Securement training

So I’m talking to a local yokel company about hiring on. It’s a flat bed outfit but they are wary about hiring a guy who has little to no flatbed experience.
Is there some kind of training I could pay for that would make getting on with a small flatbed fleet easier????
If not I’ll hunt for a tanker outfit

 

They not willing to have you ride along with one of their drivers for a week or two?

 

They kept talking about insurance costs. It doesn’t help they’re insured with a company I had private insurance with when I had an accident at 17.
His company wants 600$/mo to insure me.

edit for details: 17 we used my truck to lug around tools on the farm. My buddy set an open tray of sockets inside the tailgate and shut the tailgate, but not well enough.
So I pull out on the highway and sling sockets and half a tool box into on coming traffic (just one car) also a warning for an unsecured load.

 

You’re going to be a company driver and the company i ways you to pay for the insurance on the company truck you’re going to drive ?

 

You need to run fast from this yahoo...

 

No but he ran my info to see if he could hire me. It was not a yes or a no it was an “I’ll call you later in the week” I’m just trying to improve my chances if I don’t work here then atleast for somewhere else.
Insurance company is progressive and I guess they’re still upset

 

I watched The Western Express securement training video on YouTube.
I think I could muddle my way through flats if I needed to.

 

This isn’t the first time I’ve heard the insurance thing. I guess progressive is pretty popular in my area with companies.
A local readymix plant offered me 16$/hr till the insurance approval came through pierce didn’t say how much but said it was high and tried to get me to work for 12$/hr instead. I said no thanks.

 

Is this a contractor thing or full company ride. Your location would help.

 

How many years ago was your accident ?

Have you pulled a 7 year or 10 years MVR?
And pulled your DAC?

most places need drivers bad.
If this place doesn’t want you, just move on to some place that does