Television Network Trucks

you gotta be more than a driver, either an electrical engineer, (involved in setting up things) or other type of job. you ain't just gonna be a driver.

 

As I doubt they weigh more then 26k pounds, they are likely not driven by "drivers", but by the engineer that manages all the equipment for the talking head in front of the camera.
If they are in fact heaver, a class b may be a job requirement of the engineer....

 

A friend of mine use to run for qvc. She's just a regular truck driver not an engineer.

 

They likely hire from internal recommendations and they're typically operated by teams, as they don't trash around in truck stops or rest areas. Not what you know but who you know. I imagine "driver turnover" is pretty much non-existent. You'll have to wait on somebody to keel over and have your name on the right short list at the right time. Also, you'd need to live near the rig barn wherever that is.

Most of those various rigs are running near or over 60k pounds

 

I knew a co-worker who's husband was doing ABC. they use regular drivers in two crews to follow the pro bowling tour (80's) each reporting alternate weekends. The drivers were hand picked and had spotless records.

They operated through New York but parked somewhere in NJ. The year they had the super bowl, the crews were combined to dead head everything to Cali, after stopping for a reset somewhere in Nevada...

The drivers did help set up stuff, run cables, etc. and were set up with spare cameras to do the crowd shots which they enjoyed doing!

 

yes, they were somewhere off Rte 17 in NJ. (southbound) i used to pass by the ABC place/lot where they were, just before i got onto the NJTP exit

 

You probably have to hustle every time some hotshot newscaster snaps her fingers. Sounds fun actually.

 

Digital trucks are right at 80k