I Start With Averitt in January 2012

Lighting, I will be heading to orientation on Jan 6th as well. I will be joining the Flatbed Division.

 

My road test was with our regional safety director in person, not an instructor. As I understand it, road tests are usually given by your regional safety guy, depending on your region, or an instructor other than the one you trained with. The pre-trip was mostly verbal, but it was pooring down rain at the time and the truck had supposedly already been pre-tripped. It was very basic.

 

Big Deddy thats awsome. Im thinking about talking to my recruiter and checking on flatbed. I have pulled dry van and refer might as well get flatbed too. I want to do which ever division will make me the most money. I really wanted to get on the dollar general account and thought I was but the site manager told my recruiter they wasnt adding anymore drivers to that account out of tupelo ms.

 

I believe that flatbed pay more. I think the starting pay is .39/mile and I heard they are averaging 2500-2800 miles a week. Plus, you get paid $20 for tapping, $20 per extra stops, and $10 for retarding after each extra stop.

 

My road test was with my fleet manager...lol

 

I wonder how they will do my experince level i mean i have 7 years otr all 48 just never pulled flatbed. i dont mind going to tarping and securement classes just really dont have time to go out with a trainer for 3 weeks im the only 1 that works at home so cant be a student all over agian done that 7 years ago

 

Like he said, flatbed starts at .39 as opposed to .375 for van. Even if you have to go through a training period, at least they pay $600. per week if I'm not mistaken.

 

I've never been a flatbed man but I can tell you that will be less physical labor than that Dollar General job. Working in that hot trailer in the summer would be a killer for me.

 

And that'd be when I said no to flat-bed...Takes way to long, and to much work for $20.

 

Once you get the hang of it and develop a routine, it becomes easier. Most loads should not take much more than an hour to tarp. So if you look at it, you are making about $20/hr, which is not bad money.