Here after a few hours of sleep I will be hitting the highway headed to St. Cloud for orientation on Tuesday morning. I'm going lease flatbed with no prior flatbed experience and first lease... I plan to do my best to keep this thread updated on my experience with ATS.
Well after a long day after driving all night to get here, the first day of orientation is over and not sure how I feel about it all yet. Maybe because I was so sleepy and was hard to really concentrate. I was definitely not impressed with the equipment available to pick from. There is six of us on the flatbed side and we had seven trucks to pick from. I was the lucky person that got to go last The he seven trucks where: 09 Columbia w/Detroit 527k mi 12 Pete 386 w/cummins 258k 12 Volvo 780 w/cummins 295k 12 Coronado w/Detroit 336k 13 Pete 386 w/cummins 210k 13 Coronado w/Detroit 151k 09 Columbia w/Detroit 395k by time it got to me, I had the two most expensive trucks to pick from, the 13 Coronado and the 12 Volvo. I got the Coronado.
How much were the trucks going for as in the payments? Which of the ones would you have picked if u had 1st pick? I think the pick you got was great as it has low miles and great warranty left. Keep us updated. Thanks
The 2 Columbia's were $250 and $292. The 2 Pete's were $410 & $440. The 2 Coronados were $390 & $465. The Volvo was $410. If I had first pick I would have took the 09 Columbia with condo sleeper and 395k miles for $292 a week or the 12 Coronado for $390. tomorrow we sign our leases and get the full breakdown of all our fixed cost, I will let you know the damage tomorrow night. Overall, I'm impressed with the company and see a future here.
