Well I took the plunge...... Now I am crapping my pants.

Im not sure because I am not leased on there but I dont think they accept any of it....Landstar will tell you because they have a low rating, OOIDA will tell you they have no rating because they didnt take the time to do so, and Landstar is upset they filed a suit on them....who really knows why

 

Landstar has a requirement for a minimum A.M. Best rating for insurance and has had this requirement in place for many years, at least for the 13 years that I've been leased here, pre-dating the lawsuit. OOIDA's insurance has never met this minimum requirement. Even as a BCO, my required unladen liability insurance and occupational accident insurance policies must meet those minimum ratings. Shop around, there are plenty of insurance companies that do have those minimum ratings, or better.

 

I did not read all the posts on here just your first one. It would be very hard to learn securement from a book. anybody that thinks you can is an Idiot. Not wanting to sound mean here but that one kid thinks he is gods gift to the trucking world with all the links and so on I read his posts he has all the book learning but no common sense. go with some one or get in touch with me I can show you both ways to secure a load. The right way and the wrong way and the way the law wants it done.Flat bed work can be rewarding and it can also torture you.If you can Handle working in the wind rain mud freezing cold and burning hot,you will be ok.At least you are smart enough to understand that you need help,thats why we are here. You can not learn this over night it can and will take a lifetime,and you will get dirty smelly and greasy

 

nobody has said you CAN learn it completely from a book.

But there are places you NEED to start to understand WHERE you need to meet the minimum standards to be in compliance.

From there, it's practical experience only that will teach you flatbedding.

 

How much flatbed work have you done? I must have stepped on some toes

 

I did it for two years.


Gotta love all the negative nannies that are on this forum.

 

wow 2 years please forgive me . what is a negitive nanny I am not negitive I am speaking from experience you did not see me telling that guy not to get into the flatbed world that would be negitive,I am not here to get in a debate with you as it would go nowhere.I just think you know more than you understand . Now lets be friends

 

no, but you sure like to call people idiots a lot.

I have been around trucks since 1990 in one form or another. Actual OTR time is 8 years. Some of it in one form or another loading heavy equipment in the army for 14 years.

I just love how old timers like yourself have a holier than though attitude and THAT is what I consider a negative nanny. You may be right in what you are saying. But that doesn't have to be shared in such a negative manner.

At least the OP is taking the initiative to do something that interests him and he's also taking the initiative to learn to do it correctly.

You can learn from the threads here and sharing pictures how others have secured loads. At least it gives you a PLACE TO START if you ever get a load similar to it.

I sit in truckstops and look at flatbed loads all the time. It's amazing how different similar loads can be secured so differently.

I know for starters looking at a lot of the military hardware loaded they have about HALF of the securement on them they really need. Especially when I see armored vehicles with two chains front and rear. And alot of those are carried by experienced O/O.

 

you do not want to be friends?