Is There THAT Much Difference In Freight Types?

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07-23-2008 09:37 PM by charged

I forgot the spread axle flatbed trailers are harder to back IMO.

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07-23-2008 11:27 PM by Malaki86

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 PM by Mackman

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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.
Steve Booth???

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07-24-2008 12:48 AM by terrylamar

Re: Is There THAT Much Difference In Freight Types?
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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.
Personally, I think 51 is much too old to pull a skateboard. 8)

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#15

07-24-2008 12:50 AM by charged

I'm not sure who steve booth is.

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#16

07-24-2008 01:23 AM by wsyrob

Don't rule out tankers. Less physical work than flats but more than box. I think they suit the senior citizen driver. You have to go slow and easy.

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07-24-2008 01:49 AM by ct77

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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07-24-2008 01:53 AM by PhuzzyGnu

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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.
Um... Haven't ever done a lot of pipe, have you?

-p.

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#19

07-24-2008 01:55 AM by Jumbo

Re: Is There THAT Much Difference In Freight Types?
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Originally Posted by terrylamar
Quote:
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.
Personally, I think 51 is much too old to pull a skateboard. 8)
It all depends on the frieght you haul. If you are hauling nothing but lumber and other junk then maybe. I have only tarped 1 load in the last three months and that was a whopping 18" high on the trailer. One 14'x14' tarp and I was on my way.

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07-24-2008 02:01 AM by ct77

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Originally Posted by PhuzzyGnu
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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.
Um... Haven't ever done a lot of pipe, have you?

-p.
On average he is right generally dont wait long. But the longest it took me to unload was with a load of pipe, I guess laying pipe takes longer...... :lol: :lol: :lol:

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