Maverick Transportation

I like vans because they are easy. I wan to get into flatbeding to get some experience as I plan to put my own truck on with landstar and there flatbed loads pay allot better than van. Plus I want to get into the heavy overdimensional stuff, mainly wind turbines.

I spoke with Maverick tonight to reverify some details in my history. I'm still not sure if I'm interested, still asking questions. I am very picky.

Noname. Most companies you will end up going out sunday night in order to deliver monday. Mainly it depends on how close you are to the delivery/load

By the way No Tarps.. I gave your driver code on my application so if I do go you can split that fee with me!

 

Why steel? What's wrong with drywall and lumber?

 

A guy at work told me that their both good loads. Easy to haul. They may be a pain to tarp, I don't know

 

good question. mabey you dont need to tarp steel? I also hear sometimes drywall can get damaged to badly. you have to get some corner protectors.

 

A lot of the round stock steel that I see them loaded with isn't tarped. If u tighten the straps too much on drywall it will crack the edges.

 

yea I talked to a driver from tmc he said if you crack a few its ok but to bad and they will refuse it or get it discounted probably at driver cost lol.

 

Don't get me wrong, I've hauled both loads and there's nothing bad about them. It's just for the past year I've hauled nothing but steel. So, I'm comfortable with it and I'm fast at loading it. I can have a steel load tied down and tarped inside of 20 minutes every single time. When you haul 8 steel loads a week for a year you get A) used to it and B) really, really good at it. That's why I'd like to just stick to steel.

 

I've never hauled a piece of steel I didn't tarp. Now, there are some loads like the black coils etc... that don't have to be tarped. However, if you work for Swift, you'll be tarping those too.

 

Recruiters lie.

 

I like driving flat bed because it keeps me active. I hate sitting on my duff for long stretches and love getting out and exercising. Yeah, there's some loads that drive you batty and make you question your choice... but I tell ya, I just like hauling a flat bed. Also, I've found it's far easier to write your own ticket in flatbed than it is dry van. So many people go dry van that us flat bed guys are a dying breed. Dry van guys fight for loads whereas myself? I have _too many_ loads to haul. Swift would run me illegal and into the ground if I'd let them... the disparity between Dry Van and Flatbed is huge. Swift has 22k dry van guys, 500 flat bed guys. I'm a perfect example... I scored high on all of my academy tests, was the top student at my school then got high marks from my mentor, did one week OTR and went straight into a dedicated account where I'm basically away from home 4.5 days a week and that's it. The only real beef I have with Swift is their equipment sucks and I hate hauling around some of these trailers they have. I see TMC and Maverick and their equipment is excellent... I bet none of their drivers have to cross a scale and worry about a DOT inspection. I do. Our Swift flat bed trailers are horrible. Out of the 700 or so we have, maybe 200 would pass inspection. That's sad.