Trucking - Flatbed vs Reefer vs Dry Van

Trucking - Flatbed vs Reefer vs Dry Van - Which is better??

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2 жыл бұрын

A continuation of the getting into trucking series, and hopefully some useful information for everyone about what you want to Haul.
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@kengreskamp 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your new direction and content sharing your experience in trucking.

@ridingwithkev5560 2 жыл бұрын

No problem. I've had so many of these videos planned just never got around to shooting them

@thehovermatic1243 2 жыл бұрын

Flatbed is where it’s at. A friend of mine from cdl school last year and I have been comparing settlements and pay and with the waiting I can run more flatbed loads every week than he can run reefer loads. I’m getting 3,000-3,600miles every week consistently and a 34 hr reset every Sunday. It’s not that flatbed is easier, it’s work, usually about 60-90 minutes at each location. Enough to work up a sweat for sure but the sleep deprivation with reefer is more like torture.

@ridingwithkev5560 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely can get more loads

@Solitude633 2 жыл бұрын

I did not like the reefer division. It's too hectic for me. I'd rather do dry van

@williamfriar6295 2 жыл бұрын

May take 4-5 hours on getting my reefer loaded, but then I run 2,500 miles before I have to open the doors again. Bumping the dock once a week has its advantages. Every load/unload cycle has its own set of headaches: finding shipper/receiver, actual loading/unloading process, scaling new load, dealing with customers (10% of them are crazy), paperwork, etc, etc. When I can load in Washington or Idaho, then deliver in Georgia or Florida five days later, you’re not going to convince me that bumping a dock three or four times a week is the way to go. It’s the total dock/customer time for the week that counts, not how long you spent at one customer. And the majority of trucking aggravation is incurred at the point of pickup or delivery. Reduce the number of these events and you reduce the aggravation.

@williamfriar6295 2 жыл бұрын

I get paid by the mile, not by the dock.

@ridingwithkev5560 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah my last company had me running longer hauls and if you can get it to pay good (mine didn't) I'll run less loads and get more miles per load any day.

@hptrucklines5367 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Kev I like reefer more than dry van because of the thing you pointed out loads are always available. I may eventually stop doing van and go back reefer

@ridingwithkev5560 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah if I was being honest I liked flatbed more but due to the fact I like to drive more than work reefer is where I would go

@vincentwhittington9408 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Once you get those endorsements you can come to the best division. #TankerGang lol

@ridingwithkev5560 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't even mention tanker 😳. Oops

@derekweddle5667 2 жыл бұрын

I haul hazmat…automotive paint to all the factories in the Midwest and south. The money is damn good and I’m pullin about 2500-3000 miles a week and I’m home weekends and 1-2 nights during the week.

@ridingwithkev5560 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta love money and hometime

@raymondespinosa4558 Жыл бұрын

"Lard ass disease"😂😂

@Dachamp2001 2 жыл бұрын

Heavy haul is where it's at!! Lowboys all day long

@ridingwithkev5560 2 жыл бұрын

Jealous of those guys

@Dachamp2001 2 жыл бұрын

@@ridingwithkev5560 Facts lol even though you got to run flat or step 1st for at least a yr

@Solitude633 2 жыл бұрын

Ice Road trucking is where it's at

@chaffelhaye9259 7 ай бұрын

like the video.... God bless you too

@ridingwithkev5560 7 ай бұрын

Thank you

@412hwc 2 жыл бұрын

flatbed all day my guy!

@ridingwithkev5560 2 жыл бұрын

It was definitely fun and never the same thing

@michaelboyle9512 2 жыл бұрын

I'm solar powered 🤣. I don't know how van drivers don't lose their sanity cooped up in the truck all day every day. Securing and tarping is the exercise I need to release tension.

@ridingwithkev5560 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@Solitude633 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a van driver & I'm going insane but I love it 😵🚚

@FonzoTheTrucker Жыл бұрын

I was about to say, a new lane?? Solar powered??? LOL much respect to you and other skateboarders! I am not built to be tarping in the hot heat and dead of winter! LOL

@leagueofotters2774 Жыл бұрын

So with flatbed is it possible to have a relatively regular sleep pattern?

@ridingwithkev5560 Жыл бұрын

Yes. Flatbed customers "tend" to be 7-3 type customers. So typically no crazy delivery hours like van and reefer

@wanabetruckerdave3776 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot tanker! 😒... Good vid BTW.

@ridingwithkev5560 2 жыл бұрын

I did but to be fair I have never done it so was speaking toy experience 😂

@BobDiot 2 жыл бұрын

Sup Kev. FLATBED FOR LIFE lol

@ridingwithkev5560 2 жыл бұрын

Love and hate

@BobDiot 2 жыл бұрын

@@ridingwithkev5560 I love it. Plus I have a Conestoga so no real tarping

@HeathensTruckingLLC 2 жыл бұрын

Work smart not hard #reefergang

@ridingwithkev5560 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@thehovermatic1243 2 жыл бұрын

Please explain what is smart about sitting around all day waiting to get loaded while the reefer is burning 3 gallons an hour?

@HeathensTruckingLLC 2 жыл бұрын

@@thehovermatic1243 don’t know who you run for but I hardly ever sit, plus my reefer turns off when doors open so ain’t burning nothing

@HeathensTruckingLLC 2 жыл бұрын

@@thehovermatic1243 what reefer you have that’s burning 3 gallons an hour???? Might want to get that checked 😂

@ridingwithkev5560 2 жыл бұрын

@@thehovermatic1243 well to be fair reefers are not that bad on fuel and most loads only take 3-4 hours to load some less, the big places can definitely stretch it out. If you work for a reputable company a lot of guys count on detention because you get paid to sleep or eat 😂. It's is definitely an easier route