Maverick-Glass Hauling?

Flat glass panels, or "lites," which can be as much as 130 inches tall and more than 200 inches long, and anywhere from a few millimeters to an inch thick, are bound together in a bundle (sometimes called a "stoce") or in a crate. Then they are leaned up against special A-frame racks bolted to the beds of drop deck or double drop trailers and secured. Although the glass is loaded and unloaded with a crane or forklift, depending on the company, the driver is often responsible for securing it, padding it and tarping it.

New glass haulers may be a bit more intimidated by the care needed to properly load and secure glass. Glass loads are heavy -- 42,000 to 46,000 pounds -- so exactly where the bundles of glass are set on the frames can matter as to whether you're overweight on a specific axle. You might shift the load just an inch or two forward or back to get the weight balanced correctly something a driver learns by experience.

One thing that intimidates new or potential glass haulers is that you have to get on top of the load to secure and tarp the glass. That means your feet could be 13 feet off the ground and your head another 6 feet above that. You have to be surefooted, and don't take chances. You don't want to be pulling your tarp and walking backwards, because the next step you take might be off the end of the rack." Another fear is getting cut. Drivers carry a ladder to use getting up and down. Some plants require hard-toed shoes, hard hats and safety glasses before you even get out of the cab

It's something that within a month's time, you're going to love it or you're going to hate it.

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I'm a newbie. but one very general rule - don't mention you have kids/baby to anyone looking to hire you. to them, that's nothing but a negative, and it's illegal for them to ask you if you have kids. it doesnt help you to mention it.