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You can pretty well protect yourself from the 'weather' (except for rain) so, in my opinion, the "biggest drawback" is falling off the damm trailer and busting your azz.
Some products are easy to tarp; flat steel and coils being two of the easiest. Others range in difficulty from high & unstable to high, unstable and slippery (oiled tubing, for example).
Lumber and drywall are fairly easy to tarp but the tarps weigh a ton and are a pain in the butt to maneuver.
There are many ways to get hurt flatbedding so, if that's your choice, be careful. BOL

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I would go with Averitt or however you spell it. Not only do they have otr they also run day cabs being home everyday, I think you have to work 6 months otr before you can move into a day cab. I dont know where you live but that would be something the sway my choice. Good luck with it
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I would recommend with Averitt,,more opportunities OTR,LTL,Local depending on your area.
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I would also have to say Averett. They do offer more of a variety in jobs. I know of two drivers that live where I do and both run a dedicate load to Charlotte,NC fro Jacksonville, Fl. They go home for the day when they return and get 2 days off a week. They didn't get the dedicated when they first started because it is offered to current drivers first, They did get it with in the first year. I thought it was fair and a good goal to be able to obtain. Most companies when they offer a dedicated like Weaners Dollar general they are not offering a true dedicated. You are dedicated to the company. In that case dollar general. You pick up at their warehouse and then deliver to wherever they send you. It's rarely the same place twice. Averett does it right from what i hear. you pick up at point A anddrop at point B and then return to do it again. For those who want consistancy thats the way to go. If not they have OTR and regional fleets along with DayCab jobs and more. Not a bad place to start in my opinion.

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Flatbeds are for owner operators. I did it as a company driver becasue thats what I started with and didnt have the patience for the vans but age has taught me patience.***Patience is the hardest thing to learn..

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I've been with Averitt for 1.5 years OTR. They will get you home weekends but the miles are very inconsistant. We have been pulling a lot of LTL loads lately. So say you are empty 6am and are ready to reload they will dispatch you on an LTL load picks up midnight and runs 550 miles for a 10 am delivery time to another terminal. The way they figure it you have all day to rest and sleep and you should have no problem running all night to make it on time. Never mind you don't run nights all the time and you might want to stop and rest etc. Another thing they have been pulling on drivers. You get to your home terminal on a friday afternoon. You are going to drop the load on the yard and someone will take it thru moday. Well it's only 3pm and friday doesn't end till midnight so they think nothing of having you sit there till 11pm to pickup a local load and bring it back to the yard for someone else. Well you do get $25 for your time. That's $3 an hour.

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They will tell you the average weekly miles is 2400-2600. Fair enough it's close, but you might have a 3000 mile week followed by a 1800 mile week. They have a lot of short mile runs. 200 to 400 miles. The problem is the load planners do not take into consideration the kind of week a driver is having. So if you are short on miles on a tuesday and need to catch up to make up for short miles they just don't see it. So 2 drivers can be sitting at the same place waiting to reload driver 1 is having a great week and gets hit on a 600 mile load while driver 2 has had 2 300 mile loads back to back and gets the 3rd 300 mile load for the week. You can complain to your DM but it just seems you are constantly fighting to get miles.

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I also work for Averitt Express and overall they are a great company . I do agree that they pull alot of what the driver above has posted about running the ltl loads . I average 2400 miles a week and am usually home every friday (I got in sat. this week .) But don't think for a min. you will slide right into a local driving spot . Alot of that depends on where you live and timing . But If you have to otr there is nowhere else I would rather be ... Good Luck ...
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I worked for Averitt in Ga years and years ago before they even had a T/L division but i would go with them because you have the chance to go LTL one day and be home everyday.