Don't know if I'm considered a trucker...

If you have ever p.i.s.s.e.d in a bottle and left in the parking lot for someone else to pick up...you might be a trucker
If you weigh 300 pounds and have to wear sweat pants because that's the only thing comfortable on your waist...you might be a trucker
If you dump your ashtray full of cigarette butts out your window onto the truck stop parking lot for everyone to step in...you might be a trucker
If you tie up the fuel pumps without regard for anyone else while you go in an take a dump and grab something to eat...you might be a trucker

Do you fit the profile?!

 

Driving has been a good career for me.

My suggestion would be to go all the way and get the Class A. The added effort and expense will pay back huge over the life of your career compared to a Class B. --Assuming you stick with driving.

 

i don't see how you could only need a class B to drive a dump truck. isn't there a weight thing for each class?
the dump trucks around here will haul at least 52,000 pounds. up to 67,000 pounds, depending on how many lift axles are added.

go for the A. and be done with it.

 

In addition I respectfully submit the following.
Do you carry a big leather wallet with a chain hooked to it?
Do you wear cowboy hat and boots?
When sitting in a truck stop with other drivers can you consistently top their stories no matter how outrageous or unbelievable?
If so then you certainly have what it takes.

 

Straight truck only requires a class B regardless of weight. If equipped with air brakes, most are, then an air brake endorsement is required.

 

There are companies that will help you get your class b because they need the drivers.A landscaping company here helps ppl get there class A and B license.They furnish the trk to take the test.I imagine companies in your area will do the same thing.

 

Guess I am not a real truck driver then. I don't piss in bottles, weigh 300 pounds, I don't wear sweat pants, I don't smoke, I don't park in the fuel island except to get fuel.

I refuse to eat inside a truck stop and be bombarded with stories so full of #### you can smell it coming out of their mouths. I also don't have a wallet with a chain on it. I don't wear a cowboy hate, but I do wear a Freightliner ball cap and I do wear steel toe boots.

 

I do none of those, so I guess i'm not a trucker

oh well, I HAVE been called a "steering wheel holder" more than once on this site

 

This is too funny not to follow.
I dunno, Im a sweatpants trucker.

I don't do the fashion trend of shorts and sandals in a snowstorm.