Starting my New Career with Modular Transportation

Yeah Im excited to get started. Chose flatbed to stay active. Not gonna be easy but I like it that way. Keeps the brain moving

 

I know they run a lot of HEAVY loads. But they have the equipment, like multi axle trailers, for it.

 

That will be an interesting experience. Look forward to seeing that hopefully after I get use to driving first lol.

 

I tell ya what...Their Brokerage dept is CHEAP to outside carriers like myself

I know what certain steel pays in certain lanes especially out of chicago. MTC brokers out loads from my area,(basically they have material needing to move from my neck of the woods)...

Example; gary,In to jackson,Mi loads that are legal I usually get around $650-$800 on that move.

MTC is paying outside carriers right around $500........

dont post it if your going to insult MTC..Move it yourselves. Thank you

 

Sorry being new to this I have no clue what your talking about. Care to dive deeper into it.

 

no problem..lol

im a small trucking company just outside Chicago.......

MTC has a freight brokerage,(basically what that is...They give their overflow or cheap freight to another trucking company)

Which is fine..Very common practice......But they tend to 'insult' carriers with rates they are willing to pay.Not what Market will bear.


If Im still confusing you.........Simply speaking,They try sneaky things with freight rates.

 

Ahhh ok thats making sense now. I agree that kinda sucks for you guys. Sorry to hear that.

 

Day 1 is done and it was a lot to take in. Lots of paperwork and lots of people from different departments came in to talk to us. The most interesting one to me was the senior dispatcher. He was really nice and he runs the whole dispatch department. Awesome nice guy and an honest guy. He preached honesty. Tell us whats up and everything will be fine. Bull**** me and we will have problems. I love it. It was a lot to take in today. Found out today as well that they couldn't get us scheduled for skid training Friday so they will do it soon. So Tomorrow we will be learning about securing loads and actually get to go out and strap some things up on the flatbed which I love because that is what Im most worried about. To get to go out and practice will be great before I had out with the trainer. So far Im glad with the choice I made and everyone has been great here so far.

 

Day 2
Well day 2 was filled with leaning how to secure cargo. How to read the chains and straps to tell how much weight they can hold and how many we need to use and good things like that. Also told us how much weight we are allowed to carry and how to secure coils as well. This was all done via a slide show but since we couldnt get scheduled for the skid training tomorrow he is going to take us out in the yard and they have fake coils and stuff that we can use to get some hands on training on how to secure them. I didnt expect all the work that is involved in getting the metal sheets and coils secured. Its not a lot of work but the little things that need to be done like the 4x4's and the rubber padding that goes under there. Also the paper that we have to use to cover it. They told us even if it comes wrapped in paper already we still have to put our paper on there as well. If we get loaded with something that only "legally" needs one strap we are required to use 2. So pretty much its a 2 strap minimum. They also bought us an amazing lunch which was some authentic Mexican food. Wow was it good. We then took a written test after lunch to show what we have learned and also had some questions on there where we had to use a map to plan a route. We got done with that and then they took a picture of us individually which will be used for our company ID. The amount of info we are getting is crazy so I cant wait to put it to work tomorrow to see if Im understanding it right lol. Main thing though will be Monday when it will be time to go out with my trainer who I will also find out about tomorrow.
They also showed us some crazy videos of crashes, mainly flatbed ones with coils. I think they do this to scare the heck out of you and it definitely worked.
All in all it was a good day and they continue to be very nice and helpful. Enjoying it so far.
TroyD

 

Troy, are you going out with a trainer because you are a brand new driver or because you didn't have flatbed experience? Thanks.