Am I too short to drive

you'll be fine, trucks now adays have very adjustable seats and steering wheels. At my last job we had a driver that was maybe 5' tall and like 59 years old and could drive just fine.


the other Lilbit on here is about your size too and she drove...




American Trucker

 

That might have been true in the older trucks but the newer trucks are much more driver friendly. I don't think you will have any trouble getting the seat slid forward enough so that you can reach the clutch.

 

There is a very small lady driving a condo on our dedicated account. Fitting into the truck and reaching all controls and pedals is no concern.

 

There was a guy that used to work for our company, who could spread his legs a bit and stand up inside his Peterbilt 379 day cab...he drives still today for another company. It can totally be done, matter of fact, I know someone on this board with a similar user name & stature that might have some helpful tips!

 

Get an automatic truck and you can set the cruise and even make waffles LOL.....

seriously tho, i think you will be just fine.

 

Heck; your a foot taller than the other lil bit. So you should be OK!

 

An entire foot??? You're being a bit lenient today, aren't you?

 

For a while, I drove a dump truck for a guy who was exactly five foot nil. We gave him hell about it, made jokes about his height... every time he passed me, I'd call him on the CB and then tell him I was just making sure he was in there, because I couldn't see him in the cab, and thought I might have to call the DOT and tell them there's a runaway truck going down the road. But he drove that thing. And the truck he was driving (CL713 Mack) was a lot less ergonomical than the typical road tractors you'd be starting out in. There may be some makes of truck where you'd might have some problems with how the mirrors are, but you're really not likely to encounter any of them.

 

We need more midgets in trucking. They don't wear out the cheap junk seats like the fatboys do.