Are most flatbed drivers owner operators or company drivers??

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  1. walkertexastransport

    walkertexastransport Bobtail Member

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    Just curious, I have seen a lot of truck drivers with dry vans are company drivers. Are most flatbed drivers owner operators?/
     
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  3. Bakerman

    Bakerman Road Train Member

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    I only know 3 people that haul flats, and both of them are O/O.

    2 of them have drivers leased on to them.
     
  4. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Stick and brick haulers? I'd say the majority are company. OSOW, the majority are O/O.
     
  5. str8t10

    str8t10 Medium Load Member

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    There are a lot of company flatbed drivers. TMC for instance has around 2000 trucks and Maverick I think is equivalent. They have flat, glass division and then reefer. They haul the glass on a special A-frame mounted on a flatbed. Like TripleSix said sticks and bricks mostly company drivers. I call them them lumber jockeys lol. But the really cool specialized stuff and osow almost exclusively O/O from my experience
     
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  6. cnsper

    cnsper Road Train Member

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    You also have companies like Swift, Prime, Watkins Shepherd, Jones Brothers and many others that all have flatbed trailers. Majority of them are company drivers while a few are lease operators.
     
  7. Zeviander

    Zeviander Road Train Member

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    My company has around 90 drivers. We have, I think, 4 owner ops.
     
  8. dngrous_dime

    dngrous_dime Road Train Member

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    Don't forget the Western Express superstars....
     
  9. MJ1657

    MJ1657 Road Train Member

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    I'm a company driver.

    Two driver company. The boss and myself. I run the open deck side he pulls hoppers. I'll pull a hopper if I get slow.
     
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