Maverick Agility Test

Tarps for me is just like handling either a Horse breeding farm bag of feed from silo which is higher than you are and weights more than you do. Rollup a big solid tarp and you got yourself a very heavy one, I think roughly 90 to 110 pounds. It has to go up on the deck from the side box which is a good lift for you. Sometimes you need TWO tarps if not more.

USUALLY on the job a forklift will toss the tarps up top so you don't get hurt Going up the bulkhead ladder with it on your shoulder.

Those are one reason I don't have a spine anymore. Just one of many.

Eat a good steak and egg breakfast backed with green etc a few hours early with fluids. By the time it's time you do that test, your body should be fueled and ready to do some lifting.

I eliminated most of the tarp problems by going with a covered wagon. Generally the tarp stays where it's put until it's secured.

 

Did you call Maverick and ask them?

 

yup, you have to lift from side box, to deck, and there's also dragging the tarp with a rope.

If you're doing glass, you have to do another test. Climb up a ladder with a tarp on your shoulder to put it on top of the A-Frame. If you're not used to it, it's tough. I got used to it since some crane operation won't lift it up for you or are too busy. I don't think they will fail you with glass, they will give you many tries until you do it once.

 

Ive hauled glass out of Lexington Ky dedicated to GM Baltimore all we had was a special custom curtainsider. Curtains on both sides with a then new Volvo E intergrated sleeper and big kitty plus full airride and steel body. Which I think was really good for the winter mountain work we did to and fro that one winter.

 

Try EW Wylie. Awesome company

 

I used to be a dispatcher there. Before my time there they used to have new hire office staff do the agility test too. I would pay money to see that.

 

Used to be that you had to get a lumber tarp from the ground to the trailer deck twice. You can use just about any methods you want. The thing they are looking for is form. Are you going to injure yourself while doing the work. It also establishes a base line, should you get injured on the job, rehab will be to or as close as possible to that level. The tarp weight will depend on the grade, average is about 90 lbs.