Also if you go hit up thrift shops or look online you can score super cheap or free blankets and stuff they make a lot better padding than carboard or old tarps. I found like 6 big quilts that were really stained and dirty for free that i used for padding.
I picked up a load of this stuff going from outside Chicago to Fort Worth a couple of months ago. Pretty much impossible to 100% protect the tarps unless you’re rolling with a ton of packing blankets. Used all the padding I had, still ended up sliding off and ripping my tarps.
I’m not sure but I don’t see why they make you tarp that stuff. And they shud be forced to ship it with all those sharp edges covered themselves. Just my thoughts.
Yeah idk why it’s tarped either, they have tons of it just sitting outside lol. It would be awesome if it was pre padded cause it’s a pain to try and cover every single sharp spot
I really like the videos. Do you generally have the ability to load up on healthy groceries every 5 to 7 days while OTR for Melton? Thank you in advance for any response.
If you work at melton they have tons of it for free at any terminal. Just ask someone in the inspection bay where it’s at. Other than that I think you’d just have to get lucky and find some at a shipper/cons or buy some
I flipping hate EMJ the loads were always so crazy when I was doing flatbed at system trans, but it wasnt this stuff just really an assortment of random metal beams and shit.
@@ianelbert Good to know. Good to see you back at Melton. I chose Melton because of your videos. I just finished orientation and will be heading to my trainers truck right after Christmas.
Yeah it’s been a great company in my experience. We don’t do any heavy haul, but we’ll occasionally get “small” oversized loads that aren’t super crazy. As far as getting started in flatbed tho, you’ll learn to do everything the right way so it’s a good place to start if you want to open doors to get into heavy haul
@@sonofgod6389 If you have a basic understanding of maneuvering a truck, and show you’re willing and able to learn you’ll be just fine. I personally didn’t find it difficult, but about half of every orientation class fails. Mostly due to drug tests or having a bad attitude, from what I’ve seen.
@@sonofgod6389 If you have a basic understanding of maneuvering a truck, and show you’re willing and able to learn you’ll be just fine. I personally didn’t find it difficult, but about half of every orientation class fails. Mostly due to drug tests or having a bad attitude, from what I’ve seen.
Driver and front facing. It’s not a constant live video though, it only records 10 seconds before, and after, of a high G force event such as a crash or slamming on brakes
