Moving new tractors

Whoa, slow down. I was not criticizing you. When I said hometime, That is me and I don't know because I stay out 2-3 months at a time. The rest was merely suggestions where to start looking for better hometime !!!!


If you noticed, it was two sentences separated.

 

If you get job remember to mark every factory defect down as the dealer will be taking a 30min to a hour going over everything anything mark you miss on inspection will be a claim least according to guy who was delivering kws I talked to one day who also needed to wash road salt off units before delivering

 

No permit book for the trucks because they have a transport plate, you are running under the authority and insurance of the company making the move.
New trucks are not sold, plated or registered yet so they don't need permits per say.

 

When I drove tow truck I would down-stack many of these units at Albuquerque Freightliner and Penske Truck Rental. The drivers made ok money, but they had to have their own tools, and travel light. The driver was the one to put all the pieces together such as re-installing the top of the exhaust stack, re-install the axle or drive shaft, reconnect the brake and suspension air lines, light wiring, remove the temp mud flaps. Basically you had to be a entry level mechanic, especially if you had a multi stop delivery because you would have to take the stack apart and reassemble sometimes.

The stacks were built for you at the shipping point but you were on your own the rest of the way, the dealerships did not help and I would help as the tow truck driver but was not supposed to, Truck Movers, Iron Tiger, etc only paid us to hook to the front and lift it up, not to help with the mechanical work.

My advice to you, if home time is what you really want, look for a local or regional dedicated job, you have been out long enough you should have no problem with something like that. One word of warning, local and dedicated work is just that, work, it is usually more involved than OTR, but you get paid for everything you do. The scheduling is much tighter, but you should be used to that since you have done expedited freight. Good luck in what ever you decide to do.

 

One guy I talked to that did the truck transport worked for a company called Cold Iron http://www.coldironcompanies.com/. He said he really liked it and made good money.

 

I have unloaded a few of them when I was driving a heavy duty tow truck for my friend