Strictly Rural Jobs

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  1. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Do you still want company with rider program?
     
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  3. Hazmat Cat

    Hazmat Cat Medium Load Member

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    Turkeys! A whole lot of jive turkeys!
     
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  4. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Around here, chip and log hauling, chickens-feed trucks, live haul, and brooder trucks. Some hopper bottoms and tanker.
     
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  5. rcelmo

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    Move to any rural area and there are plenty of rural type jobs...…….BUT......there is
    always a but. Rural jobs don't usually pay as good. If you can find a place to live in a
    small town that is a little cheaper that might be alright.

    I moved to the city because city jobs pay better...………….but I am finding that housing
    costs more, crime is worse, taxes are higher, insurance is higher. Wish I had stayed in small
    town where I came from. Problem with going back now I would be taking a pay cut.

    Guess each person has to decide what kind of life you prefer to live.
     
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  6. asphaltreptile311

    asphaltreptile311 Road Train Member

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    IV often wondered how those hopper bottom drivers do. Don't know if they good money or what .
     
  7. Soap stone

    Soap stone Bobtail Member

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    It ain’t called a welfare wagon for nothing
     
  8. asphaltreptile311

    asphaltreptile311 Road Train Member

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    That's ain't good
     
  9. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    Fat cattle off the feedlots in the central us to the pack plants.
    Liberal ks
    Dodge city ks
    Garden city ks
    Cactus tx.
    Lexington Nebraska.
    Dakota city Nebraska.
    Greely Colo.
    Are a few that come to mind not to mention pork kill plants in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri , Minnesota, Indiana, south Dakota and Oklahoma..
     
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  10. x1Heavy

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    And logging. We got some running that scrawny pine. 50 foot long pines mind you. Never see them in Little Rock. Ever.
     
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  11. LoboSolo

    LoboSolo Heavy Load Member

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    Cattle pots. Running calves in. Fat cattle out.

    AND you get to drive a truck that has no speed restrictor, will usually do 90 mph, and the boss don't care what your mileage is. Big pipes and a bigger jake. 18 speed. Lots of chrome around, and always a clean truck after your load.

    Get stopped by DOT, and they always turn you loose to hit the road. If not, they then assume the responsibility and the feed bill for the cattle you're hauling. Boss usually pays any overweights.

    Any problems anywhere, you'll have 2 or 3 hotshots (cattle prods) raring to go in your box.

    Hourly pay isn't great usually, but the right outfit will get you a ton of hours, and exempt from HOS rules.
     
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