List of Items to Make a Flatbed Drivers Life Easier:

I was looking at one of those awhile back. Looked at those small tires and thought about how many times per mile they would be going around. The size of the drums also concerned me. Met a driver that had one and he said he replaced tires regularly and it didn't take much of a grade to get those brakes smoking.

 

You better check the regs on that most states don;t recognize a sixteen wheeler and you don;t get the real benifits of it unless you go with a 10 foot wide spread look at murray trailers website and you will see an expando sixteen wheeler it expands from 8 foot 6 wide to 10 foot wide a really cool trailer actually.

 

Driver tell me how many 200,000lb payload loads you have hauled?
Driver tell me what type of wagan you dragen?
Driver tell me how many total axles you got on the ground?
Just wonderen
Driver do you realy want everyone that you have seen lately pulling 250K around?
Just wonderen

 

I Have hauled many 200k Loads and have puled as many as 20 axles Right now I am pulling an 11 axle peerless in the oilfield in Wyoming With a tridrive Winch Tractor Heaviest load has been 350k But only had to haul it about 25 miles. I really don't Think that the drivers on the road today would have any idea how to even get 200k rolling let alone keep it rolling. I am just tired of all the light loads ######## about how long it takes me to get up a darn hill. Most drivers think that I should be able to pull the hill just as fast as the can and it really gets annoying

 

I been pulling skate for 6 months running all over east mid west I wouldn't trade this for no fat van job ever...

 

anal lube.......

i have alot of respect for flatbedders and carhaulers....thats 2 jobs i would NEVER want

 

If your going to haul glass what would be the necessary item's I would need? Would it basically consist the same equipment/tools? What size folding ladder should I purchase?

 

Flatbed ain't for sissies...


Wouldn't trade it for a van any day. I love standing back and admiring my sweet tarp job...then getting kicked out by the foreman. lol

 

The only thing I give a ###### about these days is the money and having a job I enjoy with a boss that isn't a cold selfish d**khead. I miss a lot of places I used to go, but I will never drive for a living ever again.

 

Ok your point was?