EVERYBODY entering trucking assume there will be LOTS more free-time than actually exists in trucking. Your life will almost only be driving and sleeping. Imagine your boss saying "just go ahead and work for the next 14-16 hours and take the rest of the day off." You hardly are ever told you will be sitting for the next X hours. It is more common to be told "we'll get to you soon" and then wait and wait and wait with no idea if that is waiting for another 30 minutes or 4 hours. The good news is flatbed has a LOT less waiting than the cursed reefer part of the industry.
Start school next week, want to go flatbed
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by CorkyBreh, Nov 26, 2022.
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It can be about the same...or even better.
It depends...I suggested reefer...mainly because...we're going into an economic recession.
If the upcoming recession is really bad....and flatbed really slows down....reefer will be the place to be.
People of course will still eat.....in a recession. Thus....reefer/temp controlled could be a worthy alternative in the near future.
Yes, wait times to load/unload can indeed be ridiculous (been there, done that). But you will in many cases be paid for at least part of the wait time ("detention" pay).
Detention pay varies from carrier to carrier.
For beginning drivers, here's a real good carrier worthy of your consideration:
Driver Training & Orientation | Drive For Dot | Dot Transportation, Inc. (drivefordti.com)
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