Swift Flatbed Division... ?!

Moving a ton with the flick of a wrist, you are clearly Superman.

But that's always a pleasant discovery. I never handled that much of my cargo In reefer, but when I did it was generally with a pallet jack, and the pallets were 2K plus. A complete PITA to get over a dock plate that was poorly leveled. Especially since central trailers tended to be lower even with tandems back and bags inflated.

And I always volunteered for it, granted I was paid for it, but it was always better than sitting in the cab serching for new jobs.

 

Heck you've already figured out what most never figured out. Good going. In flatbed you'll only really have to deal with one planner for the most part, and if you get my guy, he's bloody good. Didn't know I'd be able to deliver early here in Laredo, ended up delivering and calling my planner. 1 minute after hanging up he had a load sent my way. He's usually good about that. But more often I'm stacked anyway.

 

Call the customer and see if you can camp out, if yes, take the long way round dodge the scale and take a nap...

 

I agree and don't worry about the 12,100# on the steer.

 

What they said.

One high and vinyl covered load. Tested the throwing arm real good. Tarp went right to the rub rail on either side.

 

Looking good does Swift flatbed pay pretty good?

 

Probably not the highest starting out. But I'm up to .44 base, .05 bonus, and another .01 if I take a trainee. 30$ tarp pay. 20$hr starts after 2hrs detention. 50$ layover.

And, when I had a bad trailer and had to transload, they just gave me 500 miles worth, since that's what the FB division expects you to average. Course that involved, taking all my securement and tarps back off, forklifting the stuff to another trailer, and putting it all back on.

Pays my bills, and I've got good managment. Runs average about 1200 miles so far.

 

Oh you are a trainer. More power to ya lol

 

Everytime I take someone, I tell myself I'll never do it again. Was gonna give it up in FB, but driver development begged me to give it another go since 80-90% or our FB students end up with van guys.