Good pay after 1.5 years and how to find the right company?

The better paying opportunities in flatbed exist where you can move on up into oversize/overweight/heavy haul loads.

Thus -- one carrier you might look into is Lone Star, in Texas:

High-paying Flatbed Trucking Jobs, Regional & OTR- Lone Star Transportation

-- L

 

@Winnyf1 might have some insight on Kivi Bros out of Duluth.

 

What's good pay? The way I decide what good pay is.....first I look at cpm. Average pay for OTR falls between 55 and 65 cpm. You're at 1.5 years experience. You're probably more likely to command a wage closer to 55 cpm than 65 cpm. Then the more important thing is how many miles a company can give you. On average, a driver will run 2300 to 2500 miles per week. You must ask your prospective company what the company average is. That will tell the story. Then you gotta look at accessory pay. In flatbed, you'll have to start with tarp pay. See if they have other incentives, bonuses and accessory pay. I don't too much pay attention to that because that can be cut at any time. I look at cpm, and how much freight a company has, not to mention company average. I start and focus on that, then the rest is added bonus.

 

Where do you want to call home?

 

Go to wheeler transportation at wheelertrucking.com ... Family run op and pay is probably best you will find.

 

sadly their website doesn’t give any info about what a driver wants to know before wasting time