I'd love to get into HHG, but as I understand it from talking to Rev. I really can't get a job driving HHG unless I spend time as a lumper so I can get the trade down.

Tell me, if I found someone in HHG to take me a long and show me the ropes, would that count in the moving companies eyes as experience?

Yes. Actually, Graebel (the company whom the Rev. pulls for ) requires exp. Alot of agents in the United And Mayflower (Uni-Group) will actually trail OTR drivers. Alot of guys come into HHG from other areas of trucking, and require training, and United has UniGroup University that you go through their "classes". In the end you will be "Certified" as a quality mover/packer.

Hope that helps some,

Jason

a flat bed with a walking stick

grain hauler with extra long sun visor

I'm not an OTR driver though. Local/regional. Would they still take me on? I would eventually want to buy my own truck if I was going the HHG route...

Yes. They have local/shorthaul contractors. Some do really well that way, but its a LOT of loading and unloading.

We do the longhauls because the rates go down a tiny bit, but theres wayyyy es loading and unloading.

I don't mean I won't do longhaul. I'd do longhaul for HHG. What I meant was a lot of companies I've seen require "2 yr.s OTR experience". I don't have ANY OTR experience. Could I still get into a training program at united?

I really don't understand that qualification either. To me what I do is harder than OTR anyway. I log 1,600 miles, and they might all might be in this region, but unlike an OTR driver, I backup numerous times a day into all sorts of spots not designed for a large truck. Oh well.

That should count as experience. Start doing local stuff for a moving company, and eventually they'll have you going further and further as you go.

My first 2 trips weren't more that 350 miles from my agent.

Not me - I like to stay under 1000 miles, and turn the loads over quickly. That's how I beat you all this summer. :wink:

My "stomping grounds" is a 1k mile run from texas to colorado...load go to colorado, unload-reload and come back...I'm home every week or so, except this coming week I'm loading to go to the great north-east :shock:

I can't really afford to do local moving at $12 an hour though... I make $23-$28 an hour as it is and it all goes to pay the bills! :oops: