Truck Driving Jobs

RoadRunner9501 · #1 09-24-2005, 08:33 PM

[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???

#2 09-25-2005, 04:50 AM

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.

warsaw · #3 09-25-2005, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jagerbomber

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

RoadRunner9501 · #4 09-26-2005, 01:02 AM

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"??

Karnajj · #5 09-26-2005, 01:54 AM

Driving flatbeds first, then going to vans is a lot easier than the other way around. You'll be fine.

RoadRunner9501 · #6 09-26-2005, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Karnajj

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??

Nailbender · #7 09-26-2005, 02:09 AM

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

RoadRunner9501 · #8 09-26-2005, 02:13 AM

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.....

Karnajj · #9 09-26-2005, 02:15 AM

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.

RoadRunner9501 · #10 09-26-2005, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Karnajj

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???