What flatbed company is better to work for?

Of the companies that you listed I would say BTC and Boyd would be the two I would consider the most. Not familiar with Jordan. Maverick, TMC, Decker, Roehl, Prime are not ones you are considering? I drive for Maverick and am very happy.

 

Melton Truck Lines has APU's if that would be a deciding factor.

 

Oh yeah, forgot to say Melton in that group. Felt like I was forgetting someone.

 

I started my driving career with western express. I had good runs and was dispatched out of birmingham AL. The home time could be a little better. Of course I excepted every load because I wanted to stay out there as long as possible. back in 2010 they upgraded all there trucks to freightliner cascadia's. there trucks are governed at 65 and they are programmed to shut down after about 10 minutes of running. they have bunk heaters for the cold months. As far as the AC you are kinda out of luck during the summer months. Hope this helps in your decision making.

 

stay away from western express. I read allot of bad things on them, but i said to myself everyone has a different experience. So I said I would give them a shot, and it absolutely sucked. pay was terrible I think flatbed tops out at .34cpm and van tops out at .30cpm. the nice thing is that they do have both, for instance my back went out while doing flatbed and i was able to switch over to van for awhile though i ended up quitting before i went back. Now depending on where you live and how long you want to stay out, depends on your home time. Personally I lived in Greenville, NC and was able to get home on the weekends 95% of the time. The van side only runs the east coast and you can be out for 3 to 4 weeks at a time on occasion 2 weeks.

 

I wasn't sure which company to drive for myself. I will tell you that I saw a Howard Transportation recruiter at my school not long ago. She did a presentation for the class. Of all the recruiters that came in, I believe that she was the most honest of any of them. She mentioned the good things about the company, and the not so good things. I did not hear any other recruiter say a negative thing in their presentation. This meant a lot to me. On top of that, she said one thing that really got me thinking. She said that there is no PERFECT trucking company out there, because if there was, there would be no others, because every driver would be driving for that one. That is what made up my mind about which company I really want to work for. I have a couple of applications in with flatbed companies, but I am definitely wanting to get on with Howard Transportation!!!

 

do not work 4 melton take my advised