Prime NOOB

So since you have a fullsize, that means that you will be going flatbed?

 

What are the pro's & con's between, Fb & Reefer?
One, I am hoping to be in the Northeast, BUt the only diff i see, is FB gets a Full size, Reefer, there is a choice (sort of) & pay diff?
Anything else?

 

Most of the time we don't either.

Really? The newer flatbed guys make a lot of assumptions that aren't necessarily the case. Yup, you guys get lots of time to examine muddy fields, but I'd be willing to stack-up the "sights" that any reefer driver has seen against yours.

- Mt Hood on a winter morning.
- Bald Eagle eye-locked not 30 feet from me.
- Two young eagles playing chase me, 20 feet from me.
- Five wolves crossing the road in front of me.
- Clark river near Missoula on a frozen morning.
- Moose watching traffic in Maine.
- Snow higher than the roof of your tractor beside the road in Maine.

To name a few. Until you've driven the roads I have, you might not want to assume that we don't see "sights."

OTOH, I don't have to tarp in winter weather... not too much chance I'm going to fall off of the top of a tall load. So, how is ORD's back doing??

Yeah, don't have to back into docks. Ever blind-side into an enclosed dock about 4" wider than the open doors of your trailer off of a busy street? Betcha can't.

How about running a hot-shot load with maybe an hour to spare load to unload? Can you do split sleeper berth rules? Can you hack the pace?

You guys do a different job than we do, but don't assume that its any better than what we do. At least until you've run it a few more years than just the couple of months you spent on a team trainer's truck.

 

Without putting words in IP's fingers, I'm reasonably sure that it's not you he's talking to. Well, not ONLY you. There have been a fair number of FB is awesome, reefer is lazy work posts lately.

 

Everything has to be a d**k measuring contest doesn't it...