Profile For Greg M.

Yes, car hauling is different and yes its like a fine puzzle. It takes a couple of weeks to learn the hydraulics and all that and give yourself about 6-months to get good at putting the 'puzzle' together.

When I feel like Ive gotten solid enough at dry van, theres a few other things in the future I want to try. I dont necessarily know theres much point to it, but nonetheless, its things I obsess on.

Flatbed, obviously, theres a wealth of information here, when I feel like Im solid and comfortable with most situations, I do want to learn flatbedding, Of course I want to do so in my cautious slow approach to it, but I question if thats a realistic expectation? My guess is that, especially after a year or two in the industry, it would be expected for me to pick it up quickly and start producing as soon as possible with it. Also, Im still very weak in the early morning department.

loosing the auto restriction, Its just something I want to do. One thing that bugs me though is the question of if I take the road test for manual and fail for some reason, would it then void my CDL that I have? Or would I just continue to have the restriction. I dont really have a justification for loosing the restriction, and I dont have any plans to go anywhere else that requires it, but its just something I want to learn and master.

Cabover and older conventional trucks. It probably sounds silly, but I just want to drive one to see what its like. Not for a job or anything, I just think it would be a cool experience. Eventually, purely as a hobby, Id love to get one and restore it, Id also like to see what its like to drive one of the old beasts.

And finally, Carhaulers, pneumatics and dumps. I dont necessarily know that I would want to do any of those long term for a job, but I find myself constantly wondering what its like to drive them and how the days go. If it makes any sense, I just like to try things out for a week or two. I talk to a lot of car haulers frequently, mostly just ask questions. I find building the load interesting, like a jigsaw puzzle. Mostly I probably just spend too much time overthinking things lol.

I would say try dispatching for a local carrier.

Hi. I drove team for four months and found it quite challenging. Mostly, I found out I couldn’t back and always had to wake my teammate to back into a dock. I practiced for quite sometime on my backing skills but just can’t do it. I tried getting another job as a solo driver but failed their driving test. The tester told me it was probably best if I didn’t pursue any driving jobs anymore for my own good. My question is whether there are any non-driving jobs in the trucking industry that I could do?