Mechanics of trucks for new.

Here's a trucking company school you can check. This company does run trucks out of Arizona.
Probably do mostly farms and ranches.
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Western Dairy Transport
Driver Academy
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School is free to you, plus transportation, meals, lodging are provided. Also are paid hourly pay while in their CDL school.
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You’re not going to be doing tire changes or rotating them roadside
But as mentioned, You would be able to get rolling again with basic tools and a few extra parts. Mainly air related such as a hose or fitting that’s leaking etc

If you can problem solve and do an easy fix you’re way ahead of the pack

I’ve watched guy. Maybe a company demand? Wait in line at a TA to get a marker light changed

 

That’s a lie! I do so! There’s a button right on the dash!

 

Welcome to the forum.
I'm small, and honestly opening the hood can be challenging, and I open it daily. But you'll learn that, and much more. Don't worry about doing tires, you can have a shop, or even roadside service truck do it. Depending on what you haul, the chains can be heavy, or throwing wrappers over a load of a load of logs will take you 20 throws to really learn a good technique, but it's all doable. My cheater bar is probably longer than what many 200 lb men use, because I am far from 200 lbs, so a little more leverage is appreciated. There is always a way to get it done, don't worry, be happy.

 

And then cry about "no respect" a good company will remember if you saved them a thousand dollar service call or multi thousand dollar engine job by paying a little attention to things.

 

When l first started trucking as an flatbed o/o there was a young girl that just stated as a company driver. She was slender too. Her load bar must have been 6 feet long. We used to tease her about her" jousting sword ",

 

Your wrong, that “Button” is to check the Blinker fluid.

 

Oh no you don’t sneaky Pete! There’s no such thing as blinker fluid, only halogen fluid for the headlights!

 

This lady is very short and a really nice person. Her and her husband both have top notch trucks

She can polish her trailer almost standing up under it
She pulls flatbed and I’ve watched her load better than a lot of others 3x her size

"The Witches Inn" custom rig wins big at MATS 2018

This is her husband’s rig

‘Career gambler’ Dean DeSantis and the aptly-named 2018 Peterbilt 389 with 124-inch ARI sleeper

 

Do you live near Nogales?