
Experienced truck driver with almost 40 years of experience in many different types of vehicles, from off-road hazardous conditions to extralegal oversize heavy haul. Also an experienced heavy equipment operator with time on a vast number of different kinds of equipment, a member of Operating Engineers Local 3 for over 20 years.
Pilot car driver for oversize loads, truck driver operating 10 wheeler, water truck, flatbeds, bottom dumps, end dumps, transfers, step deck, double drop flatbed, 5/8/9 axle heavy haul, etc. Also heavy equipment operator, including dozer, loader, excavator, grader, haul truck, skid steer, etc. Foreman overseeing work crews on fire debris removal operations following devastating wildfires.
Owned and operated a log truck business. Drove, maintained and repaired the truck, kept records as required by various agencies. Safely operated in stressful and hazardous conditions, including long hours, driving in darkness on forest service roads, driving in mud/ice/snow, working around loading equipment, in noisy, dusty environments, etc. I also would change over to 5th wheel and pull possum belly chip van.