Is There THAT Much Difference In Freight Types?
#12
07-23-2008, 11:27 AM
I only did flatbed for the first few months I was driving. I didn't mind the chaining/strapping, but gawd - those tarps suck. And, yes, a spread axle is harder to back, mainly because the pivot point on the trailer axles change with every load.
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#13
07-23-2008, 11:37 AM
Originally Posted by charged
I have a relative, about 55, who started out recently. He got his CDL, bought a truck and flatbed a month ago. Of course with his own authority he can do anything he wants, like be home when he wants and haul what he wants.
Tarping is the worse part, but sometimes it doesn't need to be done. Strapping and chaining are not rocket science either.
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#14
07-23-2008, 12:48 PM
Re: Is There THAT Much Difference In Freight Types?
Originally Posted by wsclinger
Wondering as with all my research my personal feeling is that Flats is the way to go, even just starting out at 51 years of age.
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#17
07-23-2008, 01:49 PM
Loved flatbedding but then again I was primarily in the SE but I cussed a storm everytime I had to pull frozen tarps off a load and or it was snowing when I went up north.
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#18
07-23-2008, 01:53 PM
Originally Posted by ajritter04
Flatbeds, however, are different in the fact that the shipper usually wants the load on the truck and secured / covered properly as fast as they (and you) can get it. When you get to the receiver, they're happy to see you and will get that load off the truck ASAP. Very little waiting with a flatbed...at least compared to a reefer.
-p.
#19
07-23-2008, 01:55 PM
Re: Is There THAT Much Difference In Freight Types?
Originally Posted by terrylamar
Originally Posted by wsclinger
Wondering as with all my research my personal feeling is that Flats is the way to go, even just starting out at 51 years of age.
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#20
07-23-2008, 02:01 PM
Originally Posted by PhuzzyGnu
Originally Posted by ajritter04
Flatbeds, however, are different in the fact that the shipper usually wants the load on the truck and secured / covered properly as fast as they (and you) can get it. When you get to the receiver, they're happy to see you and will get that load off the truck ASAP. Very little waiting with a flatbed...at least compared to a reefer.
-p.
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