Comments By Ken M. (TailGunner)

I can’t get my pictures to come through!

Good I don't wanna be sad too

I'd hate to read here:

I got a ticket today while fishing!

Sure burst my bubble lol license?? hmmmm

Did Andy Taylor and Opie, need a license at their favorite fishin hole?

Yes they did. There is the episode with Andy fishing and a Fish & Game officer hauling Andy & Helen to the courthouse for not having his fishing license with him.

Nice CornBinder.

Congrats MM!! It's nice to see the fruits of your labor.

Guess I still have some work to do...

Just go to flatbed immediately, you will be way, way happier. It's kind of a whole different world from reefer and dry van.

Hi, I am in CDL school currently and starting to zero in on companies to apply to. Can you explain why someone would be way, way happier with flatbed?

I don't wanna start any arguments, but in my opinion, there is a lot less waiting around with most flatbed loads. Also there is 99.9999% of the time no hand unloading, your freight goes on and off with a forklift or crane. Yes, there is securing and tarping, but you get good/fast at it after a while. You'll never have to re-stack cases of anything that has the wrong number of them on a pallet. There are no grocery warehouses. No lumpers. Most of the time, you'll be able to drive in wind that keeps van trailers parked. Flatbed generally pays more than vans.

There are drawbacks to flatbedding that you don't get with vans. Tarping and untarping in the rain/cold/wind. There will be times, as with anything, that you want to leave it all beside the road and go home. But those times are very few, all things considered.

Just go to flatbed immediately, you will be way, way happier. It's kind of a whole different world from reefer and dry van.

Gypsum Express bought some of the real estate and hired employees from my old company when it went under a few years ago (Tandem Transport) They were based in Michigan City, Indiana, where the main terminal & service was. They also acquired a few of their smaller terminals. The freight manager, traffic manager, and several of the sales people, dispatchers, etc. still work out of Michigan City for Gyp Express now. I'm sure they also ended up with Tandem's customers also.

I do not think anyone will be dropped off beside the road. But it may be a "motivational tool" of that "trainer".

It has to be affordable cell phones. When I started driving flatbed in 1995, almost nobody had a cell phone on the road with them. I had one, but it cost so much to use just in my local area it was ridiculous, let alone "roaming". Couldn't afford it. Now you can talk all day if you want to. Anybody else remember the long-distance prepaid phone cards sold at all the truck stops? Then waiting to use a phone to call home in the long rows of pay phones?

Check out this video a driver made https://youtu.be/OTBI29X0RTk

Wow I guess I haven't been paying attention. Last I knew if you had to do shots you couldn't have a CDL.