Unconventional Trucking Gigs

I15 from Ogden to Spanish Fork would probably qualify for a Combat Gig — no need to join the Frogs

 

Most trucking jobs are full time jobs. Your are required to do drug testing and dot physical. The trucking company insurance has ok you and then you have learn the trucking company rules. Then get the company fuel cards and setup your pay. They have give you a road test usually. They are on the hook if you get in accident or hit anything. So they won’t just hire you for a short term.


You could do something like deliver the new trucks from factory. I think they kinda pick their runs. Then fly back to get more trucks. You still have go thru hiring process and get hired. Some companies had drivers that would fly to work different locations as needed.

 

I did car hauling for like 2 years. You have to get job from trucking company that hauls the cars. I did the more extensive car BMW Mercedes Benz. The car rule your schedule. When the cars come off the boat they had 48 hours to get them on trucks. If you had home time scheduled and the boat with cars showed up. No home time the cars had to be delivered first.

if your talking hot shot guys moving cars with pickup trucks that different and less pay

 

I don’t think anyone ever logs like that. Very detrimental thing to do to yourself. Do you also log on duty while you’re at the dock?

 

Good trucking jobs do in fact log all time at docks on duty. Doubtful anyone logs other non-trucking jobs like they're allegedly supposed to do. It would only matter if something bad happened and a lawyer found out about it. Chances would be very small. What OP wants to do is only possible if he buys his own truck. Have fun making money playing with a big truck like that.

 

I has some experience by then. They went out of business couple years after I left. They took drivers without any car hauling experience and would train them. We did like two weeks of loading cars training in Greer SC at the BMW factory. They were BMT Transport. It was fun driving the new cars but it was hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It took about 3 hours to load 8 cars.

 

There is so much pushback because new drivers don’t walk in to the types of jobs your describing. You have to put in some time doing the basics before you get to step up to the big boys. The companies doing the type of stuff you say you want to do let the mega starter companies take the risks on newbies and pick from those that survive 6-18 months. Unless you’ve got an inside track like being related to or good friends with someone involved in these more specialized endeavors your chance are slim to none to break in right out the gate. In addition the good companies to work for generally aren’t advertising espin this environment. They don’t need to many times. So unfortunately no matter how motivated you think you are, without putting the time in doing the basics you aren’t going right to the big boys

 

Morningstar farm. Its seasonal hauling Tomatoes ( not tomah tows)
They will teach you to drive and gice you free housing

 

how do you know even if you can drive a truck with a trailer behind it?