I finished CDL school on Feb 23, 2024 and I'm flying out to Tulsa, OK starting Orientation @ Melton on March 11. Excited for the new journey!

nice been thinking about trying flat bed I did 3 months of dry van.. the numbers you are showing makes it really enticing.

Doin a great job bro.. it just amazes me how some can come at u side ways for doin something ur comfortable wit.. U know ur new to the game and goin thru the process, like they never been there... 1st yr of trucking is hard for everyone who walk out there... keep ur head up bro, and do u

I agree. They should provide you everything to do to the job.

Thanks for your insights. Preciate ya!

Well said. A class trucking co. They were my favorite company to bumb my doc. I knew when they hit my doc, they were not going to enter my warehouse wearing flops.

Appreciate the review! I'm headed to melton in a couple days for orientation. Nice seeing some insight from other new drivers

7:01 You can make v boards with 2x4 lumber and cut up straps by the way. Melton will reimburse you for the lumber.

Started my flatbed career with Melton almost two years ago, I enjoyed them in my time I was there and they’ll definitely prepare u to go far as a flatbed trucker

I worked at Melton in 2010 to 2011. Melton was a great company pay was good, equipment was GREAT I just hated the hometime policy. Bob was great very approachable guy. Had a great dispatcher

I had the same issue with things that should be issued with the truck but I will say that if you go to the shop and and grab some old mud flaps, they work as edge protection. Coming from a military background and my 1st DM being trash I’ve come with the mindset of “FITFO” and embrace the suck. I hope to see ya at a shipper or consignee one day. & definitely look forward to hearing about your first winter with Melton lol.

I started at Melton back in July 2023 It was my first OTR Trucking job to start me off on my path it was ok honestly but the dm I had didn’t really care the miles eventually started dropping I was making around 600-800 a week nothing big like I expected or needed around 1200-1500 a week but I don’t work there anymore I did six month with them and moved on

keep up the great vids....very helpful.

I here you I have been on my truck for two weeks now,

Great information… thanks!

starting with melton in a couple weeks. looking forward to it. I say doll hairs too and don't know where I got that

Great video, thx. 👍💪🐕🚛🚚✅

Being a mechanic I've had to buy 10's of thousands of dollars worth of tools. Makes you a better asset in the long run tho

Hey bud just found your Channel love. My question is. Do they have an exit exam once you’re done with your trainer and what does that entail? Written driving pre-trip stuff anything like that

Number 2 is you'll get burned out quick if driving isn't something you enjoy. Recaps can be a pain

I’m used to dry van & reefer. I’m nervous about chaining and strapping. Can you ask for extra chains or straps? Or do you have to come out of pocket for those, just curious.

V-boards...Maybe the first should be free. But, a fast way to loose money is to endlessly supply "consumables." A fast way to create careless drivers is to show that there's no cost for carelessness.

Man you look familiar did you going through troop into transportation in Feb-Mar because I could sworn I think you said during school your were going Melton during a video class? Solid video brother thinking about OTR but staying on a local gig in the mean time and may try it out in the future. How you liking OTR?

bro thank you so much

Especially when ur new, you don’t have $100 to send on edge protectors

i’m starting with them may 20th!! can’t wait.

The items that they did not reimburse you can use as a tax write off

Why did u choose flatbed instead of trailer? Just curious as im interested in getting in trucking. Obtaining my commercial learning permit.

Thanks for the information excellent job. I'm in CDL school now (last day tomorrow)testing out on the 6th and I'm in Tulsa so Melton is on my list of potential companies to join. You said you were getting .52 cpm but the pay equals .42 cpm, did I miss something?

Agree with almost everything you say. I’ve only been here a month

Doesn't Melton provide personal refrigerators in your cab? This is a big plus.

does Melton give military benefit? Higher cpm for example.. anything?

How is everything going are they keeping you moving

No shade thrown, I do however find it interesting you don't have more cons I could easily give you 3. Iv been here for almost a year and could also easily give other pros as well.

Love the chanel. Are you going to be a trainer anytime? Getting cdl on my own

So am I understanding correctly that you purchase your own edge protectors and then have to give them over to someone else when you have to repower?? 🤨

Nice video man, I’ll be at orientation this Sunday 👍🏽 I have a year old Rottweiler you think he’ll be able to ride w/ me on the truck??!

From what I understand, if I’m hearing correctly, does melton hire new drivers with no experience? That’s what I’m getting out of your video but I just wanted to double check. I have a class C at the moment and I want to make the jump all the way to class A and have been looking for companies to join. Had a friend drive for melton and loved it. He ended up switching companies after a while to get more home time but eventually ended up going back since the new company didn’t come close to melton. Personally I don’t require as much home time as most probably would and as far as purchasing your own equipment, as much as I agree they should definitely provide it, it doesn’t bother me as much that I’d have to buy my own since I came from the automotive industry where I had to purchase probably 20-30k in tools lol. This seems like a company I’d like to work for. Great info btw, new subscriber here

How was your training, were your 34 hrs resets at home?

Getting my CDL soon and Melton was recommended, do you live in Florida? Because I know a lot of companies don’t hire from Florida and I’m from Miami.

Did u qualify for the GI bill benifits for the extra BAH pay? Also is Melton hair or Urine test?

Melton was cool, but they love BootLicken YesMen. They don't have to micro manage, they have that camera in your face 24-7

I start in January

Damn to bad I had the day off, I pick up every day in Akron rite by Canton

I'm not a trucker, maybe one day, just curious you had 9 home days did you also have some 34-hour resets maybe out on the road?

Melton cons: driver facing cameras, going through safety every time you're rooted through a terminal. Safety sending you videos every month to watch and take quizzes. Sitting for a few hours after empty before they send you a load 3 hours away with 2 hours to get there. Not getting to top pay til you're a million miler for the company. I could think of a few more but that's just real quick. #WylieTough

Worth using GI Bill benefits with Melton?

I report on the 22 July 24 to Tulsa, OK.

Do you really use 90 pound tarps?

Does Melton have Canadian drivers?

I just got called by them and they offered me a position ❤

.52?? For flatbed?? Dry van drivers make .55 starting out. Are you sure about the numbers?

Do they hire felons with a deferred sentence? In other words with a pending charge. I just recently obtained my cdls 10/31/2022. Working at a gym making crappy pay sucks

What’s a repower

Are they a good company

Anybody know the orientation process?

Yeah not everyone experience is like your or others all got different dm and different attitude then when you wanna address the issue they postpone the issue until the loads off the bed. Maybe it was my dm but got the worst experience since I was with the company for 7months

Do you pick how many loads you get?

I thought hours of service/sleep would be one.

Are you still with Melton?

Yeah I need to upgrade my class b cdl to class a

You my brother from another mother. 20 yr veteran on my way. What’s your information for recommendation? DM me

You gotta pay those taxes still!

I have been seriously considering a career change into trucking and I still am but maybe not with Melton who else hires new drivers I mean, I can make that doing Instacart and DoorDash 😂😂

52 cents a mile is 20 years ago pay. I'm lost on how your taxes are so low!

9 days home out of 90 days? not tryn to knocc anything but shit thats rough!! i run 4 weeks and get a week every time lol.

That's really low pay actually.

It look like you left melton by now by lookn at the comments... but what about the equipment u had to pay for (the vboards an stuff) if u have to repower a load

Your “gross” versus “net” numbers don’t make sense and don’t add up straight across the board. Is “net” after taxes? Also, you should record how many hours each week you put in for that pay period, and then break it down so you can see what your hourly rate is. That’s equally important for new people to see and do the due diligence to see if it’s worth it. $1800 a week for 40 hours is one thing, but $1800 for 70 hours is something drastically different. Can’t tell if it’s worth it without knowing how many hours a week you are putting in to get those miles in, including wait time and tarping.

And hair drugs screen or is it urine ?

.52 cent's a mile or even .70 cent's a mile is not attractive for flatbed driver. Better off being owner operator flatbed driver any day.

Your losing money and I bet you don't work there for long!

If you run the company and see how many irresponsible people keep losing and asking for plastic corner covers, you would charge too. Give them their first set. If you lose them, you pay. One set. That's all you get. Make them sign the agreement.