so many class A license holders are driving dump truck

i do agree it gives me options, and i wont say that i will never drive a tractor trailer again. it would likely be a flowboy or dump trailer of some type. a flowboy is a hopper type trailer that tapers towards the bottom and has a belt that runs to unload the product. the truck has a hydraulic pump that runs the belt.

someone explain why a company with dump trucks would not hire a class B holder? just curious. that would make a class B license useless for anything but a bus, and then you have to have passenger endorsement. no thanks on bus.

if i want to drive a day cab, that class A gives me that option. im just not sure if it necessarily means more money.

 

all of the is talk about beat up dump trucks but for the most part that's not what i have observed. i have seen allot of very nice new, newer, or very well maintained rigs. yes i have seen some junk but it seems to be fairly rare.

i could see how some of the offroad driving could be hard on them. i have to drive around on the construction site, through the rough ground and mud, but the truck im in is not piece of junk.

yes, the point i was making was about pay. the pay for OTR driving is not nearly enough to take people away from home.

not to be rude in anyway but how many of us here have kids or are married. huge factor for me. i want to be close by to my son and wife, and btw she's pregnant and we are having another boy. another reason to keep close to home, but still make a decent buck

 

once i have seen a trailer like that on a dump truck. fairly rare around here. usually the dump trucks go places where its not practical to take a tractor trailer, and if they need a large amount of stone and you can get a combination vehicle into the job site they use a tractor trailer