Let Me See Y'all's Flatbeds
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I don't mind this freightliner. I definitely like the color better than the other company trucks lol
I don't mind this freightliner. I definitely like the color better than the other company trucks lol
Is that a dark gray or a green?
I don't mind this freightliner. I definitely like the color better than the other company trucks lol
How did you score that tractor? I plan on going into Swift's flatbed division.
I don't mind this freightliner. I definitely like the color better than the other company trucks lol
Is that a dark gray or a green?
It's gray. Darker than "champagne" but lighter than "gunmetal" lol
I don't mind this freightliner. I definitely like the color better than the other company trucks lol
How did you score that tractor? I plan on going into Swift's flatbed division.
It was a lease-op truck that was turned in by the driver before the lease was completed. They've closed the flatbed lease program, so now if a truck is turned in before the lease is completed, they give a limited time to find someone to pickup that lease, but if no one takes it, they put it in the company fleet.
When you complete your flatbed training and are ready to be assigned a truck, they let you walk through the empty trucks and take your pick. This was the only one available that wasn't white with the big S on the side lol.
Also, I definitely give a thumbs up for Swift Transportation. I get paid well, get good miles, and there is a wide enough variety of regular freight that you get to experience the different tie-down techniques and requirements.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Dont have a good pic of the truck but there plenty of them out there on the road and they generally all look the same.
Turtle
Nice pics. Question, where do you store you grill when not in use? I would be concerned the smell would consume the inside if it was inside the CAB, but curious nevertheless.
Thanks Chris
Turtle
Nice pics. Question, where do you store you grill when not in use? I would be concerned the smell would consume the inside if it was inside the CAB, but curious nevertheless.
Thanks Chris
I store it under my bunk double wrapped in heavy plastic bags. Haven't got a whiff of it yet.
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