Glad I have those vee-boards, gotta go pick up another load of tar paper this evening. Oh and my a/c went out today. Fun, fun!!! I'll try to...
Holy crap, not a good day. Well, I made $ but I earned it for sure today. Had to be at a hi-way construction site at 7am. Well that section of...
I cannot accept credit for this but I read the best advice given to a new driver by a experienced driver. Before you go asking a bunch of...
Mark, I used to think driving was my life. The open road, seeing new things all the time, no one looking over my shoulder telling me when I could...
CAXPT, Hey now, I did the 65 mph jobs at big companies. Rapid Freight of TX back in the 90s, FAE, even National Carriers. Got a pay check if thats...
Wooly Rhino hit on a good point. Old Fart and the other gentleman hit it right with there info but Wooly brings up the strain on family life. If...
GasHauler said it right. What kind of tanker? A saltwater hauler, crude, drilling mud driver works in a rougher more construction type, dusty...
I agree with some of the advice given here. I would not advise messing with elog equipment if you work for a company that has those. Unless you...
It's all a catch 22 unless you are lucky enough to find a moral company with dispatchers that have been drivers first. I had been a driver when I...
That was supposed to be "a lot of us didn't have to deal with the newer requirements" I left out "us"
In my experience both in the office and on the road the bigger companies will hire less experience because they can absorb the cost of you having...
CAXPT, I will spread the word, I am already giving advice to the newer drivers. I've pulled just about every kind of trailer but flatbed has a...
I responded to the thread (need help getting into flatbed) by petey387. Read what I wrote him and the same applies to you. A cpl more posts and...
I cheated getting into flatbed by knowing the right person. I will tell you there is a big difference between the big flatbed companies and the...
In an other thread (even though 2+ years of my 14 years of driving has been flatbed) I had to ask what v-boards were. Well I know what they are...
Pics, the onion load was from Pharr Texas, had to tarp it in a dust dirt lot in 35 mile an hour wind and 100 degree heat. Wierd load were roof...
Well, I love the truck I drive, I'm friends now with some of the other drivers. We work together quite a bit, I like the majority of the work we...
Ok talked a buddy that has hauled out of there and he told me what to make or should I say what the shipper wants me to have. I off to do some...
So 8 ft 2x4s connected with straps or rope, What is the length of the straps, how far apart do the boards need to be at straps length? So when...
I have pulled flatbeds for a couple of years but the loads were the same the whole time. Now I pull for a company that hauls different kinds of...
