Flatbed or Reefer?

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I did most of my driving in the construction industry, and that led to a lot of the work being hard. To me, flatbed isn't all that hard as far as the workload goes - I tend to think the real challenge in it is that you have to be more dynamic for those times when you get those oddball loads where you either have to scratch your head for a minute and think, "how in the hell....?" before you get to securing it, or else you need to be able to right off the bat know how to tell the shipper the way in which you need to be loaded. Is there physical work? Yes, but it's maybe a couple hours of suck every other day, every few days, etc. and that's dependent on what the commodity is. Let's face it... tossing straps over a load isn't particularly demanding physically.. even tarping isn't so daunting in terms of physical effort... especially when a shipper will typically let their forklift operator get their tarps on top of the load for you in the case of lumber tarps, and steel tarps... if you can't handle them, then you don't need to be in that line of work, period. And by handle, I don't necessarily mean being able to manhandle... I've seen people overcome physical shortcomings by using brains over brawn, and they get it done, all the same. If you see a woman or even a guy running a flatbed and they look like they might weigh a buck and 20 soaking wet, rest assured, they've got a method worked out, and give them credit where credit is due.
Chaining, perhaps a little more so, and especially when you use snap binders, but still not terrible.
Yeah, there's physical labor involved in freight hauling with a flatbed, but don't make it out to be like you're slaving away all day, every day.
That being said, it's still not for those who are about as wide as the cab of their truck and jiggle like a jello mold with each step they take.

 

The plus side of reefer is that frieght doesnt slow down in Dec and Jan. People gotta eat year round.