Heavy Haul Vs Regular Haul

You'd be surprised how much those kind of drivers but into those company terms.

Just look at how many drivers call king pin to rear axle regulations "bridge law".

Down here in Florida i can(and have many many times) permit 92k on a normal 5 axle set up but wouldn't i look like an idiot if i believed I'm a heavy hauler?

10 miles from my house is a window glass factory that Melton pulls out of with rgns and regular double drops and almost all those idiots with their brand spanking new licenses think they are specialized over dimensional heavy haulers. It's freaking hysterical when a kid that's never even seen a permit talks about all the big loads he has pulled in his first six months of driving.

 

They are truck drivers. Of course they lie and exaggerate.

My point is simply that, at least in this area of the country, the 8 axle 105000 trucks are referred to as heavy haul, and short of some standardized definition in the regulations, (as is the case with king pin laws vs bridge law) I don't see the point in jumping a guy for using a term in a standard manner.

 

Fair analogy...

...a tad off topic, but a good FAST PITCH pitcher can do things with that round orb that defy physics.

I had a friend who was part of the starting rotation for the Pay N Pak team out of Seattle. I don't know how many national championships they won, but it was a bunch. I sat behind home plate when he threw a no hitter, one of many in his career. Corkscrews, curve balls that moved UP a couple feet, and all that action at a speed that left the batter swinging after the THWOP! of the catcher's mitt.

Maybe some of those drivers are stepping up to fast pitch...

 

So I was jumping the guy.

 

No. But he did rather get piled on for using the term. Not your fault specifically.

 

Hee got a good ribbing AFTER he copped an attitude when people pointed out he wasn't talking about heavy haul.

 

Nothing new about that. TMC's been doing it for years. The thing is, when these "heavyhaul" guys quit TMC and the other pretend heavyhaul places and go to the real heavyhaul places, they get a rude dose of reality. That's usually when you see some guy talking about how he has tons and tons of heavy haul experience, but when they take him out to the yard and ask him to pin in and shim a 10 ft deck section or the proper way to lock a stinger in order to back through a door, he going to tell them that they didn't do that at their last company. If you tell an employer that you are the man that they are looking for, but when they test you they find out you're not, they're going to send you home. It's much better to tell them that you are a quick learner and work hard. They will be more inclined in giving you a shot.

If you've ever seen a TMC or Hunt transport pulling a combine, they will have the tires stacked on the upper decks. Guess what it's not? It's not heavyhaul, even though the company says it is. How do you know? Because HEAVYHAUL is always n-o-n-d-i-v-s-i-b-l-e. In heavyhaul, they would have shipped the combine with the tires on the combine. But then, you're looking at 15 ft tall or taller and a lane and a half wide. Or, if they remove the tires, they would ship the tires on another truck.

BTW, Mr @DevJohnson, this is the best video I've seen to answer your question about driving. THIS is an A Game, know his craft, highly respected real McCoy heavyhaul driver.

 

That's an awesome video. Notice his emphasis on having enough speed on curves to keep the load level? A few years ago a driver took a curve too slow in Oregon, hauling a top heavy generator. He rolled over a few miles from delivery. That was an expensive mistake.

 

I agree.
Everyone sees the driving. It's"just driving...sitting down holding a steering wheel. Well, its the same as pulling general freight, just slower, right?"

Riiiiiiiiiight. That's what he's doing...holding the steering wheel and driving as if he were on holiday.

I like how gentle he is on the controls. Big HP, big load, very easy to grenade the drivetrain. Doesn't matter who owns the truck, a real heavyhauler babies the rig. Imaging that load bucking because the driver dumped the clutch

 

And this guy here just proves how easy it is to bust off a driveshaft. He wasn't even being extremely aggressive with the fuel control either: