trade stepdeck for flatbed ?

I see the same rates with my flatbed.... OS stuff seems to pay the same no matter the trailer type until you get into stuff over 14' tall (overall)

 

I run levelers on mine and get told alot that's not what they wanted some places won't load you.
Just because your saying your getting good money don't mean your getting something back out last week I did one paid $4.10 a mile and dead headed 300 miles back so I made $2.05 a mile!!!

 

i think it boils down to personal prefference.i've been a flat bedder for years(on and off).now i've got a 51'step and i love it.all i need now is ramps,.most loads i pull are under 30000lbs and always pay 2.50 +,gross.the lighter the freight the higher the pay.you just have to hold out for it.but if you have a dispatcher.....thats a different animal. loading a 53 can be a issue but a single coil can be set up closer to the step to get the balance right.if you can close your axles,thats even better.less wear on the tires and easier to scale. the amount of loads i haul that are 10'3'' (anything over 8'6'' ) is awesome cant do that w/a/flat.

 

i wish i had a flatbed to trade arrgghhh

 

I like a Span Trailer myself. I'm good for about 145 T myself. I watch them kids with sweat pants on & think it's funny.

 

I see a lot of military equipment loading on step.

 

I think the trailer would depend on what area you want to run, I see steps loaded all the time but that does not mean they keep loaded. I ran flats in the winter and lowboys in the season and always did well, having the choice to swap trailers as the market fluctuated was the best thing for my needs.

Nucor was my main area for loads with the flats and I had seen many a steps get loaded with steel, mostly beams but sometimes a flat load or two.

Been more than once I wished that majical step deck trailer would have come along, but I never went to that area of hauling.

 

Here you go danny, found this with a simple google search. Just an FYI, as this thing suggests, the step is a little heavier than the flat but because of the weight difference, it carries less weight, but is infinitely more flexible (height etc). I've never seen a "load coil here" sign on a step deck....and I've loaded coils on them....but I have on a flatbed. That kind of tells you where the "coil pack" is I guess...though it should be the theoretical center of the trailer. Because of the stepdeck's drop, that center position isn't as easy, but I have learned that the further to the front of the drop, the more likely it scales properly.

-----J.C. Nester Company website

Good Luck

 

in the same boat,my flat is posted in the for sale section,but don't want your steel trailer