I was a complete newbie in North Dakota and I've had no troubles (other than traffic sucks and the roads are rougher than hell). I was born and...
I wouldn't doubt it...the trucks driving around western ND are not especially well maintained and they drive over some of the roughest roads there...
I pulled belly dump in Divide County all summer. I'm close to Tioga, but they have a bit more traffic...Hwy 2 runs close. In Divide County Hwy 5...
A class B license: "Any single vehicle with gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more and any such vehicle towing a...
To be honest, every truck I've driven has been pretty similar...they all have different transmissions pretty much, but I've noticed almost no...
Possibly T&R. T&R does pay really well...I thought about working for them...probably should have. I think there's another company hauling water...
You can't drive across state lines until you're 21.
Have to be 21 for a HAZMAT. I thought about getting a HAZMAT when I turned 21 last year, but realized it wasn't really worth it for me. It's kinda...
Taking the CDL test is one of the most stressful things I've been through. The guy who rode with me to the test said it was more stressful than...
The leg in our fertilizer plant broke down my first year there so we were sending out fertilizer through two six inch grain augers out the sides...
Piano and vocal, but I play tuba too! haha
My assumption is the pay goes from gravel being the lowest, followed by water, followed by crude. I know gravel haulers around here are getting...
I guess this is true for the most part...but they still hire experience over non-experience. When my cousin was looking for a job oil companies...
Smarttowers is not necessarily correct. I know people who have gone to take their CDL test without a licensed driver with them and they got turned...
Wouldn't you still need to take the written tests? You need to take the general CDL test, the combination vehicles test (for a class A license),...
Harvest in ND is not great this year...probably not a wonderful idea to do that. There are almost no crops in NW and North Central ND. Maybe a...
I don't know where you're from but the company I work for in Divide County is looking for CDL drivers and applicators (sprayers I assume...maybe...
Thanks BigJohn... That experience thing is what makes me mad...all companies want you to have 2-3 years of experience, but if nobody will hire...
I would love to! But I'll be back to college... That's basically the kind of long hauling I want to do...what I'd really like to do is haul...
I'm just wondering if you actually need classroom training. What I did is get my CDL permit first. I then contacted the manager of New Century...