My Day By Day Experience At Eastern Freightways Flatbed Division

Pre-Day 1

Well here we are. I've got my truck and picked up my first load Friday morning in Danville, PA and headed back to my home terminal in Concord, NH. This load is headed to Attleboro, MA on Monday for a 7am delivery. Actually the delivery window is from 7am.- 2pm. but my plan is to leave the terminal at 4am to get a jump on the Day/Week. I'm excited and a little nervous as I think about what lies ahead of me. If you have followed my previous thread on my experience with Eastern Freightways orientation and training then I thank you for following me on this new thread. If you just came across this thread first then here is the link to my other thread:
Orientation with Eastern Freight ways!

I look forward to sharing my experience, the good, bad and ugly. I'm one to always listen first then ask questions. I like to learn as much as possible with anything that I do. So I'm also looking forward to any advice and comments that you all may have.

 

Thank you @Lonesome

 

Thank you @Vic Firth

 

Thank you @Caterpillar6nz

 

Hey @otterinthewater thank you. My experience may be different from someone else's going through the exact same thing we just sometimes look at it differently. I have some downtime in throughout the day, usually at night, and I've read a couple of good threads here so I thought I'd share what I'm experiencing. It's a big change!! I was used to working 10-12 hours a day but 11-14 hours on the road flatbedding is a whole new game. I laughed today while tarping a load and was like "why did I choose flatbed again? HaHa