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RoadRunner9501
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 2:33 pm Post subject: Boyd Bros!...Anyone?? |
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| [b][i]i received a call from a recruiter at Boyd Bros. - they're all flatbed....has anyone ever heard of them, know anything about them, or worked there??..i'll know more this week if i'm aproved for Orientation and all that...although i really wanted dryvan OTR, if i get accepted, i'm taking it, to get the miles and exp tha i can roll with later on, who knows, i may even like it...lol...but most importantly, i need the EXP b4 i can seem to get on with anyone else...i have a few co.'s in mind that i'd eventually like to involved wiht after i have my experience: Celadon, CRST, KLLM, TransAm, CFI and USXpress...what r ur opinions of all of these??? |
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Jagerbomber
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I picked up one of those free trucking magazines a few weeks agao and the cover story was an interview with a now owner operator with Boyd Bros. that has been with them for I think it was 10 years, i think he said he went with them staright out of school and has not found a single reason to leave yet. He made the place sound really good. Other than that, I'm not sure about them. I have seen their trucks out and they seem to have some nice looking well taken care of equipment. |
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warsaw
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Location: Warsaw Ohio
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:23 am Post subject: |
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Jagerbomber wrote: I picked up one of those free trucking magazines a few weeks agao and the cover story was an interview with a now owner operator with Boyd Bros. that has been with them for I think it was 10 years, i think he said he went with them staright out of school and has not found a single reason to leave yet. He made the place sound really good. Other than that, I'm not sure about them. I have seen their trucks out and they seem to have some nice looking well taken care of equipment.
Yeah I'm sure its a fine company ..I hear good things myself ..they have a terminal only 50 miles away from me ..But you didn't really think that in there add they would say all the bad stuff about them too right ?
I hear they keep you out for long periods of time |
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RoadRunner9501
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| well..i should know something this week sometime...my other question tho is: I eventually want 100% DryVan, lets say i get on with Boyd and i'm doing nothing but flatbed OTR, will that hurt me as far as experience for "down the road"???...i mean will they tell me that "they can't help me cause all i have is Flatbed Experience"?? |
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Karnajj
Joined: 01 Sep 2005
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Location: Cincinnati
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Driving flatbeds first, then going to vans is a lot easier than the other way around. You'll be fine. |
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RoadRunner9501
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Karnajj wrote: Driving flatbeds first, then going to vans is a lot easier than the other way around. You'll be fine. well, that's certainly good to know....but why is that?? |
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Nailbender
Joined: 03 Aug 2005
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Location: South Dakota
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| My guess is that if you learn to secure a load properly on a flatbed you will be able to secure a load in a dry van with no trouble at all |
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RoadRunner9501
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| hmmm...that makes sense...well, wish me luck guys, i'll know something more later this week...i also got a call from Swift today, FINALLY..lol...basically it's this..i dont care WHO hires me, just GET ME over the DANG ROAD!!!! already...at least for the experience for 6 months to a yr, then my doors open to just about whoever....(providing i have my Hazmat by then)..lol...and IF i need to make a change based on what my status is by then..... |
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Karnajj
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| The skill level needed to drive a flatbed safely is higher than a dry van. I used to work for a company that ran both and I hated pulling a flat. Constantly worrying about load securement and tarping drove me nuts. I did find however that it was easier backing a flatbed and I never seemed to go to the hell holes I would occasionally be sent to in a dry van. |
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RoadRunner9501
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Karnajj wrote: The skill level needed to drive a flatbed safely is higher than a dry van. I used to work for a company that ran both and I hated pulling a flat. Constantly worrying about load securement and tarping drove me nuts. I did find however that it was easier backing a flatbed and I never seemed to go to the hell holes I would occasionally be sent to in a dry van. yea, that's a given...i'd be limited to less "alley docking" with a flat then i would with a dry....most places pull off the load in a parking lot iwht a forklift or whatnot....but here's a dumb question....being that there's so much LESS to a flatbed, does tat mean the loads r a lot lighter??...like, do i rarley hit 80,000lbs??? |
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bentpole
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Location: N.Alabama
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I pull a flatbed,I load & unload alot of times when there is Boyd Brothers trucks are around,For the most they seem happy with them.I've been told that they try to run you close to home if you want.one driver told me he was home every weekend & some time's once or twice during the week. |
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RoadRunner9501
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| bentpole wrote: I pull a flatbed,I load & unload alot of times when there is Boyd Brothers trucks are around,For the most they seem happy with them.I've been told that they try to run you close to home if you want.one driver told me he was home every weekend & some time's once or twice during the week. if yer home that often, how do u get the miles.... |
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Karnajj
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| I found myself pulling heavier loads with a flat than I did with a van. |
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bentpole
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Roadrunner:I can't answer your question,because I don't know how they pay (mileage or percentage),
But it seems to me that most flatbed Co,pay percentage,The one I work for does & I do fairly well with it.although I run my butt off,I'm home every weekend,& sometimes during the week.last week I was home 2 night's. |
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RoadRunner9501
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| thats cool, but its ok, i just got another offer from SWIFT, so i'm taking that, they responded first and faster...hehehe |
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