LTL should look into getting Flatbeds

Well it may work but the last few LTL flatbed loads I witnessed was not so pretty, one was in Florence South Carolina with a load of lumber and half off the trailer.

Second load was in Manassas Virginia with two air compressors that fell over on the flatbed.

 

For a newbie that lucked into a great job, you sure complain a lot. There are a variety of reasons items are shipped by van and not flat, up to and including the items would need taped and the tarps would damage the finish of the item.

 

I might ad that palletized loads in boxes tend to not fall of the trailer so easy.

 

You mean the customer doesn't want that box crushed by a 4" strap?

 

If ltl barns had flatbeds with cargo that needed to be swapped to another trailer but also needed to be kept dry and it is raining out what would they do?

 

Well those dings and dents will buff out, after all is done the box will be tossed anyway..........

 

YRC did have a steel hauling division many years ago
Many of the terminals had flats but would not use them .. after sitting some were sent to Las Vegas to do the trade shows the rest were sold off

 

UPS freight has flatbeds also.

I think that the LTL companies should stick to van trailers and let us flatbedders deal with the flatbed stuff. LTL is my gravy half the time and I have no problem moving a 2,000# crate for full truck rates