2006-09-28 14:12:38 · 4 answers · asked by thedavecorp 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
The only lifting you have to do is: tarping loads, chain binders, and tarp straps. With enclosed trailers the shipper loads it and seals it. With a side-kit, all you have to do is assemble it. Bridges you have to move them, about 250 lbs. That's really about it.
2006-09-28 14:24:36 · answer #1 · answered by ashley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you are running doulbes then that leads me to beleive that you will be involved in the LTL side of the industry. A lot of lifting is involved. If you have a bad back or any kind of arthritis than trucking is not for you. If you don't have any of the above mentioned problems then you will. Be reasonable humans were not made to lift more than 20lbs. I set limits for myself..I will push/pull anything up to 500lbs, I absolutely will not lift anything over 100lbs unassisted. Truckers don't make no money laid up with bad backs. If you get hurt trying to be a hero at work you will see how fast your employer turns their back on you and trys to screw you.
2006-10-01 10:31:26 · answer #2 · answered by MiKe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very little lifting is invovled with Dry Box, if you drive a skateboard (Flat Bed), tarping is involved. The most work is dropping a trlr and getting up under another trailer.
2006-10-01 14:37:23 · answer #3 · answered by Adam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
90% of all van and reefer freight is no touch. Flat bed loads sometimes require tarping and always strapping or chaining.
2006-09-28 16:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by Brin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋