Might Get A Dog In The Truck.

One of the members on here travelled with two Great Danes and a significant other on the truck.

Can't team drive once you have a dog in the truck with you. I know everyone thinks their dog is the smartest in the world, but I am pretty sure there are regulations barring it. You could make a killing by only having to pay your co-driver in dog biscuits.

Do you know what you are talking about? No you don't. So stop spewing erroneous info. There is no federal law about having a dog on a team truck. Some companies may have some rules about it, but generally companies let their team drivers hash it out to have a dog or not.

When I first started out, I drove team and considered getting a dog. My co-driver was all for it and the company didn't care. I just would have had to pay the deposit, not my co-driver.

Laura

I saw a YouTube video of a husband and wife team who traveled with 3 dogs. Both drivers were extremely obese and I wondered how they manage not to overload the steer axle. Seriously, each driver must have exceeded 400 lbs.

The Great Dane in my photos was only one year old. The driver said that the dog could get in and out of the truck on it’s own, which is fine. The problem comes when the dog gets too old to accomplish that feat. Hence, most drivers get smaller dogs.

Can't team drive once you have a dog in the truck with you. I know everyone thinks their dog is the smartest in the world, but I am pretty sure there are regulations barring it. You could make a killing by only having to pay your co-driver in dog biscuits.

Do you know what you are talking about? No you don't. So stop spewing erroneous info. There is no federal law about having a dog on a team truck. Some companies may have some rules about it, but generally companies let their team drivers hash it out to have a dog or not.

When I first started out, I drove team and considered getting a dog. My co-driver was all for it and the company didn't care. I just would have had to pay the deposit, not my co-driver.

Laura

Laura, it was a joke. Meaning can't make your dog your co-driver. I made that joke because of the photo of the dog sitting at the steering wheel.

Michael adopted Ginger, a mixed breed, from a rescue who thought it was great that she was going to a truck driver who would be able to spend so much time with her. She weighs about 21 pounds (Marten has a weight limit of 25 pounds). She is full of energy and has been a great companion for Michael for the past year or so.

Ginger now rides for E.W. Wylie as the guy she lets keep her company (our son Michael) decided he wanted to try flatbed for something interesting. He left Marten on good terms after three years and they said they'd love to have him come back. Here she is guarding one of her chain binders.

Haha that’s awesome!! My dog gets scared when I put him on the deck so I don’t lol. Looks similar to the excavator I loaded last week!

Did he have to drive it on the trailer himself? I’ve only been trained on a mini-ex years ago and I got to the shipper and they gave me the key and said I had to do it 😂

Also, good for him! Flatbed is a blast and I hope he loves it

And since this is a dog thread…meet my furry companion Tandem , the best truckin dog a truckin man could ever ask fur

Good looking dog!

Michael hasn't loaded anything onto the trailer himself yet but when he had the last of his four skid steers unloaded earlier this week the guy at his final stop invited him to take it for a spin and he said that was fun.

Oh, just great. Another Flatbedder! First Pianoman and now Michael. But the dogs are a nice touch, they soften the image somewhat.

New organization: DAFT (Drivers Against Flatbed Trucks). Lol

Oh, just great. Another Flatbedder! First Pianoman and now Michael. But the dogs are a nice touch, they soften the image somewhat.

New organization: DAFT (Drivers Against Flatbed Trucks). Lol

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Bruce, you need to get yourself a dog still, get your knees fixed, and then get a flatbed!