Flat Beds

Flatbeds do go places that most truckers normally would not go. We do a lot of 'off-road' driving in jobsites. One jobsite years ago, it was # 20 miles to the offload site and back to the gate. On the oversize, you can be routed across half the country, and not travel but a few miles of interstate. We were routed across Kansas, 300 miles, more than half of that was dirt roads. You don't take these routes with a box trailer usually.

 

I do flat beds or should i say covered wagons for the excrise and the differnt types of freight with me being a diabeitce i need the work out also it is easy to get unloaded

 

I like having more say in how the truck is loaded. You can usually move the load around depending on what it is. I also like having to get out and work once in a while. Just driving non-stop sucks.
The disadvantage is that there's not much drop and hook and you don't make any money sitting at a loading dock. I can see where you'd make a lot more money working for a van hauler with long,light loads and 90% D&H even at a much lower per mile rate. You'd have a lot more free time as well.

 

i know ltl meanr less then load ... but what does that mean?

 

Less than load means exactly that. Your truck is loaded with multiple stops....none of them are taking everything in your truck. Think Roadway, UPS freight, ConWay. Usually I have seen them haul alot of furniture and misc. office and or home supplies. Good work....doesn't pay alot if you do otr and you usually do have to help unload the truck in one way or another.

 

flat bed like to tie a load on and whip it on the road lol.

 

I tend to do allot of LTL flatbed lol.
Going out I may have a few dies going to different customers, and some crank shafts or an ingot or two.
On the return run it can be anything. Just got off 3 stops today. 1&2 were coils and plate, and 3 was a fork lift.

Shippers will not pay for a whole truck load with the smaller stuff. But they do pay a fair rate for the space they are using. If we can fit several small loads on the deck, and keep the weight legal. We will run it that way every time.

 

Covered wagon? Flat bed wanna be.... what exercise? Pulling bungees? Toss that tarp driver...........