Assistance in fibbing?

From what I've seen it's not uncommon.

 

Little to none. The big reason it's done is, say you're getting hired by Acme. They need to look good for big companies like Shell and Chevron. So they say that they have all these prequalifications that drivers pass. "We only hire the best of the best our safety dept. is on the job" and so on. It's all a bunch of bs. It has to be done to keep contracts. But they need drivers so like lose leaf logs.... it looks good on paper.

 

No I can't help much there. I've never pulled either one. I know a few guys that pull pneumatic but I've never talked to them about pros and cons. I'd go with the one that would pay more at the end of the week.

 

If you get experience running pneumatic if oil field slows you could run other pneumatic freight, it equals experience. If you do sand box it doesn't really count as say flat bed experience.

 

I run a pneumatic currently, rate is paying more then running my hopper, milk, or flat.
Downside, long as a a refer, noisy when vibrators run ( which is the hole offload time), to many hatches to open, and hoses. Besides that nothing wrong with pneumatic.

 

I don't know anything about pay but if I was going to haul sand I'd definitely do Sandbox. Unlock the pins and a forklift picks the box up and gives you an empty. I heard average turn around time is 8 minutes. Vs sandcan you're dragging hoses (which sometimes go bang when you're offloading) smacking the side of the trailer with a mallet and it takes much longer to get back on the road.

 

Assisting with the DOT app to make sure it's filled out properly is a common practice as all I's must be dotted and T's crossed.

Asking you to lie on your app to pass their insurance requirements is not the norm. This shows that whatever company you are applying with is not getting drivers in the door and they must lie to their insurance provider to get you on board.

Red flag