Why do some truckers dislike flatbed trucking

i seriously never knew there was so much back and forth about flatbedding. when i did it at a lumber yard it was nice, having to get up on the bed to secure things wasnt that fun but what the hell. are some of you guys afraid to break a sweat or somethin? what did you do for work before truck driving? sleep test studies?? lol

 

lol i'll take crawling around on a flat bed anytime, then to crawl around on crane booms putting them together all day ,back when i was younger

 

If you had told them how to load the load like a flat driver does you wouldn't have to waste your time and effort sliding those trailer wheels to get the weight correct on those trailer tandems or drive axles!!

 

drove van for 12 months.
be on decks since 7 years.
never ever go back to vans.
better money and way more importend !
better customers. not like sitting on a dock and wait the butt of till a lazy teamsters guy comes after 8 hours and pull the load from the trailer.
and then you have to pay him.
deck customers are friendly and helpfull. ( about 90% )

 

police officer?

 

No. Hollywood and the high profile nature of shootouts & etc. makes people think police work is far more dangerous than it actually is. It doesn't even rank in the top ten.

I always got a kick out of that. Trucking is more dangerous, has longer hours, pays less, and is every bit as vital to the functioning of modern society---more, actually, because without trucks there wouldn't be a modern society---as police work, but they are heroes and we are bums in most people's minds.

 

What does importend mean?
How do you wait a butt off?
I've never once paid a union guy to unload my trailer, if I'm not mistaken that kind of goes against what they do.

I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin.

 

hmmm if we can figure out how to wait a butt off---i bet with the right infomercial we could be millionares

 

Depends on whos butt you use!

 

"Americas 10 most deadly professions"
1.Fisherman
2.Logger
3.Airplane pilot
4.Farmers/Ranchers
5.Roofers
6.Ironworkers
7.Sanitation workers
8.Industrial Machinist
9.Truckers and Drivers
10.Construction Laborers