
Truck driving in Utah
You've been sitting behind the wheel for a few weeks. What you want now is some home time with lots of room to spread out and relax. Several states in the Great Plains, the upper Rocky Mountain Region, and the Northwest U.S. offer all the room you could want! And if you like driving with limited traffic, jobs in these regions are ready and waiting. Consider placing Montana, the Dakotas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Nevada, and Utah on your truck driving home base wish list. Wide open spaces abound with low population densities and lots of ranchland. And if you're worried about finding a job, there is high demand for truck drivers through each state, most of which have some of the lowest unemployment numbers in the U.S. You might haul everything from cattle to minerals to wind turbines. But if all that wide open space gives you an itch to move, you'll find interstates with the highest speed limits in the country. Head to the highway, open up the throttle, and get some diesel pumping through your truck’s veins (all while driving safely, of course). Utah is another state where the pace of life is far slower than speed limits and wind speeds. So, hook onto a trailer full of wind energy, and see if you can reach your destination before it spoils!
Geographic Advantages
Those outside the trucking industry may not think of Utah as an important player on the national level. They couldn’t be more wrong. Utah’s central location in the western U.S. allows for easy access to all west coast ports, inland states, Canada, and Mexico. It’s for this reason that some of the top U.S. carriers maintain their headquarters or began their operations out of Utah. These trucking pioneers who began the industry hauling fruits and vegetables to market, within a few decades became regional carriers and today are seen on the highways throughout the nation.
Bordering State/Countries
Utah is one of the four corners states, meaning it is bordered by Colorado to the east, New Mexico to the southeast, and Arizona to the south. Its western border meets Nevada, while on the north it is bordered by Idaho and Wyoming.
Products Moved by Trucks
Whether they are exported out of state, out of the country, or simply remain in the state for use in-state, according to the latest data from World’s Top Exports, the following are the primary products moved by truck drivers and industries offering truck driving jobs to those calling Utah home:
- Gold (unwrought)
- Miscellaneous food preparations
- Integrated circuits (memories)
- Aircraft including engines, parts
- Safety airbags
- Natural gas (liquid)
- Graphite or carbon non-electrical items
- Coal (non-agglomerated, bituminous)
- Molybdenum ores, concentrates
- X-ray tubes
Utah’s Highways
Utah interstates include 4 major routes and an auxiliary interstate totaling nearly 1,000 of the state’s over 100,000 lane miles of roadway. Interstates are as follows:
I-15 from the Arizona state line at Littlefield to the Idaho state line at Malad City
I-70 from the Colorado state line near Grand Junction to Cove Fort
1-80 from Nevada state line near Wendover to Wyoming state line near Evanston
I-84 from Idaho state line near Burley to Echo
1 Auxiliary interstate highways
For more information on Utah and its truck driver jobs, visit: utahtrucking.com
Job search faqs
Jobs.TheTrucker.com is one of the leading sources of long haul truck driving job listings, and its primary objective is to connect professional truck drivers with jobs. Jobs.TheTrucker.com’s job search functionality is designed to be simple and easy to use, and allows truck drivers to search for jobs by state, by driver type, by hauling type and by carrier.
Once you apply for a job, we match your qualifications to the appropriate job listings and send your application to the trucking companies immediately.
Jobs.TheTrucker.com’s job search functionality is designed to be simple and easy to use, and allows job seekers to search for truck driver jobs by state, by driver type, by hauling type and by carrier. When searching for truck driving jobs, you may set the search criteria to be as specific or general as you want to find the job that is best for you.
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A commercial driver's license (CDL) is a driver's license required to operate large, heavy, or hazardous material vehicles in the US. The “class” of CDL a truck driver needs depends on the type of commercial motor vehicle operated. A truck driver may hold a CDL in one of three classes: Class A, Class B, and Class C.
For a detailed explanation of the different classes of CDLs, visit Truck Driving Job Resources.
Driver Type refers to the employment arrangement a driver operates. The most common truck driver arrangements include:
- Company Driver: Drivers employed by a specific carrier with its own fleet of trucks. “Companies” can be carriers that contract to transport other individuals' or companies' freight, or companies that carry their own freight.
- Lease-Purchase: Drivers hired by carriers where the truck is leased to the individual driver.
- Owner Operator (OO): Drivers who own the truck and operate as an independent business (also referred to as an "independent contractor").
- Team Driver: Drivers operating with a partner who shares driving duties.
For a detailed explanation of Driver Types, visit Truck Driving Job Resources.
Hauling Type (or trailer type, or equipment type) refers to the type of cargo being hauled. Different types of cargo materials require different types of trailers, and each type of trailer requires unique driver experience.
For a detailed explanation of Hauling Types, visit Truck Driving Job Resources.
Endorsements are required certifications for CDL holders hauling various types of equipment and freight. The most common endorsements for long haul truck drivers include:
- Doubles/Triples: required for drivers hauling double or triple trailers.
- HazMat: required for transporting hazardous materials.
- Tanker: required for operating a vehicles designed with a permanent or temporary tank attached.
For a detailed explanation of the different types of endorsements, visit Truck Driving Job Resources.
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