What's the better trailer to haul: flatbed, van, reefer, etc?

Their are exceptions to every rule, but van is probably the easiest but pays the the least. I'm not a reffer man myself, so you need to ask one of them, but I dont think its that much harder then van. Van has freight all over the country where i think reefer is more specific to areas with food distribution. van is much cheaper to get into since the trailer cost roughly half as much as a reefer. I think reefer pays a little more, but you also need to buy fuel for the trailer. Flat bed is one of the highest paying freights, but you will work your butt off. 6 months a year flat bed isnt bad, but strapping and tarping when its 100 outside, or when you need to break 3 inches of ice off your straps is not fun. Flat does pay a bit better though. The trailer is a little cheaper then van, but you need to buy a rack for your truck and all the securment supplies. Depending on what you buy it could range from 2000-5000 dollars just in a rack, chains, tarps straps etc. Real nice edge protectors can be 5-20 a piece, but if you make them yourself out of scraps you can save. Working flatbed you have the opportunity to learn about oversize loads and there is a lot of income potential in oversize. If you choose FB, lease on to a company that provides training for a few months. Landstar provides training and could get you started in flatbed.

If I were you, I would work with a company that i can rent a trailer from untill you find which you like. it would suck to buy a reffer or flatbed and find its not for you. If you jump on with landstar for 6 months to a year you can try them all and then decide what you like and buy a trailer.

 

If it were me I would go with reefer just because if I couldn't find a cold load I could pull a dry can load with same trailer but on dry can load make sure u have plenty of load locks

 

Where u located?