Truck Wheels and Dangerous Jobs

Here is the deal with those reality shows you see on television about the guys who make a living catching fish from a boat or being a logger. With these types of jobs, the pay is usually pretty lousy considering the risk you take to both life and limb. In other words, 30 to 40 grand a year isn’t worth getting swept out into the sea or having both legs amputated because a tree fell on you.

Look, if you are going to take a risky job, you might as well get one that pays well.

BB Wheels, your source for truck wheels, offer you the following occupations that have elevated risks, but those can be overlooked because they come with sweet salaries.

Airline Pilot

Being an airline pilot is just like driving your truck, except your 39.000 feet in the air with 150 passengers rooting for your success.

Flying might be safer than driving, but gravity still wins a few battles here and there. Crashes are quite rare, but back pain isn’t. You see, the most common injury pilots suffer is back strain due to the sheer number of hours you are hunkered down in the captain's chair.

But the back pain is well worth it. Pilots start off making six figures and that can soar to over $200,000 a year depending on experience.

Private Detective

Digging up dirt on unsuspecting husbands or CEOs can be pretty demanding. And we hate to see what you might look like should the guy you are tailing is on to you. Besides physical altercations, private detectives sustain most of their injuries in car accidents. But even the risk of getting in an accident is rather low.

In addition to a decent salary, private detectives are on the move a lot and not confined to their desk eight to 10 hours a day.

Registered Nurse

As a nurse, you can expect injury from violence and falls and to fall ill from any number of viruses you are exposed to.

What will ease the pain while you recover from the flu is the fact you are getting paid well for your heroic efforts.

Professional Athlete

When your job is to run towards the goal while eluding 300-pound lineman, you are bound to get hurt from time to time. Let’s face it, being a professional athlete is going to take a toll on your body, unless you are a golfer.

But it is all worth it in the end because of the glory, recognition and hefty paycheck.

Commercial Diver

Commercial divers are needed to perform everything from construction operations to repairs to engineering tasks. This means you could be doing anything from inspecting an oil structure to rigging explosives, under water of course.

Because of this added challenge, commercial divers get paid the big bucks, and deservedly so.

Construction Foreman

Putting up a building can really tear a body down. Construction foremen suffer a pretty high on-the-job death rate. But that is still low compared to the fatality rate of iron workers and roofers. And they don’t get paid nearly as much as a construction foreman.

Railroad Conductor

Railroad safety has improved dramatically over the years, but that doesn't mean you can’t get caught up in a derailment. Even though your rate of injury as a railroad conductor is high, so is your salary.

Electrician

You guessed it, the chances are pretty high that as an electrician you could get electrocuted. But the most common injury sustained by electricians is from falls. But if you are careful and watch your step, you will lead a happy life because you make good money.

These are the jobs that are worth the risk because of their salary. You make enough money to own a really nice truck and buy a set of truck wheels from BB Wheels whenever you want to.