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That's kinda like saying "I want to build a house, but don't want to install a foundation." After all, a foundation is just a waste of money as I can just set the walls and bare dirt and they stay up.....

 

Then there is the guy that used to do heavy haul. But now he pulls a van for knight. Either he’s lying or he royally eff’d something up

 

And you gotta hope hes lying. Because if he was pulling os/od and now working for Knight... Gotta wonder what he screwed up to get there....

 

And was in Vietnam.

 

Yes a navy seal semi truck driver in Vietnam

 

Where I am at, there’s a graduated scale of width/length/ height - in that order. For good reason.

Pull 10’, 12’, 14’, ‘x’ loads of each before advancing. Loads over 14 requires a control number prior to ordering permits.

One does not skip flatbed and shoot into superload territory. Six is right, there’s a whole bunch of extra rules there.

I moved from door slammer to superloads over a 5 year span. The basics must be involuntary muscle - you don’t focus on gear shifts or driving- the applied skill is in the multitude of other factors in moving safely with a large object.

 

I never opened with the these questions.

This is the issue that’s happening, heavy haulers telling me to run flat bed before talking to them.

I never said I want to jump into heavy haul right off the bat, I need to start with flat bed and work my way into, I agree to that part.

What I want to learn and figure out is the time planning, permits, and various other questions like overcoming parking issues maybe even teaming up with a heavy hauler for a day or just to see what it takes. Free of course.

I want to do all of this before I spend money on a flat bed and decide it’s not for me.

I just want to point out I have never undercut rates, I jumped into being an owner op without knowing anything last year, I was able to teach myself how to drive other then the 2 hours of training at the school plus 3 with my brother.

While I understand the road you are advising me to take and most likely I will, I just want to dive deep into the information part before I go out soecing a truck and trailer.

Offer still stands if you are ever in Vegas or have trip coming up I would like to sit down and talk.