I have my class A license, but with little experience. I currently have been with a state doh for about 4 years driving dump truck and some tilt airbrake trailer experience. My question is when companies ask for 3 years tractor trailer experience could I use my dump truck air brake trailer as experience?
Class A dump truck driver question
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Bmy88, Jul 5, 2022.
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Yes. The only difference is the coupling device. Yours is a pintle and the other is a 5th wheel. Off track is different but if can back up that truck and trailer you can back up a semi.
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You can try. At some point when a prospective employer verifies your current employment, the question might come up....what kind of equipment has he operated ?
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All that matters is "Class A" experience. If that dump were Class B with the occasional trailer making it a Class A, it probably won't count. But if it were usually hauling a trailer in excess of $10,000 lbs GVWR, then its counted as Class A experience.
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Class b experience, which does help, but still not a class a.
for smaller companies Atleast, megas will just laugh at you and say you have no experience and try to start you at the bottom, (don’t do that) -
It all depends #1 on the insurance requirements and #2 how much the carrier can bend said requirements...
#1 MOST insurance companies look for two years experience in like equpment.
A savi broker that understands the trucking company would work to bounce 'grey' applicants off one of the underwriters. The guy I used to work with wouldn't go with 100% dump truck/ > 10K tagalong but would have fought for a guy with 15 months tractor trailer experience and the remainder with the tagalong.
#2 sometimes the carrier will overlook a month or two for a soild candidate.
In the good 'ole days a smaller company would road test a guy and go from there. Can't do that anymore; insurance rules unles you are a self-insured 'mega' -
Most want otr. And semi.
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