Thinking of trying out flatbed

What changed your view? I did food service for 5 years it is hard aswell and pays well but I want a change myself

 

Its not for everybody.. whats making u shy away from it?

 

Ive had that feeling many times in life.. just gotta do whats best for u and trust in your instinct. At the end of the day its just another aspect of trucking, flatbedding isnt the end all be all. It has just as many problems and bs to put up with as any other sector

 

Probably best to trust your instinct. I don’t do flatbed because I enjoy it so much, I do it more for the fact I know the work is good for me. I want to at least stay in reasonably good shape. If I did what I wanted I’d get my hazmat and try to get the best paying gig I could find. I’m afraid I’d soon be obese though. Maybe when I get older idk.

 

As far putting your tattoo on the load shippers will use the forklift to put your tarps on top Top of the load.. if that’s your concern

 

You know best. Good luck!

 

I had a trainer who drove for Hunt for 7 years, said it was a pretty good experience. He said he would go back if he’d wanted OTR flatbed. He was there in 2013 or so, so who knows how they are now. They are pretty hard to find any recent info about. I’m pretty sure that division is super small compared to the rest of Crete/Shafer,

I was tempted signing on with Crete to go to Hunt instead, but chickened out of the flatbed challenge. Too out of shape. Crete didn’t work out, so I went into the next best thing, tankers. Maybe in a few years I’ll give flatbed an actual shot.

Good luck!