How did you get your start (in heavy haul)?

My grandfather started a construction company the year i was born so i have been around hauling heavy equipment my whole life. When i turned 17 i joined the military as an equipment operator but for the 9 years i was in i drove the truck that is in my sig. When i got out i called the company i currently work for and filled out an app, interviewed and was hired. They started me with some normal oversize like smaller tractors some small dozers then i just worked my way up.

 

I was a heavy equipment and truck mechanic for a local construction outfit for two years, shortly after I started their lowboy driver quit so his duties were dealt out to me, I'd never pulled a lowboy before but I had a good idea of how to do it, I was moving around the paver, trackhoes, and the dozers to the different job sites quite often and it became second nature to me, I got sent down to Denver to bring back a crusher and an asphalt plant once, that took 6 trips. Then the company bought me a new transport truck and an 9 axle trailer to haul the new D-11R and the 110,000 pound rock saw they got. That company ended up laying me off due to the economy and I got the job I have now which is pulling hopper doubles, I usually gross between 105,500 and 112,000 pounds depending on what state I'm in. I miss hauling equipment but I don't miss the headache

 

I haul houses down the road. Anywhere from 14' wide to 24' wide and up to 18' tall. I am usually weighing between 85,000-120000lbs gross.

 

What kind of houses are 14' wide?

 

Mobile ones!

 

Thats what I first thought but when he said 120K gross, something didnt add up. If they are "manufactured homes" then they weigh less than 50K, if they are site built then they are more than 14' wide... 18' high means site built because most Mobile homes have a hinge on a 5/12 roof.

What up wit dat?

 

easiest way is get into a company that does it all and work your way up the ladder. I haul gross 140,000 daily. started running a single axle stright truck and worked my way up. I had tractor trailer experiance on the farm. licence at 18th birthday.

 

Yes I haul mobile homes, sorry for the confusion. I can gross up to 120,000lbs with a movesaver (double wide built length wise that gets cut in half on site and put together). Most 14' wide loads are double or triple wide mobile homes. Every once in a while I move modular homes that are up to 18' in height. That majority of my loads are 22' wide, 16'4" tall, 76' long and weigh around 100,000 lbs.

 

Ah, I hauled mobile homes too. I am sort of a legend (a little arrogant too). Went broke with $50K a month in expenses and $20K in gross revenue. Third generation trailer trucker, doing heavy haul now and MUCH happier. My old trucks are all over the country now, maybe you've seen a few of them.

 

Can't say I have seen any of them. Expenses are a killer though, eating away 2/3 of my gross. Just wondering what kind of hp you ran? I have got a 550 isx in a 04 T600 and it seems to be underpowered the majority of the time. Thinking about getting a different truck and building it the way I want to get some bigger hp.