What happens if I roll a frameless dump

The man I worked for that used them would not allow anybody to operate one that had not driven a regular dump for at least a year. That week I drove one I was really only filling in while the regular man was on vacation.

 

You never drove dump trailer I take it. You go to jobs by yourself. There is no happy parade convoy of other guys to watch your back. You deliver stuff to customers that don’t have a clue about your truck and it’s capabilites. Half the customers don’t speak English. You on your own. Anyhow, I’m done with this thread becuase all the sudden you non dumpers are all dumpers now and come up with silly solutions

 

Excuse me I'm not sure who you are talking to but I have almost 5 years experience with Dump trucks, Mixers and cement tankers. I am 60 years old now and have been driving trucks for many years. Please be careful who you throw off on as being a piker!

 

Actually he is right. His comment was cynicism born out of experience. Greenhorns with little or no experience in any kind of dump truck should NEVER operate those dump trailers. First the center of gravity on one of those things at apex is almost 20 feet off the ground. It is nowhere near that high in a regular dump truck. That difference is terribly unforgiving of a mistake.

 

Wasn’t talking to you man. I’m not sure if you were talking to me either haha

 

Well this escalated quickly.

I've always been interested in getting into the semi towing game. Seems like a hard thing to break into, and I'm sure you start at the bottom hauling regular 4 wheelers and such. Correct?

 

Don't think this was intended for @Moose1958 or the other dump drivers. But there are some posters here (like myself) who have zero experience with dump trailers trying to offer advice and opinions from a drybox/reefer/flatbed perspective. Dump is a whole different animal.

My own opinion comes from talking to dump drivers I know. Not from personal experience. But the OP's concerns echo my own reasons for remaining with my deck instead of moving over to dump work.

 

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was not talking to you. And no we don’t parade around with other dump trailer drivers in my state. Most don’t live on Sesame Street where your bussiness is at. Sorry. This is real world

 

Yes, most of the time you do. Now, if you have a clean class A and several years driving, especially if it involved hauling equipment or other open deck stuff you may skip the light duty stuff.

Right now heavy duty tow companies are scrambling to find competent drivers so the ball is in your court. That said, you need to have some mechanical abilities to be a good heavy tower, lot of work goes into modifying trucks for tow.

It is hard work, long and irregular hours but a good heavy operator will make 80-100k a year at a good company.