Starting out flat bedding?

Maybe it's just me, I'd rather start out driving reefers / dry vans then go to flat bedding after experience. But, again that's me and how I feel.

 

i think honestly that depends on your maturity and how well you take instruction and listen to critics(your trainer in this case) if you listen well are willing to learn and can handle the weather nothing is wrong with starting out in flatbed, i know i did. However, I had driving experience when i was younger with my uncle and his farm truck so, if you arent used to driving something that large you may wanna start dry van and get used to how they drive and handle better and improving on shifting and turning because in a flatbed when hauling oversize or lowboy it will help out greatly

 

Depends on what you want. My schedule is usually leave with an oversize load on Monday morning, deliver by Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning and be home by Friday night or Saturday morning. I have not touched a tarp since the 15th of Febuary. On the other hand some companies tarp just about everything they put on a trailer. Flatbedding is friendlier to my sleep schedule and I dont have to pay some lumper for the priviledge of having my trailer unloaded.

 

In regards to what? If you plan on doing it anyway might as well do it from the start.

 

Well; if you start out with a van later you will need training to flat. If you can pull a board you can drag a box.

 

That last part I would question, already tarped? I'm not even sure how that would work especially with securement, is this person a recruiter by chance? The home each weekend part especially tells me yes.

 

probably drag a box around first, for a year. You really need to concetrate on driving the truck and navigating the trailer before having to worry about your cargo falling off. With the new csa2010, DOT is really cracking down on load securement now. Most of your vans have tandem axles, which most of your skatebboards have spread axle, they do pull differently.
If you dont mind getting dirty, working in freezing cold rain, or sweating your *** off in LA in July, then maybe flatbeddn' is the way to go.