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Originally Posted by all18wheels
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Originally Posted by Walking Eagle
Open trailers are the only way to go. I started with a 40 foot flat about 40 years ago and have only pulled a reefer maybe twice. Graduated from a short flat thru all kinds of length and combinations to where the big money is in trucking, a 3/4/3 LB
Have fun wwith it and just don't take tarp loades, like me ( I don't even carry any)
well, at this point, i dont have much choice. if i get dispatched a tarp load, i have to take it. im too new to be picky. i agree, they suck. especially in the snow and rain. hopefully i can get picky after a year or two.
gotta take the bad with the good.
no matter what happens, anything beats pulling a van for 27 cents a mile.
this company isnt going to hang me up for days somewhere waiting for a load or leave me in the east coast. thats why i like this place so much.
if i gotta put up with some bad weather and a tarp a season or two, so be it
1. Don't expect to get "picky" after the first one or two years. There are other guys that have been around much longer than that, and THEY are the ones that have "PAID THEIR DUES". Don't expect to get "PICKY" until you can stand alongside them with years of service.
2. Get yourself a good pair of coveralls... Brown Duck are good, with zippers down the side of the pantlegs so you don't have to take your boots off to put them on or take them off. About three pairs of warm, lined gloves, and a pair of warm boots... Sorrels are good, and I think La Crosse makes a pair that are even better. A FLANNEL SKI MASK and cap that covers the ears are great for working out in -20 degree weather.
3. You'll meet a much better class of people at the docks, both at the shippers and receivers. But, if you're going to a construction site and have to "MEET THE CRANE",
DON'T BE LATE, or they are not afraid to charge your company with "CRANE TIME" which can run into THOUSANDS of dollars an hour.
Enjoy yourself. It's a good way to go.