Flatbeds...skateboards...why?

I resemble those remarks! Lol. I start cdl school on the 15th and am going to haul flatbed nationally. Looking foward to the challenge!

 

Shotsjc Hey which company you going with?

 

hey lets not forget us regional trash haulers not as hard as the flatbedders but tougher then the freight queens my poor truck goes off roading more then my 4x4 pick up goes in some of these landfills not to mention all the nails we pick up. nothing like the feeling u get when you just drove 100,000lb gross 6 axle up a 12% muddy grade with god knows what underneith and getting back down with out having to get a push or being pulled out. or right after that heading to a demo job in downtown boston at rush hour having to back down side street after side street

 

seems like you got your answer, I've been thinking about getting back into flat beds, or even double drops

 

Well, C&D for me was more labor intensive than flatbedding is. Granted, those days when I ran the roll-offs or ran end dumps from the transfer station to the landfill weren't so bad, but the boom truck was a pretty decent workout. I'd have to do the manual labor outside while the boom operator scooped the stuff up and put it into the can. Couple that with 100+, high humidity days. Even for someone in C&D who doesn't have that exact job, there's still the things you describe.
Now cleaning up NOLA after Katrina.. that was hell in itself. Flatbedding OTR is nothing compared to working in a disaster area. Don't believe me, there's plenty of opportunity for you to find out. They still have a lot to do in Joplin, and they're getting pretty hot and heavy with flood cleanup in North Dakota.

 

I start training with Roehl in Marshfield, WI. Did lots of research and after a few months on this forum think I made a good choice.

 

i hear that we all run the 100 yd live floor trailers and it can be pretty intense sometimes have still not worked in a disaster area but its coming and i look forward to it

 

I'd probably have worded that in a way to make it clear that it was the experience, and not the disaster, which I was looking forward to. Walking floor is one of the things I've never operated. Pulled a couple hay loads for a guy out of Lamar, CO who used them, but he always had me pull a flatbed. Are they difficult to learn?

 

lol woops my bad as for the difficulty level the operation itself is easy simple undo the tarp load up tarp up take it to its destination and open the tailgate flip the PTO switch and it'll unload it self in all honesty it should take 3 loads to figure it out its the places you go and the the crap you run over where it gets tricky mud season around is fun ive trucks from other companies have bumpers twisted and contorted in all different directions. ive seen people rip rear ends out snap axles to even seeing one guy blow 3 tires at once. steering wheel holders dont last in this industry. another thing is you cant be afraid to bend the rules a little bit if u want to make money we're permited for 100,000 gross but i prefer to run in the 106k-109k range DOT doesnt usually pay to much mind to us log books its best to know how to be creative ill leave it at that