I have not been driving a truck for very long, and I have a lot to learn, it seems.
Trucking is a family business, so after high school I got my CDL and started putting in miles for experience.
I will admit that finding a successful career is a bit easier when your family owns a company, but it still was not easy! Driving a rig for thousands of miles over the course of a few days is grueling work, and not everyone is cut out for it. I just returned from a real schlep of a haul, out to the coast and back in four days, and it taught me a lot of things I didn’t know. I had never hauled rebar before, nor the bar wire, rod wire, and forming wire that goes along with it. I’m the first one to admit I don’t know the difference between a double loop wire tie and a hole in the ground, but I can tell you they are heavy! I have tons of bar wire and rod wire in my truck, and have no clue how those two kinds of wire are any different. When hauling a load of rebar rods and all the various kinds of wire and wire ties, you need to drive slow and cautiously. It is so dense that you can easily overload the back of the truck in terms of weight while still having space left. You need to pack it all in as tightly as possible, because rebar rods shifting or rolling around while you drive will spell disaster.