David Higdon

**** ** ****** **., ********, OR *7471 Home: 541-***-**** - Cell: 541-***-****: ea9aj9@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

I am seeking employment in transportation. I have thirty years’ experience on many types of equipment. I have experience on the following; tank, flatbed, end dump, bottom dump, dry and refer vans, vacuum oilfield trucks. I also have some experience with road construction equipment such as rollers, front end loaders and minimal experience with track hoes and backhoes.

Highlights

• Class A driver with tank, hazmat, doubles and triples endorsements with over 2.5 million miles logged.

• off road experience with dump trucks and tank trucks in oilfields

• CDL Class A

• Effective communication skills

• Excellent personal hygiene

• Great attitude

• Clean DMV record

• 3-axel tractor

Experience

Driver

References: Adam Schauer Driver Manager at Market Transport ph. 503-***-**** (ea9aj9@r.postjobfree.com) (ea9aj9@r.postjobfree.com)

October 1997 to June 2011

Market Transport ltd. – Portland, OR

Delivered to commercial locations. Performed inside delivery for customers. Inspected cargo for count accuracy.

Performed walk-around inspection of tractor trailer.

Successfully avoided time delivery delays by carefully planning best routes. Delivered in 53 foot tractor trailer.

Loaded bobtail and tractor trailer truck with forklift to drop freight. Drove multi-stop routes and made deliveries of Hazmat freight. Made deliveries with electric pallet jack.

Used manual jack to unload at customer site.

Checked all load-related documentation to ensure that it is complete and accurate

Checked vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order

Drove trucks with capacities greater than three tons, including tractor-trailer combinations, to transport and deliver products.

Employed land navigation techniques

Followed appropriate safety procedures for transporting dangerous goods

Inspected and maintained vehicle supplies and equipment, such as gas, oil, water, tires, lights, and brakes, to ensure that vehicles are in proper working condition

Performed routine maintenance on vehicles and auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank

Positioned lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, and boxes, and secure material or products for transport to designated areas. Presented bills and receipts and collect payments for goods delivered or loaded, read bills of lading to determine assignment details. Read bills of lading to determine assignment details

Read maps and followed written and verbal geographic directions.

Chauffeur

May 1997 to June 1997

Pick up delivery of cast and crew on movie locations

Truck driver

June 1995 to May 1997

Tri Mac – Riddle, OR

Pick up and delivery of nickel ore

Driver

June 1994 to January 1995

AKA Productions – Redmond, OR

Worked for a television production company as a chauffeur picking up cast and crew and delivering them to set.

Truck driver

June 1987 to June 1994

Beaver State Sand and Gravel – Roseburg, OR

Operated dump trucks (end dump, bottom dumps, and water tank trucks) and road equipment rollers, front end loaders, and track hoes and back hoes. Worked building logging roads highway projects and pipeline projects.

Delivery driver

March 1984 to April 1987

Metro Exterior Panels – Tualatin, OR

Delivery of construction equipment and supplies

Delivery driver

December 1981 to July 1983

CTL management – Portland, OR

Pickup and delivery of building supplies

Driver

December 1980 to October 1981

Rocky Mountain Trucking – Rangeley, CO

Worked driving vacuum truck servicing work over rigs and gas wells, frac tanks and drilling rigs.

Tanker driver

May 1980 to November 1980

Chevron USA – Eugene, OR

Started my driving career with Chevron completing their driving school and on the road training in the spring of 1980 until they started downsizing their transportation department in the fall of that year.

Education

Sutherlin High 1976

Sutherlin, OR, USA

General

In 1973 father passed away and in 1975 things became difficult financially for my mother with 6 kids at home so I left home to work and relieve some of the burden.

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