Truck Driving Job Discription

Nobody forces anybody to go into trucking.Rules and regulations,Yes.Just like most other jobs.I have seen many people over the years start driving and give up.Why? because it is a tough lifestyle Long hours,bad weather and not great pay for what we do.Would you rather be chained to a desk or factory machine?A job is not all about money,it's about getting up in the morning and wanting to go to work.I have had trucking jobs over the years where I loved to get up and go to work,other times I would dread waking up.Do your research before going on to a company and don't let the rules and reg's overwhelm you.Drive safe and do ask older drivers advice,I did, it saved my butt running the rockies.

 

The trick is to find a good company and do your best!

 

Then you will eventually make a good career out of it.

 

I started out hauling hay then Bulls w/a 1959 B model Mack, you can add, shovel manure, "Why don't you drive and I'll shovel" fix flats, wash trucks and trailers, load railroad cars with fat cattle so the railroad can haul them to the packer and we lose our shirts. Get kicked, stomped , rammed and squeezed by cattle and then they crap on you, lay down and die get over heated................................. on and on. I haul 3 horses at a time w/my own truck, get $3/ mile loaded and stay in a luxury apartment in the trailer. GOSH! Life is easy. I sit on both hands to keep from waving at all of you. BYE

 

Passin....
I started out with old L-190 International, but graduated to an H-63 Mack (B61 cabover) later. The cow crunchings bring back memories-Kicked, stomped, and ##### on.
But what we need to know here is this.
Your "passengers" must be them fine, fast KY racehorses.
We need the names they run under, where they race next, and you own up close personal opinion of the fastest one.

 

Heck, most of those Kentucky Derby quality horses travel by plane, especially across country.

 

I didn't know that. I thought they went by truck.

 

A lot of the 'lesser' horses do, along with ones that have been retired, but if they are covering a lot of territory, say going from California or Florida to Kentucky or New York, they fly them. Takes much less time, and is better for the horse too. I'm a total horse junkie, follow racing avidly, and am waiting impatiently for the day I can own horses again. Show horses will travel by truck most of the time though. It just depends on how much money the owner has, and how pressing the 'appearance' date is!

They also have to truck them from the airport to the track.

 

I don't doubt you. I had just never thought about it and I had seen some really nice semi's hauling horses in nice setups.

This is just another learning moment.

 

No problem! I always wanted to drive one of those rigs. They truly are set up sweet! The only horses that really travel by plane are the high dollar horses going for the big races with high dollar owners. I use to work on the harness racing circuit in Chicago, and very few of those traveled by plane. We had a few of those big rig horse haulers roll in with horses for the bigger races. I drooled over those suckers!