new cdl: start off: Van or Tanker

A person the trucking company hires to unload a van trailer.

 

Lumpers are a contract service at many warehouses, especially grocery warehouses, that unload and break down pallets and sort freight for distribution. They can be a pain for drivers to deal with mostly because drivers have to arrange payment for the service, and sometimes the bill can be upwards of $300 depending on the freight. Usually that just means writing a comcheck and waiting while they call in the express code, but there's often a line of other disgruntled drivers waiting to do the same thing. I do not miss having to deal with lumpers in the slightest.

 

Extortionist

 

Go tanker, just remember to lean hard into the tight turns and keep her to the floor it will stay up right

 

She asked for GOOD advice, man~!

 

Oh, well then go intermodal and pack pair flip flops, one for out on the town ( truck stops) the other for driving

 

Seriously though go tanker, it's easy peazy

 

Agreed.

 

Hammer down, inside lane.

 

Tanker is more detail oriented than van, You will like it there.

However if you are a young one, you cannot expect to haul fuel etc for a while (Most people at or under 25 generally did not get to run fuel for insurance and other reasons)

My school of tanking is real simple. Put a large mcdonalds coffee ahead of your shifter on the cab floor and drive until you don't spill it. And done. You are now qualified to run tanker. It's actually a living thing making trouble for you in that trailer if you are not careful. You will also learn small tricks like applying power when the load is piled up in the back and easing off as it flows back to the front so it does not slam you. Things like that.