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I pull a flatbed with a crane on it occasionally. Can heavy haul, run a 100 ton crane, and operate a chemical plant? I demand 250k a year salary for life. My momma told me I can.


You gotta say that whole thing like The Waterboy would say it.

This is a good read, fellas.

 

I believe they want 2-3 years of “open deck” experience... and hell even I wouldn’t “qualify” for them on paper, anyway.

 

You can explain....but you can't make people understand

 

You can only lead a horse to water, so many times, before you know the horse is wasting your time .
Kudos for trying to help.

 

Sometimes it’s better to hold the horses head under water until the bubbles stop.

 

I would say his mentors failed him, but he failed himself also. You have to do your homework.

As far as my “story” I started running a straight truck hauling palletized stone locally. As soon as I turned 22 I went to work for maverick hauling glass. Everyone is trained to secure their common flatbed loads. Their way is not the only way but it provides a very very good base that I still apply to almost every load. They can take a person that has never even seen a chain before and have them tarping a securing loads in a few weeks.

Went back local and that didn’t work so I applied to SPD. I didn’t quite have the required experience and I was the youngest driver ever hired at that point, maybe still to this day.

Pulled a flat for two years on a dedicated lane with no claims or service failures. Never turned down a load. Told them I wanted to work my way into some oversize loads and with in three months I was pulling 16’ wide and 100’ oal wings down the road. 2 months later I did my first super load.

If you get with the right company, have the right skill set, and are willing to work you can progress rapidly. For some people they progress too rapidly. Good luck.

 

I valley's trucks everywhere. Pulling some pretty big loads. Never thought about calling. Didn't think fla was in there operating area

 

I know this is in the wrong thread on the wrong forum but i couldn't help it. She's clean i'm clean and it's a half way decent background