- Dry Van lorry driver – transporting goods that are not liquid and are palletized in separate pieces or secured in one bigger load (transporting machine for one consignee). The load is loaded in closed trailer not exposed to outer conditions.
- Flat Bed lorry driver – transporting goods that are oversized and not able to be transported by another type of trailer. An interesting thing for this transporting service is that the load can go out of the footprint of the flatbed trailer.
- Reefer lorry driver – if you choose to get involved in this category you need to know that you will be responsible for temperature sensitive cargo and the load checkups are in a shorter period of time.
- Truckmovers – Lorry driver that transporting more trucks at ones from the manufacturer to the customer yard.
- Tanker lorry driver – transporting liquid loads such as gasoline, diesel fuel, oil, milk … for this category of lorry driver you will need special certification.
- Dump lorry driver – transporting loose materials: sand, coal, gravel with a dump truck that use pressurized air for lifting the trailer and unloading the load.
- Tow lorry driver – transporting wrecked or defected vehicles from the place of the accident or where the defect occurred to the required place or the repair shop.
- Auto Transporters – these lorry drivers are specialized for loading, transporting and unloading cars in the specially designed trailer for transporting cars.
Lorry Driver Categories by The Location
Depending on where the lorry driver is performing the trip they can be:
Source: www.readytrucking.com
