Diary of a current Swift flatbed driver

is that gross or net?

 

Hey schmud,
Great posts dude. I drove skateboard for Arrow in 99-00. It is hard work and I was in shape from tarping, chaining, strapping and load securements. I have to tell folks though, you will be hot/cold, wet, sweaty and always dirty doing flatbed. I would not have it any other way. The best time I had was backing serpentine UP a landfill mound just outside of Little Rock to deliver casing to a methane outfit piping gas out for the city. The landfill mound was about 400 feet high and the road up was about a mile, all in reverse with a 48'

Lots of fun

 

I am surprised that you made 26,000 for a full year...in all honesty...I have made a third of that already this year.....don't turn anything down and run hard...my truck will run 70 mph...lol

 

best to you in the future wherever you go. We appreciate the time and effort you spent on this thread. Good luck Schmud.

 

26,000 gross/yr.? Weren't you averaging 2100 miles a week? Wow, they were hanging you out to dry! What was Swift hassling you with your logs about?

 

Good Luck to you also.....I hope peeps realize that you are gonna do 2 things if you drive OTR.....drive and sleep....hope that is what people are wanting who are getting into this....cause that is the game.