I Have A Question For You All About Possibly Moving Into Flatbed At Swift.

I spoke with someone the other day about flatbed and about the possibility about working in flatbed before the winter and just getting some experience and seeing if I like it. I know I like to do things with my hands and be interactive with my load and dry van just does not cut that. I want to be able to see my load and be able to haul cool things like equipment and other stuff like that.. I am close to 3 months of experience with dry van and from what I hear its possible I can still switch over, but I want to know your alls minds on this possibility.

Flattbed from what i hear and have read is a completely different ball game. It requires quite a bit of physical work especially when tarping. personally, if and when I come back out after my daughters health goes back up, i'll probably be doing flatbed myself. I feel the same way as you, i like to do things with my hands and dry van/refer doesn't do it for me. I say go for it, you are already with a company that supports flattbed. you'll probably go back to one of the training facilities and get trained there. There is also the possibility of going back out with a trainer too, so do keep that in mind.

Good luck to you.

I think it's a great idea! The only thing we really recommend is that you stay with your first company for a year. So if Swift won't put you in the flatbed division until your six month mark, just wait until then to get started in it instead of switching companies this early on. At the very least, stay with Swift until your six month mark, but at that point you are free to start flatbed with them anyway.

I've thought about trying flatbed at some point, but I'm kinda a wimp and enjoy the nice warm cab when it's snowing outside.

You know what thats encouraging to hear it from you all. I am going to give them a call tomorrow. I really can relate to you David because as you stated we both like doing things with our hands. I will keep you all posted!