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Food for thought. We was told by our school that our chances of getting a job with a trucking company (18 wheelers) will diminish greatly after 3 months. Even if we got a job a job with a class B type of truck, that a lot of trucking companies would not consider that experience in the class A realm. I'm not sure how accurate this is, but something to think about if your going to go for the class A. I guess they feel if you don't use it, you will loose it.

 

Is the "crack down" just in AR or all states?
I have a cousin in IL that uses a pickup for his loads. He works for a company. How would I look up more information about the "crack down"?

 

We have local infestation of hotshots where people grab a pickup, slap a 5th wheel on there and take off to try and make a dollar. And the local police has been paying attention to tickting certain persons with cargos hauled in a commercial capacity. It is one thing if it is your farm, your hay and or cattle etc your stuff. But quite another if you are hauling large HVAC rooftop units without the proper licensing. For us several catches a month amounts to a crackdown as reported in several papers in our area. We did not used to have that sort of activity before. Things are slow here in the south as they say.

 

I seen a dually carying a intermodal box ( for lack of a better word) here in houston. I don't know if it had weight. I also don't know all the weight limitations that pickups have, But I was surprised to see it. We have a lot of Hot shot companies here...maybe they decided to spread out a bit. Lol

 

A intermodal box might be 4 ton empty maybe a little more. That is not a problem. You can put I think around 15 to 20K on the trailer should it have a dual tandem back there.
If it is a gooseneck box then clearance is a problem

 

You get to pay ginormous taxes on everything. Filed quarterly. Under 1099. It will be your pleasure as a American Citizen in pursuit of happiness.