Training o/o for flatbed

Well, LS has one in St Augustine FL and Harold does a good job at it. They also have 1,000 plus agents and you aren't obligated to haul for anyone you don't want to. I have agents on my blacklist, that I won't haul for unless the load pays $4 plus per mile and some that I won't haul for period, as I don't want to deal with them. It was the same way with my own authority. ie "Hello this is Bob with (Market Transport, Mercer, CHR, Allen Lund, TQL and many more)" and I say "thanks for calling, but I can't haul at your rate", click.
TMC used to hire O/O if your truck was "purty enuff", maybe they'll train ya too.

 

i can get you trained. i load out of leipsic everyday so its close to you. email me and we can get together maybe lease you on where im at.
email is simpleman_oh@yahoo.com name is dave

 

http://www.cmcodepot.com/loadsecurementtraining.aspx

Reasonable pricing and have had others recommend it. Thinking of going and taking a driver. I have never had formal training.

 

training is over-rated...........common sense is the key to flatbedding and I think you got that covered

As for you JT, I know exactly what you are going thru. I had 0 experience up until a few months ago. After pulling several loads you realize that it is a cake walk (securement) as long as you use common sense and understand physics and how things work. Now the actual physical part of flatbedding is what makes it tough and tarping is an art form all in itself (done right), yet you stil see so many loads spilled on the roadside or trucks going down the road with straps on loads that should have chains and so on.... some people's children

 

boyd will train you the right way and beyond,very picky,they go beyond DOT regs

 

CRST Malone does offer securement training as part of their orientation. It is about a day. You can get the basics and they will give you a book that shows how to secure a load. It has some line drawings which can help you to remember how to secure certain loads. It can be a good reference. They do a lot of coils. One big thing you need to learn is how many chains or straps to use for a load. Much of how to secure a load is common sense, but there are some rules that you will need to follow in order to be compliant with the fmcsa. Once you understand how to calculate the number of chains or straps, the rest is simple.

 

its better to over secure than not enough,dot will less likely mess with you

 

chains and straps hanging in the rack are no good, when the ld. is laying on top of somebodies car or in the ditch