Hey everybody I was wondering if i could get any info of how it is to work for Roehl flatbed division from drivers and Prime flatbed division that are company drivers please. Thanks it will help me put things into perspective. Thanks

sorry meant Roehl Transport & Prime Inc.
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There is alot of info on this site about Roehl (company driver) but Prime only has about 10 Company flatbed drivers, the rest are lease operators (I am one of them, truck #67599). If you are looking for a place to start and learn flatbedding, Roehl is one of the best. Prime is not a training company, although they do do that. Prime is only for those who are willing to run the miles, day after day, and make that commitment. If you do, you can make pretty good money, but most don't like to get too involved with the whole 'own your own business thing' and go company driver.
Good Luck to you.

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Thanks slick50 for the info i planned for Roehl anyway but heres a Couple Q's for u.
1. I work at Cabelas in Prarie du Chein WI and see somtimes Roehl flatbeds hauling pallets in have you ever had to do so?

2. Could i ask what your main products u haul are and were to?

Thanks Mike

I haul: steel coils, aluminum coils, flat steel, lumber, plywood, drywall, extruded aluminum, home depot loads, copper, shingles, tarpaper, re-bar (coiled) we call them slinkies, glass, containers, machinery, pipe (metal and pvc)... that's all I can think of right off.
Never any pallets though.
I get 72% of the load and 100% fuel surcharge which comes to about $1.26 a mile for all miles (including deadhead). Last year I drove 161,000 miles and got 6.32 mpg, but I have a new truck this year so my mpg will be in the 5.5 range, which means that I will make about $10,000 less. But still about $60,000 if I can run better than 150,000 miles. Prime runs me hard but that is why I am with Prime and not another company; I like to drive, not wait to drive.
Roehl is a good company if you want to go that way. I know they haul lots of lumber, but I don't see them at my shippers/receivers so I don't know what else they haul.

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Roehl does haul quite a bit of lumber, but they also do eveything on Slick's list except the steel coils and glass. (at least I've never seen/heard about it.) There is also different types of stone, tile, insulation, corn starch, fiberboard and hay. It really depends on what area of the country you are in when it comes time for you to reload.