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  1. Bri2893

    Bri2893 Bobtail Member

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    I am taking delivery of a brand new truck this week and i am looking for recomendations on a good company to run under
     
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  3. Big Road Skateboard

    Big Road Skateboard Road Train Member

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    I bet these guys could help, but how about more info. What are you looking to pull? OTR?
     
  4. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Where are you out of and where do you want to run? Van, reefer, flat, tank? Seems like you would have had this narrowed down before you bought a truck. Just my $.02.
     
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  5. Big Road Skateboard

    Big Road Skateboard Road Train Member

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    Maybe he's like me? I bought a truck, flatbed, chains, boomers, etc. Tarps were the last thing I bought, and almost changed my mind!
     
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    In my operation I don’t need a tarp but if I were pulling a step it would cost someone a lot of money for me to use a tarp. One of my better friends only carries one equipment tarp and he says it takes $500 and the shipper to set the tarp on the load with a crane in order for him to use it. I believe I probably would be the same as him if I pulled a stepdeck.
     
  7. Big Road Skateboard

    Big Road Skateboard Road Train Member

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    Don't blame him! Mine have to way 115lbs or so each. Haven't used them yet since it's only my second load, but I didn't want to miss out on good loads for not having them.
     
  8. Banker

    Banker Road Train Member

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    I don’t at all. He is one of the hardest and smartest workers I have worked with in the last 30 something years. Neither one of us works as hard as we did 30 years ago but we both work smarter and for way more money than we did back then.
     
  9. Bri2893

    Bri2893 Bobtail Member

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    Thank you, I was hoping to get into pulling flatbed otr and making it back to Florida once a month. The other i have been considering is pulling sand boxes either in texas or north Dakota
     
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  10. Bri2893

    Bri2893 Bobtail Member

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    I want to run otr flatbed or back in the oilfield pulling sand boxes again. I have over 3 years in otr already and over a year in the oilfield.
     
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  11. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    New truck, you can go coast to coast with that. Dirt roads , idk if that would be my first choice the it. What part of Florida be are you in? North or south?
     
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