouraging, for sure.

    Nik - moving van = bed bugger; cool, thanks for the lesson in terminology!
     
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