Heavy equipment hauling

Go over to the heavy haul section and start reading up, the old hands have shared their lifetimes worth of valuable info. Start there. Find a good flatbed company to start with and earn your way up from there

Read read read and read some more

@TripleSix @kylefitzy @beastr123

These guys are a wealth of knowledge and then some

 

How much CDL-A experience do you have and where is your location?

 

You'll need a CDL-A then this company will hire you if you graduate from an approved school and then the company will reimburse the cdl school tuition back to you.
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Rinaudo has been in the trucking business since 1984 and in heavy equipment transport since 1996.

Rinaudo also has rider/pet policy and trucks run 70 mph.

 

If Rinaudo Enterprises doesn't work out, then try Cypress Truck Lines to gain experience.
Cypress Truck Lines has cdl-a school in Jacksonville.
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Flatbed Truck Driving Jobs | Cypress Truck Lines, Inc.
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Cypress Truck Lines is built on the principle of dedication. We’re dedicated to our expert team of flatbed truckers and offer them the best perks and working conditions in the business.

 

Any starter flatbed company with 0 accidents/incidences for 2 years then some doors will open. No one will put you in heavy haul right from the get go, at least not a reputable company, that would be reckless. Im not trying to burst your bubble or sound like a dick just so we're clear. You have to start from the bottom and then prove your capable of not destroying equipment/hitting stuff.

How much experience do you have? Do you have an auto restriction on your license?

Normally you will be the guy loading the equipment. What's your background? Grow up on a farm? Have you ever been around heavy equipment?

 

Most flatbed entry level companies will be stick and brick haulers. You will need to look for a specialized company. @Chinatown mentioned Rinaudo. The other would be EW Wylie.

“How do you learn to operate them?”

Most of your specialized drivers will spend plenty of time loading at ocean ports (you will need a TWIC card), and ports are almost always self loaded. You will start with the smaller machines on a step deck. Eventually, you will be able to drive the bigger wider machines onto a trailer and center it perfectly every time.

Luck in battle.

 

having seat time on equipment is very helpful when loading over the back like on my 16 tire murray this is a west coast style trailer there is a lot of movement as the excavator hits the tipping point and lands on the island we use the the stick to get on and off if you have to think witch control does what you are at risk of looking stupid and damaging equipment well that really is sugar coating it many guys have died when the machine slides off and you are not belted in and get crushed by the equipment.
i recommend renting a small excavator from home depot with cat controls and a pattern changer to john deer the controls they are the same as the big machines then go dig something for a friend landscape plumbing or anything to get experience

 

I worked for a state contractor doing highway maintenance and loaded and hauled machinery, signs, etc.

Jobs at equipment rental places delivering small equipment.

Getting a job at ATS and promoting through the ranks. Will haul more than equipment though.

Other jobs are out there too. It doesn't pay a lot around here. I always see construction companies posting ads for equipment operators with a CDL to haul the equipment paying less hourly than your local touch freight companies like US Foods and Sysco.

Hauling oversize machinery, windmills, etc. is good money, but the guys you see out there hauling John Deere tractors and excavators are not cashing checks worth to brag about. At least in my region.