Are there companies where I can drive regular cars?

[tropolis]

Not sure I can handle a big semi. Got a possible opp where I would get free training for a Class A. I assume all class a operating vehicles are mammoth though. any companies where i can drive with a regular class D

[Twilight Flyer]

Pizza Hut.

Make sure you put a wood-burning stove in your car to keep the pizzas warm.

[tropolis]

i mean traveling throughout the country, etc.

[Mackman]

Pizza Hut.

Make sure you put a wood-burning stove in your car to keep the pizzas warm.

I dont know why Tf but that comment made me crack-up. you said "a wood burning stove" lol

[maxbell]

I've heard that people relocating cross country will sometimes pay you to drive their car to the new location for them, but haven't heard anything about any actual businesses established for this sort of service.

[Rev.Vassago]

Panther II runs vans. But you own the van. Wood burning stoves cost extra.

[Roadhog]

Pilot cars for wide loads.
Check with heavy haulers, or those modular homes haulers.

[Jimbpard]

A pickup truck pulling a gooseneck trailer, though finding a job doing that is probably tough. Probably much easier if you own the truck/trailer.

[Double R]

You could try a messenager service.

[BigDiesel]

Taxis..... but you must supply your own beads and turban.

[Double R]

Taxis..... but you must supply your own beads and turban.

Taxis involve alot of city driving and he already expressed his concerns about driving in "THE BIG CITY"

[matcat]

Not sure I can handle a big semi. Got a possible opp where I would get free training for a Class A. I assume all class a operating vehicles are mammoth though. any companies where i can drive with a regular class D

It's not how big your uh.. vehicle is, but how you use it

[tropolis]

i'm fine driving in the city with a regular car. i can just imagine trying to make a turn on a narrow street with passengers in the left turn lane having a heart attack.

[matcat]

i'm fine driving in the city with a regular car. i can just imagine trying to make a turn on a narrow street with passengers in the left turn lane having a heart attack.

I usually just put my nose right about to their bumper, and smile at them while they give me the shocked, pissed, scared looks, and just continue to smile until THEY get out of my way

[sam1971]

you could try a hot shot service. not sure of your location, but in TX, there is a demand for drivers to haul oilfield tools, etc.

[tropolis]

minnesota

[JeffTheTerrible]

Panther II (as already mentioned) and FedEx Custom Critical operate 1 ton vans and such... but you have to own them. They also have the box van expediters, which require a Class B CDL. You might find a fleet owner leased on with Panther II, Tri-State, FedEx CC, etc. who'll hire you on. If you wanted to work for a shuttle service at the airport, I suppose you could do that.
Aside from that, the only other option I can think of is to work for the dope pushers running up I95. Naturally, I wouldn't recommend it.

[Uturn2001]

If you are willing to buy the vehicle, such as a cargo van, there are several companies that will hire them on. It is called expediting.

If you get a Class B CDL with hazmat and are willing to drive large straight trucks (about the size of a large u-haul truck) there are small fleets owners with trucks leased on to companies like Panther II, Tri-State, Fed-Ex, etc that hire drivers.

[MommaKay]

i'm fine driving in the city with a regular car. i can just imagine trying to make a turn on a narrow street with passengers in the left turn lane having a heart attack.

It's not really that big a deal, most of the time. Wait until traffic clears, more often than most BBR's like to admit, the 4-wheelers will actually make way for the Big Truck. Be nice to them and they'll be nice to you.

What scares the 4-wheelers is Big Trucks forcing their way into and through traffic. In other words, unprofessional driving.

[PhuzzyGnu]

The problem with cars is most ov them can't carry 45,000lbs of freight.

The other problem is long distance driving in a car is harder than long-distance driving in a truck.

For instance, right now I am at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi waiting to get loaded. I left at 5:30 this morning, I'm going to load and go straight back to Houston. All in a day's work.

The same drive in a car -one way- is waaaaay more tiring.

Same thing with Houston to Dallas. I round rip it all the time in the big truck, but when I drive my POV up to Dallas to visit my folks, I am glad to get out of the car.

Although maybe it has something to do with the fact I am getting paid (well) to drive the truck and I am not paying for my own fuel in the truck . . .

-p.