Flatbed or stepdeck

What kind of freight do u have most access to with the company ur going with ? Stepdeck is good for light equipment and picking up some partial ltl loads and putting together a monster payday..especially if its a SD with ramps. But if ur just gonna haul palletized stuff and loaded to gross most the times , a flatbed would be easier to keep loaded and scale out to gross and more options to keep loaded. Just my opinon

 

I run flat, never step, so no advice. Love the username though.

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I'd find out what's in demand in the areas I plan to run in and get that particular trailer type if I were you.

 

Stepdeck there's a lot less loads you can haul but you can get occasionally lucky with a high paying specialized load.

I've done both.

 

I’m yet to see those good paying stepdeck loads. It is a discount flatbed that costs more to buy. And than you just watch those flatbed postings with remarks „no stepdecks”, even if a load could easily go on it brokers often don’t want to book you on it, they’d rather get a „real flatbed”.

 

I have a flatbed so I say go with a stepdeck so there's less loads you can steal from me.

 

They still letting you drive with all those pills you got in your profile picture? Man I could probably get you in at Western but I’m never going back

 

what do you want to do? No trailer will ever be perfect for every area. You’d need every trailer in your driveway to always be set up to do that. I pull a step, I sit a lot at home at least waiting for good loads, I like putting multiple loads together. If you want to stay loaded and rolling hauling anything stay with a flatbed, if you want to wait on juicy stuff and work smarter not harder and aren’t afraid to work go with a step deck. That’s my opinion.