One piece of advice. Don't ever pull your fifth wheel pin until you have lowered your landing gear. It's a good habit to get into because you might forget one day, maybe you're in a hurry, and drop the trailer on it's nose.
@@Againsttheworldlogistics I've done it myself. That's why I made myself get in that habit. We had a driver just last week drop a trailer on it's nose loaded with 50k lbs of treated lumber. . He thought that he was going to drop and hook and the forklift driver wanted it around the other side of the plant and he has already pulled his pin. He jumped in the truck, released the brakes and took off. Crushed the landing gear, bent the nose of the trailer and shifted the load.
There is defiantly more woman in trucking today than before, especially in the van division. I'm also seeing allot of woman doing flatbed now also. Look into these channels that i follow that are woman in trucking, Flatbedding with Jada, MisFitFlatbedHer, or RoadRunna Nia they have real good content.
how do you like it there so far? i wanted to try them out i was looking for work online saw them on indeed saying they have work out of frederick md that’s not far from me
@@Pyrex_lex it’s not bad company side, but once you do lease purchase it’s very hard. Rates suck, breakdowns that you have to pay for from day 1 of signing your lease. I’m at a point where I might have to give the truck back. I haven’t seen a check in 3 weeks because the truck keeps breaking down. They do have loads out of Fredrick MD, but they don’t pay shit and they’re heavy, but if you going company it won’t matter.
@@Againsttheworldlogistics thank you for the heads up i want to try out leasing but i need to hear from drivers cause according to recruitment everywhere i’ve inquired they make it sound like it’s raining 100s 24/7 and im not buying it
i was a company otr driver for many years till i got married and kids come along there grown now thinking about going back and buying a truck looking at Boyd lease purchase but i never did flatbed always a van or tanker do they train on flatbed we always called them "skateboards"
@@33turkeyman Yes, Boyd will train you. Flatbed training is 3 days, after that you go out with a trainer for about 12 days the you run short loads around Birmingham for a week, test out, then out on your own.
@@chrischillin6085Boyd doesn’t let you come right in and do lease purchase anymore. Now you have to be a company driver for 4-8 weeks before you can transfer over.
One piece of advice. Don't ever pull your fifth wheel pin until you have lowered your landing gear. It's a good habit to get into because you might forget one day, maybe you're in a hurry, and drop the trailer on it's nose.
@Brett235 Funny you say that, I did that last week. Luckily it was empty and was able to get it back up.
@@Againsttheworldlogistics I've done it myself. That's why I made myself get in that habit. We had a driver just last week drop a trailer on it's nose loaded with 50k lbs of treated lumber. . He thought that he was going to drop and hook and the forklift driver wanted it around the other side of the plant and he has already pulled his pin. He jumped in the truck, released the brakes and took off. Crushed the landing gear, bent the nose of the trailer and shifted the load.
It seems like y’all drop and hook a-lot
What do they govern the lease trucks at
@@Solo-di5om company is 65 pedal 67 cruise. Lease is 70
How often do you see women out there? I’ve become very interested in it.
There is defiantly more woman in trucking today than before, especially in the van division. I'm also seeing allot of woman doing flatbed now also. Look into these channels that i follow that are woman in trucking, Flatbedding with Jada, MisFitFlatbedHer, or RoadRunna Nia they have real good content.
how do you like it there so far? i wanted to try them out i was looking for work online saw them on indeed saying they have work out of frederick md that’s not far from me
@@Pyrex_lex it’s not bad company side, but once you do lease purchase it’s very hard. Rates suck, breakdowns that you have to pay for from day 1 of signing your lease. I’m at a point where I might have to give the truck back. I haven’t seen a check in 3 weeks because the truck keeps breaking down. They do have loads out of Fredrick MD, but they don’t pay shit and they’re heavy, but if you going company it won’t matter.
@@Againsttheworldlogistics thank you for the heads up i want to try out leasing but i need to hear from drivers cause according to recruitment everywhere i’ve inquired they make it sound like it’s raining 100s 24/7 and im not buying it
@@Pyrex_lex Definitely not raining 100’s, maybe some 20’s. lol.
i was a company otr driver for many years till i got married and kids come along there grown now thinking about going back and buying a truck looking at Boyd lease purchase but i never did flatbed always a van or tanker do they train on flatbed we always called them "skateboards"
@@33turkeyman Yes, Boyd will train you. Flatbed training is 3 days, after that you go out with a trainer for about 12 days the you run short loads around Birmingham for a week, test out, then out on your own.
I was wondering about you it's Dan from mercer glad to see your still moving around
@@dansdiesel767 What’s going on, how you been? I was out a couple months with a shoulder injury but I’m back at it now.
Does Boyd have an escrow account for truck repairs?
@@Yella265 Yeah. They take out .20cent per loaded and empty miles.
@@Againsttheworldlogistics ok thanks. Just filled out an application bro
If you have 16 years local experience. What would one have to do to start the lease purchase
@@chrischillin6085Boyd doesn’t let you come right in and do lease purchase anymore. Now you have to be a company driver for 4-8 weeks before you can transfer over.
How long you have to be company before lease
@@gregbess45 4-8 weeks
are all the trucks mid roofs? or do they offer stand up
@@penarri They are all Mid-Roof, but they are roomy as hell. I’m 6’1 and can stand up with plenty of room.
How is the pay per week thinking about coming over
For lease purchase or company?
How much a week for the truck?
@@jamesnelson5700 $890, plus insurance, equipment, maintenance account, etc, it’s around $1396 a week.
Can they get you home each weekend
Yes
I’m coming over there July 22 are there still any manuals .
@@nickslifestyle When I was there last week they had one and it was an older truck. Their fleet is mostly automatic now.
Are all loads pre loaded
40% preload