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Hmmm I see what your saying... What do you think about doing OD loads then? Transport national is doing a 1k a week gaurentee

Is that something they will hire someone fresh out of school for? I am still pretty new at this and I know I have to pay my "dues". I can't have the best thing out there with the experience I have. I am not getting rich doing this, but I live comfortably. I made some poor decisions before I decided on this career and it makes it a bit harder. But to get to where I want to be I know I have to do what I am doing now. I chose flat bedding because it does pay more per mile starting up. It is a lot of work sometimes but that is something I enjoy.

They hire straight out of school. I spoke to the recruiter already Pretty crazy OD company is hiring grads

Is that something they will hire someone fresh out of school for? I am still pretty new at this and I know I have to pay my "dues". I can't have the best thing out there with the experience I have. I am not getting rich doing this, but I live comfortably. I made some poor decisions before I decided on this career and it makes it a bit harder. But to get to where I want to be I know I have to do what I am doing now. I chose flat bedding because it does pay more per mile starting up. It is a lot of work sometimes but that is something I enjoy.

By OD are you meaning over dimensional?

If that is the case then I would say you need to get a year experience in as a flat bed driver first before you try that. Now we've got a member here, Pat who does oversize loads quite a bit and he started out as a rookie doing it. I just can't in good conscience recommend it to someone I know nothing about. It takes a good head on your shoulders, a really good grasp of all the math involved in calculating the proper load securement practices, and it takes a driver who is really on the ball at paying attention to his surroundings. All those things are developed in your first year as a flat-bedder.

Mike, if you want to make good money as a truck driver you have got to start as a regular guy - that's what you are - not being critical here, but you have got nothing to offer right now but a fresh butt in the seat and a new set of hands on the wheel - there are thousands of new guys just like you out there wanting jobs. That first year is where it all changes. If you start out as a flat-bed driver and hang in there for the first year, you will actually be a rare commodity, and that is when you can start earning more money. Literally about 2 or 3 percent make it and keep at it. I almost doubled my starting pay by the time I was starting my second year as a flat-bed driver. That doesn't happen for everyone, and I started out really low, but I proved myself an over achiever, and brother that is what trucking companies are looking for.

Performance is the name of the game here in this business. You see, right now you are looking at all these companies, and you are digging around for what they can do for you. That is why you like the percentage pay, and or the guarantee of a thousand dollars a week. You are going about it all backward, because what they are looking for is the kind of person who comes in to work humble, willing to learn, and willing to give it all they've got day in and day out. I promise you that you would be surprised if you were to ride with me. We would drive all night much of the time, sleep in strange places that you would never dream of as a good place to park, and we would get some other truck drivers upset with us because we were parked in such a way that we are blocking them from getting into a loading dock before us. There would be times when we would be getting unloaded at 4:30 in the morning even though our dispatch instructions tell us that they don't start until 7:30 a.m. We would be doing this kind of stuff all the time, because that is how I got to be offered such a generous pay package - I had a track record of making things happen when hundreds of others couldn't seem to get the same things done.

Your performance out here is what measures out your pay, that's right, you have a lot to do with how much you make in this industry, but a rookie doesn't have that leverage yet - it is something you earn as you prove yourself.

Old school do you know anyone that works for Yourga out of wheatland Also thanks for all the info

By OD are you meaning over dimensional?

If that is the case then I would say you need to get a year experience in as a flat bed driver first before you try that. Now we've got a member here, Pat who does oversize loads quite a bit and he started out as a rookie doing it. I just can't in good conscience recommend it to someone I know nothing about. It takes a good head on your shoulders, a really good grasp of all the math involved in calculating the proper load securement practices, and it takes a driver who is really on the ball at paying attention to his surroundings. All those things are developed in your first year as a flat-bedder.

Mike, if you want to make good money as a truck driver you have got to start as a regular guy - that's what you are - not being critical here, but you have got nothing to offer right now but a fresh butt in the seat and a new set of hands on the wheel - there are thousands of new guys just like you out there wanting jobs. That first year is where it all changes. If you start out as a flat-bed driver and hang in there for the first year, you will actually be a rare commodity, and that is when you can start earning more money. Literally about 2 or 3 percent make it and keep at it. I almost doubled my starting pay by the time I was starting my second year as a flat-bed driver. That doesn't happen for everyone, and I started out really low, but I proved myself an over achiever, and brother that is what trucking companies are looking for.

Performance is the name of the game here in this business. You see, right now you are looking at all these companies, and you are digging around for what they can do for you. That is why you like the percentage pay, and or the guarantee of a thousand dollars a week. You are going about it all backward, because what they are looking for is the kind of person who comes in to work humble, willing to learn, and willing to give it all they've got day in and day out. I promise you that you would be surprised if you were to ride with me. We would drive all night much of the time, sleep in strange places that you would never dream of as a good place to park, and we would get some other truck drivers upset with us because we were parked in such a way that we are blocking them from getting into a loading dock before us. There would be times when we would be getting unloaded at 4:30 in the morning even though our dispatch instructions tell us that they don't start until 7:30 a.m. We would be doing this kind of stuff all the time, because that is how I got to be offered such a generous pay package - I had a track record of making things happen when hundreds of others couldn't seem to get the same things done.

Your performance out here is what measures out your pay, that's right, you have a lot to do with how much you make in this industry, but a rookie doesn't have that leverage yet - it is something you earn as you prove yourself.

So true. That's why I hustle so hard. Deliver early. Pick up early. I usually start my day around 2 am and run till the last second. I love it.

I don't know anybody that works there. Be careful what job you choose to do first. There's a lot more potential for something to go badly wrong with an oversize load. You don't want your first job to be your last just because you were chasing after dollars.

I talked to a recruiter from yourga awhile ago. They had a nice account for my area that would have had me home daily and I probably would have made more money because it is a union job. But I decided I wanted to be a door swinger and go see the country lol and honestly I don't regret it.

Check out RE West out of Lebanon TN. Small flatbed and dry van company. Haul heavy equipment on rgn trailer.

Yourgas trucks are beautiful man but the avg driver makes 40k per the recruiter

I talked to a recruiter from yourga awhile ago. They had a nice account for my area that would have had me home daily and I probably would have made more money because it is a union job. But I decided I wanted to be a door swinger and go see the country lol and honestly I don't regret it.