You will still need to be able to pull the tarp along to close it on a Conestoga. You might want to find a trailer dealer who has one and see if you can open and close it without having a problem. You might be able to do the same thing with a covered wagon. You will need to use your upper body strength to some degree with either of them. A curtain side is another possibility, but again you would still need to use your upper body strength. Keep in mind that you will also need to use your upper body to secure the loads, either with chains or straps. A light weight side kit runs between $3,200-3,600. I would think that a curtain-side would cost about the same as a Conestoga. I think the Conestoga would be easier for you to maneuver than a curtain-side. The lightweight kit isn't too difficult to deal with, but there will be times when you may need to lift a panel over your head. Then again, the light weight panels weigh next to nothing.

 

Gman yes that I do understand I would need to apply some strength. on anything I do in life. I am one who not to give up easy. Even after I lost my last job I never given up. Just altered paths. Realizing my mistake I want to go back.

Did I lose my job over something I had control over? no. Did I let the company know what was going on? Yes, but when time came, well I was out of a job. if I could done it over again that day, I would have and did it differently.

I was on some medication that made me droozy. I was under a load that delievered on that morning in Atlanta. So I did not take my meds so I could delivery it. I had been keeping the Company The Blue Eye lady (My Dispatcher) informed of my Problem. What I should have done the day before tell them they need to get another driver to get the load. For I was not able. I was under Doctors care and had to go back every 3 days to get shots to rebuild my blood count.. I did inform them I was under medication that altered my mind of thinking, and it would not be safe for me to drive, the answer I got was do not take the meds and drive... So they sent an O/O team to come get the truck. I know the error I made.
I should have had them come get the load and not came off the meds in the first place.

So with that said and to add to the problem, with me being on Disability for the last 4 years, I am basicly limited in my options. Going to work for a company will be out of the question. I once had a Doctor tell me, as long as I work, I will have to work for myself. From reading this and 2 other boards, and talking to other drivers I am learning the new rules of HOS. I do know alot to be factored into cost of running the business. Cost of Fuel is higher, cost of everything is going up. That life, as long John Doe wants a payraise everything will go up also.

Gman you mention not knowing my limitations, they are I have Arthritis from the neck down, Fluid on the Brain (NPH), and I have a General Anxiety Disorder (Got Stressed out plus other things).

Anxiety Disorder. Ok I know some will say I do not need to return driving with it being from getting stressed out, that Trucking is full of Stress. Life is Full of Stress. Try to live on 13000.00 a year, paying a house payment, Electric, and daily living. That alone is enough to Stress you out. I have grown tired of saying I can not go I have no money. I have gotten tired of having to beg for money so I can buy a loaf of bread, or help to pay the electric bill so I could keep the heat going in the middle of Winter. So by going back to work doing something I enjoy will releive a stress factor. Stress in Driving? Atlanta and North east for me. With me getting my own loads, I can avoid the Northeast, Atlanta, well I an get through there and be fine. Plus with me driving, it will also care of the Ather things by keeping me busy. Keep the what most would claim to be signs of PTSD, Night mares of a Mother and her baby dead on a raft out at sea, Fire at sea, and knowing you help to shorten 120 lives due to the Chinese treatments of those who try to escape them illegally. I tend to want to wash blood off my hands that not there.

I been on meds for the anxiety, but it was slowly killing me. There is more to life than wanting to sleep all day and night. When I was driving, I had a Life I enjoyed, now I sit around the house staring. That is not a life. Will I be in pain cause I am driving? Yes, but I am in pain anyway.

I am on Disability cause of the anxiety Disoder. In order to get back on I would have to prove I am no longer have a problem with it. Can not do that. For I still suffer from it. Even to lie and say I am, I would lose a large protion of my VA disability and it harder to fight for than the SSDI. Plus I can still work and get the VA Disability, so that would cause me a pay cut. Reason I got on SSDi for the anxiety disorder was anger. I would get mad and leave a job to easy. So I burned a few bridges. But I can make a detour. I have gone through treatments for the anger..

Now you know pretty much my limits, and reason why I want to become an O/O. Retirement is good for the elder with money, but I am still young at heart and age wise at the age of 44. I still have 26 years I can work, and I hate doing nothing.

 

Coastie- I hope you have someone in life you can talk with and not just interact with people on the board. You sound like a guy with a lot on his mind. Try not to worry about things you can't control. Good luck-Bill

 

That what I am trying to do these days Bill Thanks. Drive safe.

I started to leave a funnier reply Like Do I have others to interact with?

Started to say Nope, Wife 8000 miles away, The Dogs not talking to me, and my cat packed her bags and left me too. But while I am here in the PI I am with my wife, and yes the Cat did pack her bags and moved on, and I do have a puppy who loves my petting.. 1 out of 3..

 

roll tight will roll you for 16,000 min. on a 96by 48 ft trailer. ky location

 

Brand new East trailer with Conestoga tarp and Great Lakes log bunks installed 55 THOUSAND DOLLARS.