I don't know what kind of farm you grew up on, but if you've spent much time in a hay field or tobacco patch, you won't find flatbed work to be hard at all. For the most part you may work "hard" for a hour per day. The rest of the time you will be driving, just like the dry van, reefer and tanker guys. The hard work shouldn't scare you off at all.
IMO, flatbed requires more brains than brawn anyway. You need to be able to think. Take a look at a load and figure out the best way to secure it. Tarping is probably the hardest part. Fighting a tarp in high winds is no easy task, but just use you brain in that aspect also. Let the SOB go, don't try to muscle it. You most likely won't win. Over time you will find easier and faster ways to tarp also.
One added note, if you have minimal driving experience and that was a year ago as I think I understood, you will most likely go out with a trainer after your securement training in the barn. If you had a year or two of experience driving a van, Maverick may put you through the securement training and then set you free in your own truck, but I highly doubt they would do that with someone who only has a few months of experience.
IMO, flatbed work should be not problem for an ole farmboy like yourself. Now if you said that you were a person who doesn't like to get dirty, that would be a different issue... :wink:
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