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That's kinda like saying "I want to build a house, but don't want to install a foundation." After all, a foundation is just a waste of money as I can just set the walls and bare dirt and they stay up.....

 

Then there is the guy that used to do heavy haul. But now he pulls a van for knight. Either he’s lying or he royally eff’d something up

 

And you gotta hope hes lying. Because if he was pulling os/od and now working for Knight... Gotta wonder what he screwed up to get there....

 

Mr @LondRanger , I know that’s not what you wanted to hear, but see HERE’S THE PROBLEM heavy haulers have:

Every time someone jumps in too big too fast, they do 1 of 2 things...

1. Stay in the business long enough to keep the rates low, because some fool told him about how $2/mile is a good rate

2. Screw up and hit a bridge, lose a load, kill someone, and for the next couple years, the DOT starts riding anyone with flags and banners.

Both of them are bad for everyone’s business. Want to be successful? Go pull a flat 48 states for just 6 months and then converse with a heavy hauler. You will have a completely different conversation.

 

@stwik, @catalinaflyer and @kylefitzy, would any of you mind sharing your story?

 

That’s usually the guy that tells stories about being a Seal also. 55 years old, been driving for 35 years and was a Navy Seal for 10 years.

 

And was in Vietnam.

 

Yes a navy seal semi truck driver in Vietnam

 

Where I am at, there’s a graduated scale of width/length/ height - in that order. For good reason.

Pull 10’, 12’, 14’, ‘x’ loads of each before advancing. Loads over 14 requires a control number prior to ordering permits.

One does not skip flatbed and shoot into superload territory. Six is right, there’s a whole bunch of extra rules there.

I moved from door slammer to superloads over a 5 year span. The basics must be involuntary muscle - you don’t focus on gear shifts or driving- the applied skill is in the multitude of other factors in moving safely with a large object.

 

I never opened with the these questions.

This is the issue that’s happening, heavy haulers telling me to run flat bed before talking to them.

I never said I want to jump into heavy haul right off the bat, I need to start with flat bed and work my way into, I agree to that part.

What I want to learn and figure out is the time planning, permits, and various other questions like overcoming parking issues maybe even teaming up with a heavy hauler for a day or just to see what it takes. Free of course.

I want to do all of this before I spend money on a flat bed and decide it’s not for me.

I just want to point out I have never undercut rates, I jumped into being an owner op without knowing anything last year, I was able to teach myself how to drive other then the 2 hours of training at the school plus 3 with my brother.

While I understand the road you are advising me to take and most likely I will, I just want to dive deep into the information part before I go out soecing a truck and trailer.

Offer still stands if you are ever in Vegas or have trip coming up I would like to sit down and talk.