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What are the good/bad points of flatbed,reefer,dry van,houshold ?
hey I was talking to a few drivers and asked a question. What is the good and bad points of flatbed, reefer, dry van, household, car carriers?
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hey I was talking to a few drivers and asked a question. What is the good and bad points of flatbed, reefer, dry van, household, car carriers?
Flatbed-tarppn wow you can get dirty
Reefer-will I ever get to sleepplus dock time means less miles.
Dry van-that OK lots of drop and hook ok some dockn.
Household- you mean I gotta unload
Car carries- no room to stand up in that there sleeper

To tell you the truth I like dry and reefer. There are some company's that do both if you start out with dry get some miles under your belt then go reefer that way all you need to think about is keeping the trailer cool

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I used to run flatbed and I really enjoyed it. Sure you have to tarp some loads, but all in all, it's really not that bad. if the option ever presents itself again, that's the way I will go. Just my 2 cents.
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Is it a pain in the a__ to fold tarps and straps and chains? Also is it something for the younger crowd (i'm 48 and not as a great of shape back in the day) but hated the cheap freight companies (cheap freight means cheap pay). Also I hated lumpers having to wait around for someone to put load on 20 pallets on my time when they could do it on thier time and not mine.
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Sure it's some work, and you'll aways have to fold your tarps on a windy day ALWAYS, but it's really not all that bad. My doc tells me that I could use the excersize so I figured that it wasn't all bad. Also, while I was running flats, Out of ten loads, I only tarped probably twice. I'm not sure how that works with the big companies, but I seemed to get alot of loads that didn't require tarps.
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Sure it's some work, and you'll aways have to fold your tarps on a windy day ALWAYS, but it's really not all that bad. My doc tells me that I could use the excersize so I figured that it wasn't all bad. Also, while I was running flats, Out of ten loads, I only tarped probably twice. I'm not sure how that works with the big companies, but I seemed to get alot of loads that didn't require tarps.
The things that put me off Flats entirely were the tarps and the spread axles. 13 feet in the air at night in the middle of winter unrolling a tarp. If you accidentally step off that load, you are done doing anything for months. Some company's require tarps no matter what because they've been refused loads for soot from the truck exhaust. I found that 60lbs tarps advertised on the web sight became 80 lbs at the training center and were actually over 100 lbs. I couldn't even get them off the ground without serious leverage. As a new driver tandems are hard enough to back and turn. Why go to the extra trouble of starting with a spread axle that never steers back to the same place twice. Pop a tire off because you turned to sharp and now you've got a real problem.
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Do you use any poles or extensions to help get the tarps over the load or you just have to climb on top of the load? (ie. a large punch press). Do flat beds have dedicated loads? Why wouldnt you pop a tire on a box trailer with slider axles forward and can you adjust spread axles closer together?
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Flatbed-tarppn wow you can get dirty
Reefer-will I ever get to sleepplus dock time means less miles.
Dry van-that OK lots of drop and hook ok some dockn.
Household- you mean I gotta unload
Car carries- no room to stand up in that there sleeper

To tell you the truth I like dry and reefer. There are some company's that do both if you start out with dry get some miles under your belt then go reefer that way all you need to think about is keeping the trailer cool

Good luck.
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2 wheels are definatly better,just need to find a driving job that incorporates them both or to get my bike on the truck,lol. Been to the crand canyon from south Florida. It was very nice but learned 1 thing, "dont go to Vegas in the summer,was like a blow dryer on high heat on my face.
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I pull reffers and did some dry van for a while. Here's what I see as a big difference. Reffer runs have a tighter schedule and are mostly live load/unload. So you need to be good at backing into those docks. If your not you will be in a short time or have a huge DAC with lots of accidents on it.

Dry Van is great for D&H and you can get more time on your trips. You also don't have to fiddle with fueling the refer or putting up with it starting and stopping at all hours.

However, with a refer you can haul refridgerated and dry loads. So you can get loads while others are waiting for loads. A draw major drawback to refer is it is a lot of Just In Time shipments.

Plus and minuses to the two as I see them.
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