Change In The Making...JB HUNT
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Well it looks as though I'm leaving the flatbed behind, for now at least. Taking a job with JB Hunt on a Good Year account. Home for reset and possibility of 1 night during the week. Based on the information I've been given by the company and a friend that runs the same account, it should also provide a little bit of a raise. So just as a warning, I haven't pulled dry van since cdl school so I may be asking some dumb questions here in the next few weeks.
The only dumb question is the one that doesn't get asked! (But I can always come up with a dumb answer)
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.
Oh I've got no problem asking any question that I don't know about. I'm just warning folks that there may be a lot of em 
It was odd for me when I made the switch from flatbed. Not knowing what's in the box and how it's secured bothered me. Also the whole tandem sliding thing. But I'll say this, when it's pouring down or ice cold out I'm glad I switched over lol.
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
haven't pulled dry van since cdl school so I may be asking some dumb questions here in the next few weeks.
Your new trailer has doors, you can't see over the top of your new trailer, you need to learn to back a trailer, ( we all know flatbedders never back up!
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.New Reply:
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Well it looks as though I'm leaving the flatbed behind, for now at least. Taking a job with JB Hunt on a Good Year account. Home for reset and possibility of 1 night during the week. Based on the information I've been given by the company and a friend that runs the same account, it should also provide a little bit of a raise. So just as a warning, I haven't pulled dry van since cdl school so I may be asking some dumb questions here in the next few weeks.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.