im gointo work for arrow oct 18. ive never flatbed before i hope they got some good traing. How are there trucks also. Ne advice i can get about arrow would be awesome
Thanks Dan

BINGO!!!

I've said it so much on this forum that I figured I'd let people figure it out on their own. I was regional and there was NO freight. More like local to Dallas/Houston when I left NC. Not worth the effort. I have to say that they did pay me on time and did pay me accurately. Also, the $200 will come back to you. Just go over the logs you have over the phone with them, send them copies if you need to. They'll give you your money back. They cannot afford any more lawsuits. Cant believe I lasted almost two months with them in that #### equipment.

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Please. Please read this carefully. Do NOT go work for this company. I'm sure they were a good company in the past, but they are a 4th rate flatbed company now. Find another.

Their Flatbed "training" is bad and incomplete. I learned at TMC so I pretty much laughed through their entire "training". Their trucks are junk. Your truck WILL break down REGULARLY. Not to mention, you will have to clean out the previous drivers' filth before you get on the road. I cleaned out dirt, finger and toenails, used dental floss, used tissues, a bottle of idontwannaknow, shoes, a dirty sock, and scraped off some kind of sticky substance that was stuck on the floor next to the shifter boot.

You will starve. You will have weeks of 600 miles if you are OTR, and two trips if you are regional (26% SE Regional). You will have to buy your own winch bar, your own bungies, your own 2" straps. You will be tossed a load that delivers way out of your hour limit and will be expected to run it, then will be yelled at for DOT violations when you do. You will pick up a loaded trailer at a shipper that has broken lights, a flat tire, etc, have to go get it fixed (if they can afford to pay for the repair), then get yelled at for being late to the consignee.

You can do better with the many many other starter companies out there.

Search Google and Ripoff reports. You'll find plenty of ammo to make you understand what I'm talking about.

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Get online and get some apps in. Get away from there. I sure hope you dont have a family to support.

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Dan,
Its a crapshoot.You can probably find a better company out there.
I just got on hometime,they actually got me home early,but I spent 7 days sitting it out at the shop with nothing more wrong than a headlight out.
I was held there even after I was told that I was 6-7th,then 3-4th on the list.
I finally had to get beligerant for someone to respond,then I finally ended up on the board for dispatch on Friday for a 1400 mile load delivering Tue.
I was going through my hometown ,and asked to be repowered,and they got me home.
I mean after all the B.S.,screw the few miles,I needed a break.
I actually brought home 1,300. for the month of Sept. Afar cry from the 70,000 a year I made in a different industry last year.
The economy is in the crapper,and my industry is dead,I came off of unemployment for this company,and I have had 1- $1,200 week,or 10 days actually since June.
The training isn't that bad for a newbie IMO,but you are left to figure alot out for yourself.
Hope this helps,

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Yes I do have a family to support,and do have Apps in,just dont want do back into a trainer truck right now for 12 weeks with a major co.

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I hear ya. You might want to try Watkins Shepard. You'd probably be tossed into a truck almost right away. They have flatbed as well if you were interested but everyone on this board says they have plenty of miles available (3000+) if you want to run them.

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Please list some.

Watkins Shepard
TransAm
TMC
Swift
KLLM
Magnum
USExpress


Need more?

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Jarhead, thanks for the list. I graduate in early March and will start looking into those companies.