Maverick flatbed carrier help

Good luck, you will love Maverick from everything that I have read.

 

Cheeseburger did you ever get back to pullin flats yet? I remember you saying how much you missed the skateboard awhile back.

 

Orientation 1 week. Securement training ("The Barn") 1 week. Then to trainer's truck minimum 3 weeks. You can request to stay with him longer if you want to. $550/wk while in all phases I believe is the current training period pay. By the third week in your trainer's truck you will be itching to get out on your own most likely. The first few weeks on your own will be VERY TOUGH on you, and don't expect to be just burnin' up the miles either! You will spend most of your time literally doing your first few loads and tarps. Seriously. Do not expect alot of miles (and therefor $$$ too) your first week or two. You will begin to get faster and pick it up soon though. And when the light comes on and you start "getting it" be very careful NOT to start rushing things! Be forewarned about this period.

 

Good God, .29 a mile?
I would be running too.
And when you learn the ropes with flatbedding, it opens up a lot more doors to your for hauling the bigger stuff. I think Maveric have a couple of RGN's, but from what I heard from Gerald who pulled one for them a few years ago, not enough good freight to keep them going good.

I had this conversation with a young guy last week, he was 22 IIRC, just got his CDL and was a fleece operator for CR England.
Told him to give them their POS truck back and go to a flatbed company. By the time he is 30, he could be hauling multi axel loads if he plays it right. Perfect time to start IMHO.

Martin

 

Ridgerunner pulls the heavy stuff for Maverick and he has been runnin' his butt off for quite awhile now... I think that they have only 10 trucks dedicated to that freight though, so that would be a difficult division to get into right off the bat FYI- at least with Maverick.

 

.29 cents per mile..and how is that close to making a living..i would not think twice about leaving...new drivers need to wake the freak up and stop working for nothing..i guess to some $200.-$300. a week is oky. i was driving for ct awhile back and @ .31 per mile i LOL my az right out the door after training and went back to construction.for now i will stay . and after my son is finnished school i will look into trucking again and do a refresher course if need be. i like trucking but hard to give up steady $$$ maverick is deffenatly a good choice from all that i have read...good luck and enjoy

 

Little correction it's 500.00$ for orientation but on the 3rd or 4th day I think they give you 50 dollars for food or whatever and it come out of your first check. They delay the first check a week meaning you won't get paid the first week your there which is no biggie. Then from there on out it's 550.00 a week until you go solo. Also It depends on which trainer you get on the miles. My trainer is amazing the second day I drove a 500 mile or so run the entire time said I was in control the rest of the time. I've been sitting in the passenger seat for the past 4 days because my Alabama paper copy expired and had to wait till we got to my trainers house to get it. BUT one of my friends quit on the trainer truck because his trainer wouldn't let him drive a lot apparently, but he said it was a lot of factors that played into it and considering it was his first week in it and he got a better job offer at home so.... Side note my trainer jokes and said I was bad luck because this first week with him we did 2 trailer swaps and used the 8fts 3 times now and the headache with my liscene haha said he does a trailer swap maybe once a month and he rarely uses the 8fts that often.

 

That Alabama Certification thing will be a moot point in just over a month or so. It has been struck down.

 

You talking about the coil certification? I'm talking about the paper copy of my cdl.