RFI: Flat bed advice

I’m an experienced driver, with specialty hauling/high value load experience, looking to make the jump over to flat bedding. Also have prior heavy equipment experience.

What companies should I look at/not look at?

Have passport and TWIC. Not afraid to run in snow/chain up. Clean MVR/DAC/criminal background/employment history.

Hometime isn’t an issue, as long as every three/four months I can take ten to fourteen days off.

Thanks in advance for any advice.



I’ve spoken with Kivi Bro’s and W.E. Wylie so far. Very interested in getting into heavy haul/oversize eventually.

I am NOT a job hopper. I’ve only worked for one trucking company (my current job) and if I leave, intend to stay with whatever company I land at until I’m done driving, so want to make the best informed decision possible.

 

How does E.W. Wylie handle home time? If I stay out for three months at a time...will they give me a hard time about being home for ten days or so?

Realistically, what am I looking at for take home per week?

Where do you run, primarily?

Thanks.

 

@Aamcotrans

Can you discuss the safety department policies? Ie, how, say, a hard braking event would be handled? What triggers the cameras, roll out speed violations, etc? I just want to know what the expectations are before I make a change. That’s one of the issues I’m running into now, where thresholds are being changed, without anyone being told until they get written up (not me, but I anticipate it getting worse, instead of better).

Seriously interested in this option, but as I said, once I make a jump, I want this to stick, and do not intend on changing jobs again until I get out of a truck.



I spoke with the recruiter at Wylie, but would like to hear the inside scoop from a current employee. Can PM if that’s better.

I’m a hard worker, and will run anywhere, any weather, any time. Don’t expect I’ll have issues dispatch as long as they are fair in their decisions and dealings with me.