How Did You Get a Local Job?

I agree...one reason I don't like most local jobs is purely because I don't wanna drive something that is the size of grandpas travel trailer if not smaller. I got a CDL to drive big rig, not a toy. And to me, local little trucks should not require a CDL at all!!! If thats the case, make every travel trailer owner get one as well.

 

travel trailer owners SHOULD have to get a CDL, those geezers are a danger to everyone on the road! ps, little local trucks have to get into LITTLE local docks, and LITTLE parking lots, so trust me, the skill level is still there.

 

Well I dont doubt skill needed, but if a normal class c holder can go buy a 40' trailer, and a chevy c5500 truck, even a dodge 1 ton, then THEY NEED A CDL. PERIOD!

 

If you are hauling a trailer that long with any truck you should need one

 

Yes, these things are humungious...very large...
To drive an equivelant sized commercial bus, would require a CDL...



Often times they'll have the bus, and a trailer...

I guess having money pays...

 

Yea it makes no sense and its very frustrating. They try to act like truckers by flashing their lights(brights piss me off), tailgating, running in between two trucks. I especially love all the tool bags that put stacks on there diesel trucks...hahaha. I pointy and laugh everytime. But besides all that yes you should need a CDL to be behind the wheel of a vehicle that size for sure!!!

 

Some local jobs are 60-70 hours per week in a daycab.
HEAVY multi-stop...bouncing a handtruck loaded with frozen food up ramps and stairs...some of which are covered with snow/ice.
Dealing with those "Wacky Iraqis" at convenience stores, gas stations, etc.
4-wheelers running over your hoses, flicking cigarettes out the window near you while you're filling an underground tank with fuel.
Lugging kegs up and down stairs, etc.
Handbombs off the back of the trailer at shopping centers
Pallets not wrapped properly falling over when you make a turn
Customers hollaring at you about damaged freight.
The stress from trying to get to those early closers across town.
Working the dock with a towmotor in -5 degree temps at 2:00 AM.

Just because a job is local doesn't necessarily mean it's better than roadwork.
At the end of the day, it sometimes boils down to what you can put up with on a daily basis!!!

 

I would rather get the workout lugging kegs, or running up and down my foodservice ramp, rather than live like a hobo in the back of a werner truck again. I'll take the better money and pay for everything over ease and convenience any day of the week, especially monday, which always sucks, but at least now I can come home and drink a few beers in my garage after the end of a crappy day.....

ps, get your local phonebook and start going down the list under "trucking companies" "motor freight" "concrete" "garbage removal" etc. you could also try the local teamsters hall, as they probably cover some of those companies, and would be on top of who will be hiring.

 

I run hotshots occasionally when my daycab's sitting. Our dodge 5500 with 40 ft gooseneck trailer, does in fact require class A cdl.

 

Regarding needing a CDL or not to drive a vehicle; it has to do with the weight, nothing to do with the length of the vehicle/combination. Or more then 15 passengers.