Spoke With A Celadon Flat Bed Driver.
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Flatbed gets more chics.
Flatbed gets more chics.
Unless you're talking about the fowl variety, but interested. I'm happily married. Lol.
Having no experience with reefers, my opinion is this: reefers suck, go flatbed!
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
Whether it's flatbed, reefer or dry van.... By the time you consider all the pros and cons of each freight type it's basically a wash as far as money is concerned.
I really want to try flatbed than I remember it gets really freaking cold during the winter time.
It hurts to get fuel in the winter time and it's - 30° outside. Now imagine you're 5 to 13 feet off the ground trying to tarp a load and it's - 30° outside and it's always windy if you're trying to tarp.
Besides everytime a flatbed passes a set of cattle pens on the side of the road the cows hold THEIR noses!
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
Besides everytime a flatbed passes a set of cattle pens on the side of the road the cows hold THEIR noses!
Did we just get served???
I really want to try flatbed than I remember it gets really freaking cold during the winter time.
It hurts to get fuel in the winter time and it's - 30° outside. Now imagine your 5 to 13 feet off the ground trying to tarp a load and it's - 30° outside and it's always windy if your trying to tarp.
Spent three hours securing and tarping a load in Phoenix yesterday in 100° heat. Drank four Gatorades and a bottle of water and was completely wiped out afterward. I can't wait for winter, or at least fall. You can fall off a trailer in any season, but no one ever died by freezing to death while tarping. (Of course, Abe hasn't pulled a flatbed as far as I know - he might be able to pull that one off.)
I commend you (crazy) flatbedders. Someone's gotta do it so I don't have to. It's not that I'm lazy but I'm not flatbed material.
Flatbed is interesting because most people think it's too much work in difficult conditions but the people who do it wouldn't want to do anything else. I think it's one of those things that's worth trying to see what you think.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Well, in my 62mpg Swift truck/dry van, I get passed by flatbeds more often than even dry bulks!
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.New Reply:
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A Celadon flatbed driver recommended that I try to switch from reefers to flatbed. I'm sure I'd have to wait 6 months (2 more months) but I don't know. He said the pay is more, but I usually get long runs, but long waits too. Given an option what's the consensus of which is better, reefer or flatbed?
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.