Making Money In Trucking: Breaking Down Our Flatbed Numbers And Future Driver Earnings

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I really enjoyed working with flatbeds in April, and am excited to continue learning best practices and how to book loads with this equipment type. In general, April was a decent month, considering this was my first time really immersing myself into flatbed only. I know I can improve on my total rate per mile with deadhead, and that will be my goal this month.
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FLATBED DRIVER JOB: email talkabouttrucking@gmail.com
Position Type: W2 (Company Driver)
Operations: OTR
Hiring From: We hire from anywhere in the U.S.
Compensation
Payment every Friday (Work week from Thursday-Wednesday)
70 cents per mile or 28% of gross
All miles are compensable: we use odometer readings to calculate your mileage which means that every single mile is compensated
We participate in per diem. $55.20 of your daily income is not subject to tax withholdings which means more money in your pocket.
Layover Pay: $150 per 24 hour period
$100 pre load that requires tarping
Average Miles: 2,000-3,000 per week
We do not offer medical benefits at this time
Equipment
2020 Freightliner Cascadia with 72 inch sleeper
48-53ft flatbed
Truck governed at 75mph
Blue parrot headphones
Garmin GPS
Fuel card and toll pass
Autosocks instead of chains (1 min per tire to put on)
Requirements
Minimum 2 years of Class A experience (must have a US CDL)
Prior Flatbed experience preferred
Clean MVR
4 weeks OTR, 1 week home (negotiable)
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Industry Social Network: www.TMSConnection.com
My email: talkabouttrucking@gmail.com
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@sajsuji 4 месяца назад

Great information, thank you Miranda I always learning something from your videos, keep posting 👍

@valeriumoscalu7580 Год назад

Thank you, very good information to know 🔥👏

@467inc Год назад

I couldn't find anyone that did these videos on flatbed. More videos will be appreciated

@467inc Год назад

I have to learn how to book my flatbed loads. No chains,no tarps. Just strap n go.

@brodeypecha9233 Год назад

are you afraid on chains and tarps. is that too much work for you little guy

@jonmolina948 Год назад

The more you can do, the more you can make.

@ameer393 Год назад

Wonderful information about flat bed vehicles. Thanks

@hassanstranger3475 Год назад

Appreciate your efforts♥️

@jordanmeija7384 Год назад

You are amasing....Thanks for making great videos😁👍

@PCProphecy Год назад

If you're cold all the time, I would look into having test done to check if you're low on IRON, ANEMIA, or KIDNEY DISEASE. A well thought out healthy diet can also regulate your body temperture.

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

Its hereditarty

@003faze Год назад

Great information...what is that monitor you have??brand & size???

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

Vibe board 55"

@ameeralibhatti30 Год назад

Wonderful such a great information about Flat Bed❤❤❤

@luissuarez2260 Год назад

I love all you video I have learned so much thanks to you... ready let's gooooo😊

@tactikz23 Год назад

1:23❤

@tallguytrucker7864 Год назад

We always learn something watching your videos.

@nash1744 Год назад

Your driver worked 27 days in a month?? Almost 13k miles,, impressive driver

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

Yeah is is my business partner (co-owner)- he chooses to stay out 2-3 months at a time.

@nash1744 Год назад

@@TruckingMadeSuccessful looks like a right move flatbed..

@miamiseba1 Год назад

I do the same. Hate to sit somewhere. I’m always out for at least 8 weeks in a row at least

@RomanEmpire16 Год назад

Aww man no more reefer numbers?

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

Not for now :(

@newworld9206 Год назад

Very soon. Flatbed market might get saturated with trucks, and it will be trash like dry van. Just because flatbed is ok now doesn't mean that it will be good 6-8 months down the road. That is what happened to dry van and refer market. I hope all is gonna get better soon.

@bryanwhathefook Год назад

Yeah flatbed always has been seasonal. But it's also very diverse. The best paying loads never show up on a load board and big carriers don't know they exist.

@sic3569 Год назад

Not everyone can do flatbed I'll love to see a 350 pounds van driver carrying an 8ft tarp 13 feet high from the ground on a uneven load and 102° weather trust me anyone can drive but not everyone can do open deck

@mosesgideon1115 Год назад

@@bryanwhathefook not exactly I am leasing/training at prime and trust me when I say I haul loads you won't even know the big carriers has ....

@newworld9206 Год назад

@Scot Smith that is what dry van and refer people used to say 1 year ago. Now they realize What Trucking is all about, the same might happen to flatbed people, don't be surprised if it happens to flatbed market. Because the dry van and refer market is trash, a lot of these people are either switching or planning to switch to flatbed. If a small percentage of those dry van and refer people do that, flatbed will be trash. Spot market is all about supply and demand, if there are too many trucks in the market, rates are gonna be trash. However, if you can get contracted freight, then yes, you should be fine.

@bryanwhathefook Год назад

@@mosesgideon1115 You haul many pump jacks at 8 bucks a mile?

@periscope1368 Год назад

I’ve targeted 38 but did only 35 cuz last shipment went wrong… I am on 48 and I love chains and coil heads that may smush me to a pancake if I won’t respect them.

@aaronhartmann7658 Год назад

How are you turning the tv into a touch screen?

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

Vibe Board!

@godsok1 Год назад

#flatbedgang! Love it!

@jonmolina948 Год назад

Happy Monday.

@stevembaya9792 Год назад

Good job.whenever you are willing to lease on idd be interested. Flatbed 5yrs experience

@sajsuji 4 месяца назад

Hey Miranda I am planning to start a trucking company, do you do brokering? or dispatching ?

@TruckingMadeSuccessful 4 месяца назад

I dispatch my own trucks :)

@18-tolife20 Год назад

So you guy's are just family? What kind of truck is it running for the baby company?

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

We are a family business but have company drivers as well. Baby company has a 2023 Freightliner Cascadia with a 48 ft flat

@lycanthrope8979 Год назад

You're mistaken about the sleep cycle being better for flatbed drivers, just because you think they only work when others do. Driving off hours to get to the next day's delivery and the load and unload on each end plus head to next load and repeat. If one drives weekends like I did, you are running the weekend and prepping for the delivery and that also means usually rolling your hours which is made worse by the ELD's. I'll agree with one thing, at least you're trying to learn the secuement requirements, because the drivers depend on accurate knowledge so they aren't blind-sided by lack of equipment and then scrambling.

@jeepbeefguyer Год назад

Awesome info and advice!

@H80989 Год назад

If you are making $23k profit from 1 truck , why am i as i truck owner being told you would receive $5k for owning the truck ? Is this correct ? I thought i would receive $10k a month.

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

You mean the carrier you are leasing on to is telling you that you will make $5k per month??

@H80989 Год назад

@@TruckingMadeSuccessful yes, i am only the owner of the truck not driver. So investor like, is this correct ? I was expecting $10k for 1 truck? Kindly assist. Thank you

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

Ah I see- this is something I have no experience with unfortunately so I wouldn't be able to say

@Fabsvloggs Год назад

Like #1 thanks for your content!

@ChristianTrucker Год назад

I recommend sticking to milage pay from my experience

@msrednosepit8434 Год назад

Why?

@ChristianTrucker Год назад

@Ms Red Nose Pit from my experiences it works best for company and employee. I've been on both sides of fence.

@msrednosepit8434 Год назад

@@ChristianTrucker Ok I was curious bc from the ppl I ask per mile will have the driver make more but also gives them an incentive to keep driving

@lasoundwaves Год назад

I drive a 48ft flatbed. Great video!

@sssnipermonkey5566 Год назад

Thank you 🙏🏽

@luke.freighthouse Год назад

May I know the reason why you're not making videos about the box truck market and updates. Appreciate your work..

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

Box trucks, cargo vans, sprinters and hot shots are equipment types that I do not have experience with unfortunately. Also these are pretty specific so there is not much market data for those specifically

@reap1386 Год назад

Hi Miranda, I've been following you for a little while now. Thanks for doing all these videos. I have been in the industry for 30+ years, and I can honestly say that I have learned a couple things from you..Muchas gracias! 😎 PS: I'm from Canada, and many of us want to run from Trudeau. Do you guys do employment sponsorship for Canadians to work in the US? (Not sure what the permit is called, lol) Cheers!

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

We have never really looked into that, but might be worth looking into!

@erichighsmith7299 Год назад

I enjoyed hearing ur perspective of flatbed 'from the office' or finance and dispatching side of things. I drive for tmc and currently at 28%. most of my loads are also pick up deliver next day (then pick up a load same day after delivery). However, most of my loads are tarped. We have lumber and steel tarps. and I pick up anything (excpet for Hay). but large coils, lumber, steel beams, PVC pipes. And most of my eDH miles average maybe 85 miles. some higher, some lower.

@dylte1lrshrt528 Год назад

Im impress your driver with 53 manage to do all those deliverys without tarps usually your going to have to pickup I say 3-5 loads in a month in the spring/summer with tarps also keep in mind when you run into that situation this will add time on the hos plus if your drivers told you or not with every load we are expected to stop and recheck 1.50mi/1hr 2. 150mi/2.5hr if running chains hauling metal I prefer to stop more earlier but good job to you and your team👍

@Sanjko87 Год назад

Even if the job is paid cents per mile is still good. You still making great gross per month.

@Letsgetit1600 Год назад

Would you take on a flatbed O/Operator?

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

Still trying to find out if we can do that with AB5

@Letsgetit1600 Год назад

@@TruckingMadeSuccessful ok . Have a great weekend.

@467inc Год назад

I've done plenty loads with molo solutions. Good company

@andremitchell1020 Год назад

Good job sis

@ontime5107 Год назад

I’m Owner Operator looking for flatbed job 😒

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

I really hope they scrap that AB5 law in Cali so we can start leasing on

@bryanwhathefook Год назад

You doing good. Fast learner.

@truckerron Год назад

You should live in Phoenix you will never be cold! :-)

@aimeesiller3005 Год назад

The data you share on flatbed would this also be used for stepdeck ? Or does stepdeck have its own data/mkt

@PoptartGoneTrucking7016 Год назад

💖💖💖 I’m impressed with all your professionalism you are doing very very well and if these owner operators can just pay attention to the knowledge you have they will learn to stop crying about how they continue to flush their business down the toilets because they don’t understand anything you are saying ! But if they open their eyes open their ears they WILL LEARN ABOUT THE GAME FROM YOUR CHANNEL !!!! I haven’t seen this content since Trucking Exec but RU-vid took down his channel and took all his content and he started over again but he ended up going to federal prison, why well you can Google it all but he was Amazing and Nobody was able to put out correct information and content about the industry since ……… And trust me this girl knows what I am saying YOU ARE DOING A AMAZING JOB AND YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE IT HARD FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO CATCH UP ……. You are on Point with it. !!! So cal trucker he used to put out the best content about equipment and he took it all down himself but he is full of wisdom ET Transport is trying but it doesn’t add up any at the end of the day it’s just RU-vid basically but he got good numbers no lie BUT AS GIRLS!!!!! YOU GOT THIS AND PEOPLE WILL PAY FOR YOUR CONTENT 💖💖💖 Poptart

@Kenyan25400 Год назад

Let’s go 🎉

@pasteurlacourse480 Год назад

I have a question for the community of O/Op. Do you guys appreciate the services of dispatchers (who find loads for you, etc.) or not?

@americo1915 Год назад

Beautiful ❤

@fryingupasadcusine Год назад

Hello Miranda 👋

@periscope1368 Год назад

Guys the most fundamental thing that y’all have to know about worthy flatbed geography is that 80% of the rich states worth noting whereas 80% of the poor states worth everything. In the over words when it comes to a flatbed, stay within republicans. Yea I know, I am a genius.

@princediamond5763 Год назад

🤔💯

@m-my7gd Год назад

Wow❤❤❤❤❤

@ajm2634 Год назад

I wonder do your drivers who get paid by mile watch this video and be like nope I wanna be paid by %.

@wasimissa6791 Год назад

😂

@guybuddyman838 Год назад

Let's go💪

@tamiboelter5491 Год назад

I have considered launching a dispatching business. I chickened out because it seems so many are leaving trucking. In your opinion, is this a bad time to start a dispatch business?

@tamiboelter5491 Год назад

@@johnkeil7580 150 per truck per week? That wouldn't even cover the fuel... Thanks for the info

@sic3569 Год назад

Would you hire owner operators in the future?

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

If ab5 gets scrapped :)

@ismaelm2041 Год назад

Hi, can you tell us how much you paid the driver out of the profit and after your expenses i see negative numbers?

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

These were my business partners- we do owner draws. How did you come to negative numbers?

@Parasefvirte Год назад

@@TruckingMadeSuccessful With these number and you having to pay a driver .70 per mile my math shows negative numbers Please explain, thanks

@milehigh-ghost7286 Год назад

Driving 27 days a month. Yuck 🤮

@myroslavgrynyuk7011 Год назад

In my opinion, which doesn't matter, but 28% gross is not enough for someone with 2 years experience, unless you have a lot of benefits, like health insurance, paid time off and match 401k. 33% is what most decent drivers get on 1099. Well at least in my experience and my circle. Which makes a huge difference in gross at the end of the month, running 4 weeks, 5 days a week, 20 days get 10k regularly and with 9 months experience. With 28% you might not get as quality of a driver, working on 1099 with flatbeds. Skill in tarping, chaining and strapping is way more important then just driving. Just my opinion dont mean to do no harm, and you may discard it, im no one 😅. You might have a much better skilled pool of drivers with higer pay, means faster and safer

@miamiseba1 Год назад

I get 32% on flatbed, however, new standard is 28% bc rates went down drastically. My weekly gross is between 7-8k. That’s the new reality

@myroslavgrynyuk7011 Год назад

@truckgawd when you are responsible for the load securment and risk your life every day, it's not. Especially if you are away for 4 weeks, sleeping in a truck, taking showers rarely at truck stops and have to eat from other places once food from home runs out. You will get what you ask for and some people don't settle for less and get it. Good luck my friend

@myroslavgrynyuk7011 Год назад

@@miamiseba1 it's true, but also a lot of companies are poorly run and they deduct from the driver, there are tons of companies and if you call dozen a day you can find 33%, pay is one part and if you happy, it's great. But in life I learned to never settle for less for my hard work. I only have loyalty to my self and my family. Bosses will cut pay to cover their bottom line so I will change to improve mine and has worked out well. Be safe out there, people have no idea how dangerous of a job trucking is, and the risk with flatbeds we take. Only one bad mistake to ruin our life or others

@alexanderanfinogenov3625 Год назад

Sounds like somebody open intrastate authority in almost each state or book illegal loads

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

Lol what?

@STONEDECISION Год назад

Was just looking at the video on your carrier course. You said you were going to talk about what this industry is about. Ahhh! You’re so cute. You’ll be making videos the rest of your life if you plan on telling what this industry is about. Damn what you do in ur previous life to deserve this punishment. 😊

@alizaheer6153 Год назад

Miranda who do you use for trailer renting ?

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

Tnt in villa ridge mo

@alizaheer6153 Год назад

@@TruckingMadeSuccessful thank you so much ☺️ and what’s the difference in insurance when it comes to flat bed. Like for dry van it’s 1million and 100k in cargo. What about flat bed

@markferguson3365 Год назад

Well damn, no more dry van market analysis 😢😢😢

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

Every Friday! Just not from personal numbers :)

@supertruckertom Год назад

Anyone running I-10 seen many freight trains today on the UP line parallel to I-10? I haven't seen any West of El Paso. Lordsburg Loves was empty. No trains passed. Is the line shut for maintenance? Is Long Beach port open? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mrgNVAu8jIc.html

@supertruckertom Год назад

Saw 2 just before dark near San Simone. 2 short mixed freight, tank, box, auto, lumber cars. Maybe 40 total cars max. Then a short container train of 50-60 cars double stacked. In Tucson now.

@TruckerBill0531 Год назад

Are these flatbeds owner operators or company

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

The numbers are from the operations of my business partners. The job is for W2 Company Driver

@alexanderrodriguez1648 Год назад

Can I get the contact number for the flatbed rental? Thank you in advance.

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

Shoot me an email talkabouttrucking@gmail.com

@mohamedhachani9910 Год назад

Weight for these loads?

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

Usually 48K

@kennethsnyder9236 Год назад

Maybe if I were younger I’d maybe would give flatbeds a go but at last I am not as young as I used to be ten years ago. I do appreciate your intelligence though and that’s why I’m stuck with you. The honesty!😊

@bryanwhathefook Год назад

Yeah it's definitely for us young guy's. I'm only 55.

@Mason-arc Год назад

Are reefer doing really bad?

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

I haven’t dispatched reefers in about a month, so I am not sure from personal experience

@abuzerkadayf1500 Год назад

Seems like the trucking companies will charge drivers soon 😁

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

How so?

@rsingh1015 Год назад

Looks good for this month for sure. But Next month won't be as good because your driver what have to come back from Oregon to the Midwest or the south. Plus on the week from the 3rd to the 10th doesn't look like you guys did a 34-hour reset. So you were also doing loads on Saturday and Sunday both?? I guess that helps

@isaacmontoya9144 Год назад

#hex

@fugitive1205 Год назад

@johnkatakowsi9907 Год назад

Hey check you haven't been hacked got a message from you on telegram.🤔

@TruckingMadeSuccessful Год назад

I dont have telegram or whatsapp

@johnkatakowsi9907 Год назад

@@TruckingMadeSuccessful I figured that ,that is why i deleted the response just letting you know it looked as if it came from you i seen it before on other web u tube channels that i remarked on and later they sent me a reply that they had been hacked just a heads up is all!