Worst job/truck you started in when you got your cdl?

First truck '74 Ford with 13 spd Roadranger transmission, bucked like a bronco on California concrete. Used it for 'bedbugging'. Worst delivery was up three flights of stairs in Boston with a full truck that included a baby grand piano. The lumper we hired spent most of the day wheezing on the sidewalk, he was worthless. Midsummer, temperature hovering close to 100º and humidity not far behind. Can't recall whether truck stops had showers back in the day... didn't matter much... air conditioning meant all the windows were open...

... bedbugging... hated it.

 

I never understood how movers do it.

 

Young and stupid helps.

Oh, and a strong back.

 

That looks like the truck from the movie Duel. Only red.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MtAMc4i8OA

 

Son of Duel. Had a rough start in the Industry.

 

I did some part time work for a couple of local outfits when i first started, drove some mid 80's R models with 300 & 350 mack motors and 6 low hole trans, an old corn binder with a 400 big cam and a spicer 7 speed...

pretty rough trucks and low pay, but when your 18 years old trying to find truck driving jobs you take what you can get and your darn happy to get it...

 

Yes. If you are being assigned a truck, you need to go through that thing with a magnifying glass. Note anything and everything wrong that would get you ticketed and/or put OOS and get it fixed before you head out. If they won't fix it, it should raise all kinds of red flags. Get safety involved if need be, but don't leave with it.

 

my worst truck was a mack truck 5 speed low gears you had to count to five before you change gears i learn to drive tankers with that old truck it would beat you half to death and you know you made your pay at the end of the day lol