I ran flatbed out of Port Canaveral for years. Running salt and lumber to Home depots, Lowes, etc etc. Had my own Teledyne forklift. Never had to wait to get unloaded if they were busy. Loved it.

@danielkvasnicka9638

2 жыл бұрын

YESH BUT HE IS A REAL OWNER OPERATOR

@raptorballs1546

2 жыл бұрын

Port Canveral has be hella backed up the last few times I’ve been that way.

@GKsGS400

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielkvasnicka9638 What's your point?

@GKsGS400

2 жыл бұрын

@@raptorballs1546 Crazy busy down there now.

@raptorballs1546

2 жыл бұрын

@@GKsGS400 yeah definitely.

Always found it amazing that all you have to do is switch trailers and your in a whole new industry with a different set of skills and knowledge requirements , Big , Small, Short , Tall , Light or Heavy , Cold or Hot , Historic , Rare and Infinitely Expensive I've hauled it all driven to the end of the road on 4 pionts of the compass my love of trucking took me around the world 10 times in 40 years on the road.

This is the beautiful thing of a truck you can go from van to reefer to flat to lowbed opportunities are endless. Keep on trucking and grinding.

You’re not “deadheading” out of Florida, you’re carrying sunshine and the admiration of your many subscribers in the area !! 🤙🏻

Great video, Justin. That was the first truck wash I went through when I drove for TMC. I thought it was funny that you were behind a TMC truck. Good content and advice for new drivers in the Loves lot. It can be stressful backing when trucks start piling up behind you when your trainer is trying to figure out how to tell you to back. Like you said, stay calm and it's your CDL, no one else, and it's your responsibility to protect it. Great drone footage too.

@JustTruckin

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You BEAR

Pulled a skateboard for a lot of years. Steel, lumber, bricks, sod… enjoyed it. Low boy heavy haul might be a good gig too.

Your drone footage is awesome i love the vids Justin keep doing what your doing. I work from home but your vids make me want to take up trucking!!

I mean I’ve been doing flatbed for right at almost 2 years now and as far as I can see the rates aren’t great just like everything else but it’s different types of loads that pay different rates in flatbed so if you do just remember that good luck 👍🏼

Hi Justin, I'm retired after 35 years, van, reefer, flatbed, rail containers. I have to say chaining and tarping was from easy to hard. Never liked it in the rain/snow. Never did tankers, I heard they pay good.

@80tontrain

2 жыл бұрын

Yah if anything I would do tankers. Flat bed is way too sweaty in the summer u get sun burnt and rain and cold also no fun. Ima stick to dry van easy job and I make enough money I’m not tryin to be a millionaire.

@arniepries6480

2 жыл бұрын

@@80tontrain - tankers pay well but probabaly not home as much as Justin would like

That was pretty cool watching you slide your tandems on the drone, I have never seen that done before.

@darklordchris

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was pretty neat to watch 👀

Flatbed is the way to go!!! Most places you deliver are open 8am-6pm so you start early and you can park early. No distribution center games or waiting for a dock, they unload you with a forklift and youre off to grab another load. You can run harder, make more $$, and a lot less bs with flatbed!!

@jryank22

2 жыл бұрын

I pull a pneumatic and make frequent deliveries of limestone to a company that manufactures building materials and ships them on flatbeds. I can often get in, unload, and be gone before the flat bed that pulled in behind me has finished tarping.

@proam2928

2 жыл бұрын

Just put money down on a used flatbed yesterday. 🙂

@rocknrolljeepguy

2 жыл бұрын

Same goes for stick hauling..8 to 4 most stores,wouldn't trade it for anything.

@SkilledEddie

2 жыл бұрын

If it was that easy everyone would do it. You leave out load securement and tarping in all extreme weather conditions. Extreme cold, high winds and extreme heat. I make close to 6 figures pulling dry van why would I want to do more work? While your out there busting up a sweat I'm already down the road over 100 miles while your still securing your load.

@garymay1781

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you see a lot of flat beds laid over empty in truck stops too!

A trailer you might consider would be a sliding axel flat bed. You can get them with isolocks so you could haul one 40+ conwx or 2 20 foot conex. You could haul equipment they also come with winches so you could winch equipment on. With that trailer and the dry van you have, you could haul anything but refer loads.

when I was an owner operator I only hauled acid or flatbed with structural steel that didn't have to be tarped. I didn't have to do anything but drive, the techs at the refinery would load the acid, the techs at the copper mine would unload and the crains took the steel after I took the chains off. Once my "buddy" got us a run for a moving company and I got a dose of way too much work for an old guy like me.

Dude a flatbed is the only thing I have been running OTR for the last 20 years, delivering heavy equipment across the Country. Just got to make sure your load is strapped down securely, and then you drive it like you stole it. LoL

Talking about weather. Last weekend, I was sat in the garden, sunning myself and planting my spuds. Today, three days later, I'm sat in the conservatory, with the heating on, watching the snow come down. But hey, love the vlog Justin, and the drone footage

@JustTruckin

2 жыл бұрын

That’s pretty cool

Hey Justin hope all is well thanks for the video

Nothing like waking up from a nap to a new video......drive safe ......

Enjoying your videos, I pulled my trailers when I was driving. I also thought the spread axle flatbed with the retractable tarp system would be a great option. Never got brave enough to be an OO. Best of luck to ya brother.

Congrats on the 150K. Keep it going!!

You got it backing you been driving 3 years I been driving over 30 years and still learn new things

You made that backing look easy! ADM in Red Wing, Mn. has a Linseed oil loading dock behind their building. The alley was narrower than the one you maneuvered but the tankers I pulled were 11' shorter than your dry van. Strange thing was they had a gate that was a straight shot in that they refused to open.

I ran flatbed for a while and did mostly runs to Atlanta and back to Philly. Hauled steel coils, tarped, and then granite backhauls. I had a trailer with a drop axle so i could reduce my tolls by one axle. Loved the job, health took me out though.

One piece of advice when installing a dishwasher. Before the drainpipe goes into the garbage disposal run the line to the top of the cabinet and secure it with a clip. This keeps the pressure of the dirty sink water from back flowing into the dishwasher. This is a common failure on home inspection reports. Yes one dishwashers have backflip preventives but do you want to trust a 10c part or a 10c clip. Good luck.

@mybuickskill6979

2 жыл бұрын

Why not a check valve it seems like something that could be done 🤔

@Sagern234

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

I think you can back up as good as you go forward . Excellent.

Great job dialing down the click bait. Great show/content. You’re a class act brother. God bless you and your family.

Awesome Drone footage! Yeah, I'm debating specializing (Tankers maybe?) also. Always heard their Rates are better.

Great video Justin. That W9 sure is sounding good. And it looks good. Have a good one 👍👍👍❤️

Don't get dollar signs in your eyes on switching trailers and commodities. Trucking is and always will be a fickle business. Specialized is not only hard work in all kinds of weather tarping, waiting on riggers, etc., etc., it also requires a lot more dollars output in gear and much harder to get home to that young family.

@cargotoolshop5319

2 жыл бұрын

I am a flatbed r have been all my life and have no plans of changing that, but it's definitely not for everyone, even people who have experience I don't think they think safety first when it comes to tying loads down and tarping, stay safe

@kennethburton9572

2 жыл бұрын

None of you videos have a hell or sub the button.🧐🤔🤭

@unperuanoenlascarreterasde9964

2 жыл бұрын

When O/O have not discipline and have not clue on how the trucking industry fluctuates, that is when the problem starts. All of us , who are in this industry , knows exactly what’s up at this time of the year , but most of us don’t want to preparé for these months we are not disciplined with our money , so we think changing equipment will solve our problem. No it will not solve the problem. Less money is not the problem, it is our own irresponsibility. I parked my truck for more than a month. I parked since February 28. I refused to haul cheap load , but I saved some money so I can survive these times of the year . Brokers are not the problem . We are the problem .

Depending on the load there Could be alot of tarping involved with flat bedding....you up for that? White tractor trailer looks great clean! Drone footage as your backing in is cool!!

I knew little about trucking you seem to have it down pretty well as you make it look easy when it's really not. I've learned a lot off your videos. I'm now retired and just drive a motorhome. Great Videos 👍 Putting in your dishwasher should be fun too as that I know about.

Nicely done on that backing....the drone shot was the icing on the cake... magnificent video Justin......God bless you.... watching from Ndola Zambia 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲

overhead view awesome, and one heck of a professional job of backing up

Love the drone vids. Glad to see them again.

Nice video! Love the drone shots!!

Love the drone footage, nice back up job, you make it look easy with the Big truck

@JustTruckin

2 жыл бұрын

Takes some practice lol

Awesome Drone footage, Justin!

With drone control like that you can look forward to 300k subscribers in the not too distant future! Safe travels buddy!❤️

Run BOTH Justin. May have better luck getting a decent 2 or 3 axle flatbed over a dry van these days. I've run flatbed for a number of years when loads are not good with dry vans.

it probably wouldn't hurt to look into one of those breakaway flatbeds just to have it. You can often get them used at auction for much less than a box trailer. If you have it.. you can use it. And I know a bunch of construction crews who ship equipment using them (some of them in your area)... so certainly something to think about.

@Lilduckling38

2 жыл бұрын

You talking about rgn (removable goose neck ) trailers for equipment

I’ve done dry van, reefer and tanker. Tanker is definitely the best work.

Flat bedding is where it’s at 💪🏽 it keeps you on your toes and you’ll be more active i love it..owner op outta CT home daily mon-fri

If I was in your position (married, kids, paid off house) I’d find a plant nearby that runs pressure treated lumber, shingles or structural steel like I-Beams and just run local flatbed. No tarps, sleep in your own bed, play with your kids and enjoy life.

Shout out to you Justin. We met this afternoon at the Pilot in St. Mary GA. That was me honking at you at the weight station in Florida. W9 sounds excellent. Keep up the good work brother.

That drone is differently making you a cut above the rest keep up the good work 👀👀👏🏾👍🏾👌🏾

Love the drone footage when you are backing up!

Drone footage was on point.

HI Justin, those beams are either crane gantry beams or girder beams. use to connect the columns in building, especially where the span between columns are a big distance..or for big cranes in buildings

Porter greetings! 🇺🇸 You had a good elevation on the drone…loved it. Always like to see what’s around. It was good to have it so you could watch yourself back around the building.🥰 Having your rig PAID OFF makes a BIG difference! It’s always good to get paid for your miles & then get home, but if you’re driving up to 200 miles to get home…we’ll, there is a balance there somewhere. At least you get to put a dishwasher in. I’ve done that one before. Always good to spend time with the family! Being in the SPECIALIZED area would get you some different loads, but might also place you away from home longer, etc. It all will work out….prayer helps! 🥰🙏✌️

@JustTruckin

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You Porter

i would go flat bed or low boy/RGN. even if being in the weather sometimes i prefer it over anything else, plus its always something different depending on who you work for for or get loads from.

The drone can be a great tool to spot a traffic jam

13 min love them drone views stay safe brother

TMC from Des Moines are the cleanest trucks on the road. Have been for years.

Your footage is absolutely awesome…

Those beams look like they are for bridges. Love the drone!

Man I love the way you use that drone!

Ran 60 and 70ft IBeams to that same location out of Triad Metals out of Richmond VA! Great Money back then💯

The flat beds are hauling large roof supports for an underground coal mine in Virginia. They hold up the roof of the mine for the men to safely work underground. As they mine the coal the supports move forward.

Go for it ! Flatbed ain’t easy but it’s def worth the jump for sure

It’s not like it was, but got good loads the last few weeks. Came out of SC for over 4 on Monday, only 20k lbs.

Yay!! was hoping for drone time :)

Great video!! You should get drop botie visor. For that KW.

Love the channel man stay safe

In the past 6-8 weeks it seems that there lots of new trailers from the larger carriers have arrived here in Florida, not sure if it is the weather up north or just their cheap prices. Saw some loads over the weekend for less then a dollar a mile, thats less then your fuel cost

G'day mate hope family is well great vids

From some other KZread videos plus a personal one assisting a driver making a delivery to where I worked, I would advise against it. There’s requirements for spacing between anchor points when hauling equipment, special anchorage points on the equipment, and should you haul steel or pipe you’d better have a headache rack so it doesn’t slide into the cab and you get impaled. You’d be out in all kinds of weather in the rain and snow so there’s a higher risk of slipping off the deck causing injuries. When I helped a driver pull tarps we were inside a building out of the weather and I was still sweating helping fold the tarps. I knew a driver running tankers and he mentioned driving smoothly was a must since when stopping at an intersection the liquid sloshing to the front could knock you into the middle of the intersection. There’s also a consideration for going up and down hills. To me the benefits don’t offset the potential for sitting at home recovering from injuries where you can’t even play with your kids. As a forklift operator I worked for a fairly large manufacturer at one point and we never had that many dropped loads. Ours were almost exclusively live unloads, especially when it was an owner operator. Maybe you should try making a live unload a condition of transport so your trailer is always under your supervision.

@JustTruckin

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You Kevin

That is the saint johns River in the drone footage when you was unloading

Great job that was almost a One-Shot ER

Those flatbeds are hauling roof supports for a long wall mining machine. Those are also known as a "Long Wall Weapon of Mass Destruction" in the hills of West Virginia.

Pulled flatbed for many many years. To point I was the yearly safety instructor lol. Same headaches as vanm rate up and down load issues and all. However currently we are in a spot that I in 20 years and my parents in 40 years have never seen. Low rates and high rising fuel. One day boards are over flowing with loads next empty.

Check the States you run in with a lowboy trailer many have the 43 foot rule (king pin to last axle on the ground) also a permitted load in certain States you can not drive at night, weekends, snowing or raining. Look into it before jumping into it!

Really enjoy your videos.

If freight rates get too high in any division businesses stop shipping, they can't all pass on the extra costs, some will even go broke. At the end of the day if you do it better than the rest and have a lower cost per mile than them, you'll stay in business. These peaks and troughs just show that when rates are good you have to stay out and work hard, then you can go to the house in the slow times.

Great drone footage!

love the Tarheel reference with that beautiful flatbed

I just went to Florida last week stop at both of the same truck stops you were at

TMC - ‘The Marine Corp’. Trained with them 25 years ago and it was all about safety, efficiency, and CLEAN. It was a family business back then and they sold it to ‘Employees’. Quality company back then I believe still sting today. (Coils, Greasy Pipes and lumbar out of NC)

Your Drone shots are so Cooolllll...

The first plant was Georgia Pacific and the other one was Seminole Electric. I live in Palatka.

Florida sucks to get out of.. always. I used to refuse to go there in my refer.. or just planned on deadheading to Atlanta if I went.

Smart move with the drone bubba!

great drone shots!

you r the man backing up around that building

Watching your video makes me miss my Kenny listening to those pipes rattle and you shifting gears. I'm in a day cab Freightliner automatic now decided after several years on the road I'd take it easy with a local gig. Spend more time with my kids. But it did kind of make me miss the sound and them pipes rattling. That Apu sounded pretty quiet never had that luxury.

chains,straps, binders,tarps sounds like fun.

I really like the drone footage.

Pretty nice reverse driving skills you have there sir!

Definitely consider tanker. Up here in Ontario Canada, the company I worked for did power only loads - liquid asphalt in the summer and propane in the winter. We were only loaded one way - most places, not much waiting but anything over 1 1/4 hours the company charged demuge (detention). Drivers could make into 6 figures plus benefits package - were paid hourly. I'm now retired

@lancehammons5918

2 жыл бұрын

Or come and do what do, one of our tank washes is in Greenville with a 600 mile trip from Greenville, SC to Tar Heel, NC to Hartwell, ga and back to Greenville

@Ronkosluk

2 жыл бұрын

I pull asphalt tanker year round here in Ontario Canada. I do get over 6 figures a yr. And the company treats me Excellent!!!!

@sjnieroda

2 жыл бұрын

I run oil out of Charleston. Great $$$ money in tanker work. I could never go back to dry van. Much easier unload process.

@kc5gos11

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, hauling tanks are in a separate class of its own ..The loads were there ,but nowadays not sure what they pay .The one drawback for Justin will be , he can't take his family with him because of the Hazmat..He might have to get a Twic card if he will be around any docks to load or off load..Good luck on what decision you make..

Justin, You made that backup look easy with only one pull forward. We don't count sliding tandems. It's good when things run smoothly. I think more truckers should take some time off to force the rates to go up. If companies can not get their product moved for them to make money, they go out of business. Keep on saying, "Know your worth." Have good days!

Easy fix with the dish washer... Get the boys tea towels for xmas job done ( Life hack 101 when i was young..).. Cheers for the video...

I’m 32, trucking since I was 21 and able to leave the state. I have a conestoga so I don’t tarp but I am a flat bed. I’ve drove vans and reefers but being stuck waiting is horrible. If your cool with strapping then it’s a serious cake walk. I’m a % driver and only work 4 days a week but I still bring the company 15-20k a week. It’s so Easy and people absolutely appreciate you more. Longest I’ve had to wait is an hour but gave me time to enjoy a solid lunch, I have only changed a few times in the last couple years. I made 450 bucks off 1 12.5k lb forklift, can’t get eaiser than that.

Love it. Back to drone footage

I only ran a handful of JBhunt loads but I do remember playing the bid game with the computer lol 😂

I work commercial construction and see step decks and other flat beds all the time being unloaded by a lift or something, in and out.

Good tip. Coast over weigh strips.

@mikesmith379

2 жыл бұрын

Why?

I started with TMC. Good company to gain experience in flat bed.

Take good care of your back... some day you will be glad you did.

Florida was always a no load back north to me. I did hook up with salt block company out of Cape Canerival back north for hunters in season. Heavy yes. Pay was fair. Heavy haul pays well. Hard on the truck. And u will need to permit and a heavy haul truck. Ive been out out of trucking for 15 years. Its a different game now. Hope u do good. I was a outlaw driver. I hauled coal and blasting agents to the mines my last rotation. 120.000 lbs a couple days a week. In a 80,000 lb truck. 10 years i did it. I got a $10,000 ticket and quit.

Will you consider in the future buying or renting your own space or garage to switch and store multiple trailers and have a place to work on your truck under cover, somewhere that is more secure and safe to park up when not using your truck

Hi Justin I just heard from one of my other favorite youtubers that you guys don't get paid if we skip ads so I am watching the whole ads on your videos now

The blue and white peterbilts are owned by the same guy and those trucks are kept in very good condition and they definitely don't work for cheap rates.