Flatbed question

At Roehl I have pulled a few curtians, don't care for them, but to answer, I have loaded skidded coils, lumber, doors, plywood, bar steel, and small tractors, and it pays less then flat and more than van.

 

While there may not be chaining, there's definitely strapping. You still need to secure the load to keep it from moving around of course. While I was out on flatbed training, we hauled using a curtainside for awhile and it was OK...hauling big loads of lumber it was nice not to have to tarp the load, just pull the sides closed and go. Then again, as mentioned above the mileage pay is less than flatbed even without the extra pay specifically for tarping. I don't know why that's the case; seems like it should be similar to flatbed pay just without any tarping pay.

 

yeah thats what I thaught then on the other hand i was curious why they even had curtain sides and flatbeds both seems cool to strap load down and pull the curtain and go except no tarp pay but would the time saved make up the differance.

 

I'm not sure why curtain pays less than flatbed per mile? You still have to deal with load securement, so one would think it would pay the same. All I know is that now that MPG is counting on my pay check, I for one will no longer be pulling curtains, or vans with my flatbed truck