Any Flatbed Companies That Train and Have Larger Sleeper Area?

Try the following companies -

• Melton
• Boyd
• TMC
• Maverick
• Nick Strimbu
• Central Oregon Truck Lines
• PGT
• Wylie
• Earl Paddock
• Jordan

@Chinatown

 

Flatbed Trucking and Transportation | Kenworth and Reitnouer Equipment

 

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What's your definition of "smaller" sleeper? Depth? Roof height?

If midroof is alright for you, then I know that—as long as you don't mind not having an APU included—TMC's 579s all have the 80" sleepers (with 22" TVs). It looks like Melton's T680s have the bigger sleepers, too. ATS runs several truck models, mostly 579s, a few Cascadias...can't speak to their sleepe size but they look to be at least 60", maybe bigger. Their trucks all have APUs and inverters, but you have to request a refrigerator. (Don't know what that's about.) Bison Transport USA also has a flatbed fleet...last I knew they're all Cascadias now (they used to have Volvo VNL760s), but the sleepers in those are pretty roomy, and if nothings changed they all have APUs, inverters and fridges included.

Now, if you wanna get off the mega train, there's two smaller smaller flatbed outfits running out of southern Minnesota; I think they both train in flatbed since you have enough driving experience. One is Freerksen Trucking; the other is Valley Transportation. Both run long-nose 389s and 589s with the 72" sleepers (if I remember correctly), with APUs, inverters and I'm pretty sure refrigerators included. Last I knew, all but a small handful of Valley's trucks are 18-speed manual. You can also look down south at Montgomery Transport and Dixie Trucking in Birmigham AL (Dixie looks like they're moving to all KW T900s and W990s). Another company to check out is Kivi Bros, also out of Minnesota (they have a second terminal in Harrodsburg KY, sorta outside Lexington). They have a variety to trucks, some of which have the bigger sleepers...I believe their teucks all have APUs and inverters as well, dont know about refeigerators.

 

I am looking for a driver for my 2020 Freightliner with 53ft flatbed and it has a double sleeper. I have a CDL A but no longer drive so looking to put someone reliable in my truck that will operate it with care and safety. I purchased the double sleeper, even though I only drove solo and never hired teams, for the space so I understand your concern. Trucks are already small enough so I wanted to maximize the space. We are looking to hire someone that can start driving April 1st, at the latest. We are willing to train on flatbed load securement but only if the person has at least 2 years of active CDL A and clean history. If we invest in a person's training, they will need to sign a contract so that we don't train them up and they just run off to another company right afterwards! We are based in GA. We use a truck parking yard in Jackson, GA because it was close to your prior driver that just retired and close to many companies that we run loads for. We are willing to use a different parking yard but we want the truck and driver based in GA.

If you just want the flatbed load securement training, that can also be arranged. We have trained up a couple of owner operators that just needed to know how to secure the loads to DOT standards. We are not a school but we try to help where we can in this industry because the more experienced the drivers, the safer the roads, the lower the insurance rates...it's a win-win for everyone in the industry!

 

@Orly71 might be interested.