Flatbed Weight Questions

That surprises me that they would govern their trucks that low. Probably one of the better spec’d company trucks I have seen (for a large company). And a lot of these guys are averaging better than $.60/mile.

Most large FB companies tarp more than they have to. It is because of money. If they have tarp pay in the contract it is often 3-4X what they are paying the driver for it so it is good profit when all the company has to do is click on a box when entering the load into the system.

You clearly are coming out of the world of vans. FB drivers are in demand and tend to not put up with a fraction of what a van driver will. Can’t wait to hear how your training goes. Do you have an ETA on when you will start?

 

I never had to tarp a load but did have to pull a tarp now and then, our pay was high enough the tarp and little things didn't matter. First flat bed company I worked for.

When I pulled a specialty metal wagon we were supposed to have tarp pay but never seen it spelled out in the pay, but then once again we were paid well enough tarps did not matter. Second flat bed company I worked for.

Not bragging but the lowest my yearly pay running flat bed solo was
52, 500.00 per year.

 

Taking home 1500 a week really, in a 65mph no pullin truck like their's. Ask him how many hours a week he really works, that company is known for asking drivers to falsify logs, run around scales, and drive until the loads get there no matter how far past your 11 hours you are. And they make you tarp almost every load cause the company gets 100.00 for every tarped load and the driver gets 10.00. I think that driver is full of ####e. He must be grossing 2200 or more to bring that much home and most of the drivers I talk to say this is their last trip, taking the truck to the yard and see ya. Beware of companys that have trucks that are so nice they exceed even owner operator expections, there is a reason for that.

Company states that to make money here you must complete 5 loads per week. Get behind one of their trucks and follow for a while, in 2 hours you won't be much farther than you started. They run c15s but are castrated down to cummins power. 1500 per week tells me there is something else on the side otherwise everyone would want to work there and if you read all the posts here about them most are negitive.

 

On top of that he says he is home most weekends so he only works 5 days a week, sure he drives a truck or flys a jet. An owner operator like Black w 900 could easliy pull 2 loads to this guys one. Now I do know that you have a choice there of milege pay and percentage and that in training they tell you you will make more on percentage, but unless it's 50 percent which it's not I don't see how that is possible. Percentage is in the companys favor too if thats what they are pushing.