Flatbed Trainee Update

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  1. Jun 17, 2020 #11
    JonJon78

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    How many places give you the freight bills prior to tarping it?
     
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  3. Jun 17, 2020 #12
    farmerjohn64

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    Hmm what’s the difference?
     
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    farmerjohn64

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    Man we were like 3 hours down the road when our dispatcher gets onto my trainer about not taking pictures of the load before tarping it (he bought a cute little tarp from Walmart because we needed 3 tarps and nobody told us anything) guy thinks we could take the tarps off and put them back on like it’s no big feat (there’s nowhere to even stand on the trailer) and we’re back at the dang shipper
     
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  5. Jun 17, 2020 #14
    JonJon78

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    LOL. Lots of places wont give you the freight bills until they see the load tarped because they know lots of drivers would end up leaving without tarping if they handed him the bills prior too.
     
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  7. Jun 17, 2020 #15
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    Edit
     
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  8. Jun 17, 2020 #16
    farmerjohn64

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    S*hit I might be one hahaha hell with this tarp jk
     
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  9. Jun 17, 2020 #17
    farmerjohn64

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    It’s been a few hours; I’ve been laying up top sleeping
     
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  10. Jun 17, 2020 #18
    JonJon78

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    I edited my question...

    How long has your trainer been a truck driver for?
     
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    farmerjohn64

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    Idk about with Western, but he quoted “14 years” a time or two
     
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  12. Jun 17, 2020 #20
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    It aint fun falling off the deck.. Ive done it twice this year. No injuries either time but it hurts when ya hit the ground... use the equipment when they provide it.
     
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