Easy day or giant pain?

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pianodude01@reddit

The only rough part of the load is it's Keen, so you know the driver is getting the bottom of the barrel pay.

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International_Fold17@reddit (OP)

Bad company to work for?

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pianodude01@reddit

Ive never been so blatantly lied to by a driver recruiter in my life.

I went to work for Keen 2 years ago, with my experiece they said I'd make $75-90k, about average for my experience, so i was fine with it.

Didn't make more than $1k/week for the first 2 months I was there.

I left.

They laid a bunch of drivers off 6 months later.

I now make $140k/year salaried, paid hometime, hotels on the weekend, and ive never been happier

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Arth3r911@reddit

If you know what you’re doing is an easy day. A little more securement but not too crazy.

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Accomplished_Row1211@reddit

The chains are probably on the backside of the bucket going down, at least it was on the 972 I moved.

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Chaining equipment down is not too difficult to learn, and most of the time other drivers on road are very cognizant of the big fucking thing driving next to them. Difficult part is figuring our how to centre the things on the trailer, picking good routes, and picking good places to unload where you can un fuck youself.

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International_Fold17@reddit (OP)

Do you load and unload the equipment?

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Chingasupinchemadre@reddit

Equipment hauling I feel is a lot easier than conventional flatbed, specifically no tarps. I’ve always liked it more, but some states have no oversize at night period. Even if you’re only 9 ft like this tractor, and that’s a pain in the arse because I don’t want to be in situations like this driver here in rush hour traffic. Another annoying thing is following permitted routes. Sometimes your rerouted 3 hours out of the way for 3 minutes of construction that you could have easily fit through. But it all adds up in the extra money you make. I’ve made over 6k in a week doing partials and oversize as a company driver grossing over 24k. Besides railroad tracks and large rocks and the occasional low bridge, not much to complain about. FYI I’ve never encountered a bridge to low on my permitted route.. but I have seen it happen to people in Illinois. Not sure how that happened.

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International_Fold17@reddit (OP)

Thanks for explaining that. Extra money bc of the load, or just the time involved?

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Chingasupinchemadre@reddit

Overall you’re probably running more than your 70 every week, but as long as you make your deliveries and your dispatcher stays on point, you’ll do at minimum twice as good with this kind of work, than plain old van. Sometimes you can go off route to save time if you know your roads and current conditions real well, but as I get older I’m starting to realize it’s really risky and not worth it. You can get in a lot of trouble if something happens and you’re caught off route. I used to do it a lot, but now i just counted my blessings and moved on to be more by the book. Loads are paid by percentage so they will always account for the additional miles you need to run.

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International_Fold17@reddit (OP)

Thank you.

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Raezzordaze@reddit

Haha ya, always fun having curfews on a load where your flags are wider than the load itself. Like, if I didn't have the giant banners on the front and back no one would know it was oversized yet I gotta stop for rush hour and evenings lmao. Ah well, rules is rules.

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shamiro@reddit

Depends on perspective, I'm sure from another angle it looked way better

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cCueBasE@reddit

That’s a super easy load right there. And he’s in violation because there’s no chain over the bucket.

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Kindly_Impress9665@reddit

Easy money that's not that bad that loader. Probably 10 ft wide with bucket, no booster (have to watch for it swinging out on corners) I can't see a jeep on that setup either. Those aren't that tall either so routing is usually the same .Probably 48,000 lbs . I'm pulling a D61 dozer right now 13 feet wide still pretty easy. Pulled a forklift 15'6" or 4.72 m from Surry BC to Winnipeg MB..... that was not fun lol. Wide not bad but high loads are the real nightmares!

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LLCoolDave82@reddit

It's a lowboy. Much lower than a typical flatbed. Keeps the center of gravity low. Gotta watch out for railroad tracks so you don't high center as well as bridge heights.

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Ornery_Ads@reddit

Railroad tracks, speed bumps, large pebbles

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quackl11@reddit

Laughed at large pebbles

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Pitiful-MobileGamer@reddit

Bikes kids strollers wheelchairs

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International_Fold17@reddit (OP)

Well, two out of three.

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Affectionate_Web_672@reddit

That wheel loader, easy day. Bigger ones, ehhh got to sit up and pay attention lol

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Questionoid@reddit

…. at the very least get that bungee strap off the steering wheel and come out of that sleeper. Maybe even hold the steering wheel with both hands, occasionally.

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ldlong2832@reddit

Easy day

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Crunkn8r@reddit

I do this everyday at my current company ( construction company). Its easy once you get the hang of it. Just measure your load, check your route.

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Shallow-Thought@reddit

Guessing it’s a Cat 980. Not a difficult load. Kinda wide, kinda tall. Little goofy to tie down though.

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ConfectionOk201@reddit

Pretty easy day if you know what you're doing and plan your trip well. I used to haul my old boss's loaders and excavator with a 1970's drop nose trailer that didn't have any way to lift the nose back up except for using whatever piece of equipment you were hauling if there wasn't any other equipment around.

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D_Moore90@reddit

Looks like a bunch of f that. In rush hour traffic anyways...

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offsetbackingtoright@reddit

#30 of the 48 laws of power: Make your accomplishments seem effortless