Comments By Jonathan P.

Gotta call from my recruiter Adam real nice fella saying everythings good to go my flatbedding career begins in a couple weeks nervous as but ready an willing to learn. Maverick here i come.

How intense is Mavericks flatbed training.

Got the call from Maverick today my recruiter say everything was looking good hopefully I'll be ready to start my flatbedding career in July.

The recruiter from Stevens said that flatbedding is a limited job that their average length of haul is never longer than a reefer are dry van, he says that flatbedding is not a recession proof job, he kinda makes it seems like flatbedding would be a bad choice over driving reefer or dry van. But I'd rather find out on my on flatbedding is what im more interested in than reefer or dry van i must admit he had a pretty good sales pitch but he lost me when he say he had guys making seven figures working for Stevens me personally i couldn't imagine making seven figures an be working for somebody else i would have been struck out on my own.

Our trainers always tell us to take off in 4th but the trucks are so old an raggedy that the safest gear to take off in is 4th an these are empty trailers but the truck we're training in the clutch sticks really bad so we have to raise the rpms to round 20 so the truck wont kill an if we kill the truck on test day thats automatic failure. I figured I'd take off in 3rd on test day just to be on the safe side.

P.S. any maverick drivers on here care to shed any light on the companies training program talk to the recruiter Adam this morning i think im approved for their flatbed division.

Appreciate the advice from u guys i actually did my first drop a hook at school after bringing up the subject to a trainer it wasn't to bad like i say i test out in a few weeks an was curious wat would be the best take off gear third are fourth, also wats the best turning gear to be in i always take off an turn in fourth gear but i dont want to get nervous an kill the truck trying take off in fourth. I was on a steep incline an almost killed the truck taking off in fourth.

I need some advice. How strict are trucking companies when it comes to dates and addresses. Because I was unemployed and looking for work, I was living in several locations within the past three years. I also don't have a current address. I'm required to fill out the addresses of my previous residences but I can't remember any of the addresses or dates. Plus, I had a speeding ticket back in 2005 or 2006, but I can't remember it either. This is really stressing me out.

I was talking to a recruiter from Stevens they won't even give you a pre hire if you have big gaps in your work history or wasnt able to hold a stable join in the past three yrs. Now i dont no if every companies is like that but Stevens is strict about the situatio. You could do wat i did i called every ccompany i work for and got the dates i was working for the. You could called the courts are the dmv in baton rouge an find out about your ticket.

I have about two weeks left before i get ready to test out at Diesel Driving Academy in Shreveport still looking for a company to go with im really interested in flatbedding, i want to do a lil labor work rather than just drop an hook. I have a question for any other recent graduates did your school teach how to drop an hook cause it wasn't mandatory at my school which i thought was kind of odd since thats a crucial part of trucking. Im really interested in Maverick Transportation or Prime Inc because TMC Transport said i wasn't eligible because of a seven yr old felony but i already have a pre hire from Stevens Transport.

Another question would getting experience from a small private owner be just as good as one of these big companies.

Thanks a lot do you have any insight on any good flatbed companies

I graduate from DDA in Shreveport in June an was looking to get in flatbedding I've been talking with Maverick any insight about the company are other flatbed companies.