Do flat bed drivers get paid more for tarping/tying things down?

Yeah, there is extra pay for tarping.

 

extra pay for tarping and extra stops, pay by the mile or percentage ca be good either way depends on the company if they are straight up about the load pay

 

Yes. But the real question is is the amount of work worth the little bit of extra pay? I enjoyed flatbed more because of the places I went to. I would trade some physical labor any day over being treated like scum by some jack ### behind a plastic window with a hole cut in it.

 

Percentage is good if you can be assured they won't haul cheap freight and they'll keep deadhead miles down. Whether what you'd make with TMC is worth it for the money or not, I can't say, but flatbed is a good way to open doors for other types of open deck work.

 

Flatbedding is good trucking. Melton Truck Lines pays $40.00 tarp pay & their trucks have APU's. All the good flatbed companies pay for tarping.

 

Like was mentioned they will pay, but most consider the pay to be inconsequential considering the work performed, especially with some loads. The pay is the same if it's a calm 65 degree day or 110 degrees and 40 MPH winds, or snow on the ground chilled to about 5 degrees and a brisk north wind causing your tarps to become the consistency of corrugated cardboard

 

so loas pay tarp some dont. some companies will pay regarless some wont...

 

When a carrier pays percentage, the tarp pay is usually included in the total calculation. Some carrier pay for tarping and others don't. Not all carriers are paid a separate fee for tarping. It can be included in the rate. If the rate is sufficiently high enough, I don't worry about whether there is a separate charge for tarping. It is all relative. It is more likely that drivers will be paid a separate tarping fee for carriers who pay mileage. The numbers can be the same when you look at the total, but it makes some feel better when the tarp pay is broken out from the pay. The carrier may offer lower mileage pay in order to pay the driver to tarp. It gives the illusion of being paid more, but the dollars can be the same.