ATS flatbed

Do you happen to know anyone who's still with them?

 

Not really. Have you called a recruiter?

 

Try asking in their sub-form at Anderson

You may have a better chance of one of their current drivers seeing your questions.

 

Yes! I got pre approved to head over

 

Anyone know if you can run regional with ats? I talked to a driver today who pulls the giant windmill blades. He swears by the company and said that there is a lot of work coming out of the Houston area. He said I might be able to get by the house pretty often. I would be bringing my own truck and have very limited flatbed experience.

 

Be very VERY sure that your truck matches ATS' requirements before you go to orientation. If it doesn't, you will be turned away.

I considered them briefly, but I do not have the required back of cab clearance they feel they need. They also had issue with the age of my truck (it is a 2013, within their posted requirements), and questions about my fifth wheel height.

My impression after talking to their recruiter was that ATS is not really all that interested in signing on outside trucks. They prefer the trucks they have specced out specifically for how the want to run, and they seem more interested in lease operators than O/O's who bring their own equipment to the table.

In fairness to ATS, they do run some pretty specialized trailers on the specialized/flatbed side (the side I was interested in), including mechanical neck RGNs and all-pro stepdecks. So not all trucks, or even all flatbed set trucks, will match to their trailers properly.

 

The driver i talked to today was nice enough to explain a few of these requirements and took some measurements on my truck. I will need a headache rack for sure. I need to have a minimum of 68" from headache rack to center of 5th wheel, i would have 75 and he said i should move my 5th wheel back 2 spaces to evenly center it between the axles, so i would gain another 4 inches there. My 5th wheel height is 46" he said i need 48" so i would need a spacer. He said my truck should work fine.