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(4817, 2, '2018-08-12 16:01:30', '2018-08-12 16:01:30', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" top_margin=\"3%\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>12 Reasons to Drive for Lone Star</h1>\r\n[break]\r\nAre you a safe trucker with OTR experience? <span class=\"s1\">Do you want to further your career by hauling high-paying loads? Then you need to apply for one of our flatbed driver jobs!</span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\">As a matter of fact, we can give you a <strong>$6,000 Sign-On Bonus</strong>, plus at least a dozen great reasons you should drive for Lone Star.</span>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][toggles style=\"default\"][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"1. Drivers Come First\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>We\'re Family</h2>\r\nWe treat our drivers with respect. After all, we know they\'re the best flatbed and over-dimensional drivers in the business. You can count on us to be fair. Most importantly, we always to do what we say we’ll do.\r\n\r\nIf you doubt us, ask our drivers:\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Everyone knows me and the other drivers. They do me right.</em>\r\n– Ken Putt</span></blockquote>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>I’ve been here just over 2 years of my 20-year trucking career. They have been a very good company to work for.</em>\r\n– Randy Martin</span></blockquote>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4000 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/drivers-come-first-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driving jobs\" width=\"481\" height=\"302\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"2. You’re Paid More\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Our Flatbed Driver Jobs Pay Top Dollar</h2>\r\nAt Lone Star, we listen to our drivers, which is why we recently upped our pay package. In a word, we pay top dollar on every move.\r\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">$6,000 Sign-On bonus</span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">$0.48 to $0.66 per mile <i>(depending on verifiable over-dimensional (OD) experience)</i> – both empty and loaded miles paid</span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Annual pay ranging from $55,000 to $95,000 - averaging $70,000</span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tarp pay: $50 for each tarped load</span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stop off pay: $25 for any stop you make between the original pickup and the final delivery</span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Toll and scale passes</span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s1\">Driver referral bonuses: by all means, recommend a friend!</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\nMore money - obviously one of the best reasons to apply for one of Lone Star\'s flatbed driver jobs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4001\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/money.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"481\" height=\"302\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"3. You Control Your Finances With Guaranteed Pay\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Count on a Consistent Paycheck</h2>\r\nNo need to worry when weather or breakdowns slow you down. Our guaranteed pay program has you covered. If you’re available for dispatch - even if we don’t have a load for you - then we guarantee you at least $1,050 weekly.\r\n\r\nWe pay weekly through direct deposit - on time every week. That\'s because we’re a well-run company with a strong financial foundation. Reliability: yet another reason you should apply for one of our flatbed driver jobs.\r\n<div style=\"display: none;\">\r\n<h2>Count on a Consistent Paycheck</h2>\r\nIf you are available for dispatch and we don’t have a load for you, we guarantee you at least $1,050 weekly. No need to worry if you\'re detained by weather, breakdowns and other factors beyond your control while on the road. Our guaranteed pay program has you covered.\r\n\r\nWe pay weekly through direct deposit. We’re a well-run company with a strong financial foundation. More reasons to choose Lone Star.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4279 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gpay.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"481\" height=\"302\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"4. You’ll Love Our Benefits\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>We’ve Got You &amp; Your Family Covered</h2>\r\nWithout a doubt, finding a great benefits plan is critical as you compare flatbed trucking jobs. All in all, Lone Star company drivers have one of the best packages in the industry.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Paid vacation</li>\r\n 	<li>Affordable group health insurance plan: medical insurance, together with dental, vision and prescription drug coverage</li>\r\n 	<li>Basic term life/accidental death and dismemberment insurance, as well as short-term disability insurance</li>\r\n 	<li>Affordable supplemental insurance coverage also available</li>\r\n 	<li>Web access to weekly settlement, load tracking, available load, driver payroll and employee benefit info</li>\r\n 	<li>Driver’s safety awards for accident-free years</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Lone Star family - employees, contractors and dependents – enjoys the support of the TEXR Foundation, too. TEXR’s programs award:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Scholarships and grants to help fund secondary and post-secondary education</li>\r\n 	<li>Financial grants to those who have encountered tragedies or hardships</li>\r\n 	<li>Matching dollars for approved fundraising efforts</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4385 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/money-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"302\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"5. Save For Retirement – We’ll Kick In a Generous Company Match\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Plan for Your Future</h2>\r\nAs a Lone Star company driver, you’re eligible to participate in our 401(k) plan after 6 months. Set money aside for retirement, knowing your contributions are fully vested. <em>(i.e., If you ever leave, then you can take all the money you contributed with you.)</em>\r\n\r\nWe help you save still more by matching a portion of your annual contribution. Our matching contributions are fully vested after you’ve been with Lone Star at least 5 years.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4002\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/plan.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"481\" height=\"302\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"6. You Schedule Home Time Around Your Home Life\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Be Home When You Need to Be</h2>\r\nOTR drivers who take on flatbed driver jobs spend many hours behind the wheel. Lone Star drivers generally average 3 weeks on the road to every week home.\r\n\r\nWe understand that a trucker’s family time is precious. You obviously want to be home for birthdays and anniversaries. You also want to know you can get back in the event of an emergency.\r\n\r\nThat\'s why we’re especially flexible when scheduling home time. Our drivers agree: we always work with you.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4295 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/family-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"481\" height=\"302\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"7. You Enjoy the Company of a Rider At No Cost\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Share the Adventure</h2>\r\nWe understand OTR flatbed driver jobs can be lonely. There certainly are times you\'d like to share the adventures of the open road with a friend or family member.\r\n\r\nFor that reason, we let a passenger join you at NO COST:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Your spouse,</li>\r\n 	<li>One child, stepchild, foster-child, niece, nephew or grandchild age 12 or over or</li>\r\n 	<li>One adult age 19 years or older.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4004\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/team.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"481\" height=\"302\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"8. OTR Drivers: We Pay You to Train for Flatbed Driver Jobs\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2><strong>A Training Program Just For You</strong></h2>\r\nAre you a safe driver, with at least one year of OTR experience, who wants to make more money?\r\n\r\nInterested in high-paying flatbed driver jobs, but lack open deck skills?\r\n\r\nThen you\'re a prime candidate for our <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/top-reasons-to-become-otr-flatbed-truck-drivers/\">open deck training</a> program.\r\n\r\n<strong>We pay $750 per week while you complete orientation and training </strong><em>(which also includes flatbed securement training).</em>\r\n\r\nYou’ll fly and/or drive a rental car to our training center in Gainesville, Texas. Once you arrive, you’ll stay at Lone Star’s private hotel, enjoying Wi-Fi, private showers and daily maid service. We take care of all your travel, hotel and daily meal costs, too. After all, you\'re our guest!\r\n\r\nAs soon as you complete training, you start pulling a flatbed trailer. Make more money - and enter our career advancement program - straight away.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3805 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Lonestar_81.jpg\" alt=\"Flatbed Trucking\" width=\"481\" height=\"302\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"9. OTR Flatbed Drivers: We Give You the Experience to Earn More\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Our Career Advancement Program</h2>\r\nIf you\'re currently an OTR trucker pulling a traditional flatbed, you\'ll be particularly interested in our career advancement program.\r\n\r\nAt Lone Star, we pay you to take on more challenging flatbed driver jobs. Just let us know you’d like to haul bigger, higher paying loads. To begin with, pull <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-truck-drivers-terminology/\">over-dimensional loads</a>. In time, move up to super heavy haul.\r\n\r\nFollow the path beyond the standard deck to level 5, if that’s your goal. In fact, we can provide all the freight and equipment experience you want.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3794\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Lonestar_3.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driving jobs\" width=\"481\" height=\"302\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"10. Your Equipment, Freight &amp; Support Team Are the Envy of the Industry\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Drive Hassle-free</h2>\r\nWhen you take one of Lone Star\'s flatbed driver jobs, you pull the most impressive equipment on the road today. Our fleet includes step decks, double drops, removable goosenecks, stretch and multi-axle equipment.\r\n\r\nThen again, you\'ll need these specialized trailers to haul the most diverse, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">head-turning freight</a> in the industry. We handle everything from building materials to aerospace components and wind turbines.\r\n\r\nYou’ll cruise in comfort, too – at 65 mph. That\'s because you\'ll drive late model Peterbilt and Kenworth tractors equipped with:\r\n\r\n• Power heated mirrors\r\n• Power steering &amp; windows\r\n• Auxiliary power units (APUs)\r\n• APU refrigerators and inverters\r\n• 9-speed manual transmissions\r\n• Outward facing cameras\r\n• Rand McNally tracking and communication system with electronic logs\r\n\r\nYou drive hassle-free in a truck of which you can be proud. After all, we keep our equipment clean and in good repair. We even pay for 3 truck and trailer washes every 30 days.\r\n\r\nWhen you take one of our flatbed driver jobs, you work with what undoubtedly is the best support team in the business. Both customers and drivers are fans of our dispatchers and managers.\r\n\r\nOur team can handle all sorts of complex transportation challenges. That includes the occasional breakdown. If something goes wrong on the road, our dispatchers work hard to get you up and running – day or night.<em> (And with <strong>Guaranteed Pay</strong>, you won’t worry while you wait for repairs!)</em>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3760\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Lonestar_9-4.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"481\" height=\"302\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"11. You Join America’s Largest Open Deck Specialized Transportation Network\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Our Family Includes 15 Sister Companies</h2>\r\nFounded in 1988, Lone Star is one of North America’s premier specialized heavy haul carriers. Our terminal network includes 22 full-service operations throughout the United States.\r\n\r\nIn 2014, when we merged with Daseke, Inc., our family grew to include 15 sister companies. Together we form the largest open deck/specialty transportation company in North America.\r\n\r\nDaseke serves many of the world’s most respected industrial shippers. Our combined operations stretch throughout 49 states, Canada and Mexico.\r\n\r\nAs part of Daseke, we benefit from big company resources while enjoying a small company feel. Each Daseke company keeps its own management and operating teams, with the result that each also preserves its culture. Like Lone Star, many of our sister companies are known for outstanding safety records and as “<a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">best places to work</a>.\"[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4281\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/daeske.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"481\" height=\"302\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"12. You Work For The Experts\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Our Star Shines Brightest in the Industry</h2>\r\nWhen you take one of Lone Star\'s <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-for-company-drivers/\">flatbed driver jobs</a>, you choose to work with the experts.\r\n\r\nThat\'s because Lone Star’s flatbed and heavy haul drivers are the most accomplished drivers on the road. They\'re backed by the best support personnel in the business.\r\n\r\nAs a result, Lone Star has earned many industry rankings and awards. In fact, FueLoyal ranks our team 4th among the 25 Best Flatbed Trucking Companies. It calls us “a successful leader in the industry of specialized transportation.”\r\n<div style=\"display: none;\">\r\n<h2>Our Star Shines Brightest in the Industry</h2>\r\nWhen you work for Lone Star, you work with the experts.\r\n\r\n• Proudly drive the trucks of a well-maintained fleet.\r\n• Get expert guidance through the rewarding challenges of OTR flatbed driving.\r\n• Drive more and wait for less. Get paid more. And with our guaranteed pay program, never worry about missing a paycheck.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3789 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Lonestar_13.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"481\" height=\"302\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][/toggles][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]Online trucking forums tell you <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Lone Star</a> is a one of the best places to start as a flatbed driver. <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/\">Our drivers will tell you</a> it\'s also a good place to stay.\r\n\r\nGreat drivers feel at home at Lone Star.\r\n\r\nHere’s what Jacob Hall had to say after just 3 months as a Lone Star company driver:\r\n<blockquote><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I love this place. . . . This is my first flatbed company, and they make me feel right at home.\r\n</span></em>\r\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Not only do they give you great trucks and equipment, but they stand behind their word. You actually get paid what you’re told. They also keep you running.</span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Their first priority is your family, then you, then your load. They put your family needs first, and I love that about this company. They have brought my family back up from being broke to making it comfy.</span></em>\r\n\r\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Thanks, Lone Star. You have a wonderful company, and I\'m not going anywhere.</span></em></blockquote>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4006\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/facebook-LoneStarTransportationLLC-2018-07-24-20_58_08-1-1024x816.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"481\" height=\"383\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', '12 Reasons You Should Drive for Lone Star', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2795-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 16:01:30', '2018-08-12 16:01:30', '', 2795, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/2795-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4818, 2, '2018-09-24 22:40:49', '2018-09-24 22:40:49', '<p>[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" top_margin=\"3%\" width=\"2/3\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<br />\n<h1>Flatbed Trucking Jobs for Owner Operators</h1>\n<p>[break]<br />\nLone Star boasts one of the industry’s lowest driver turn-over ratios. That’s because we treat all our professional truck drivers with respect. Which includes the businessmen and women who take on our flatbed trucking jobs for owner operators.</p>\n<h2>What Flatbed Trucking Jobs for Owner Operators Pay</h2>\n<p>We know our business succeeds when yours does. So we offer top pay and the extras you value:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>$5,000 Sign On Bonus</li>\n<li>67% of the net line haul for tractor only, and 8% for trailer</li>\n<li>Weekly settlements</li>\n<li>Paid base plates first year, permits and tolls</li>\n<li>Tarp pay</li>\n<li>Discounts on fuel and tire purchases</li>\n<li>Fuel surcharge on all loaded miles</li>\n<li>No cost rider program</li>\n<li>Maintenance reserve program</li>\n<li>No forced dispatch</li>\n<li>Round-the-clock dispatch support</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Did we mention that when you take on our flatbed trucking jobs for owner operators, you\'ll <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/loads-heavy-haul-drivers-pull/\">pull freight</a> that, without a doubt, is the envy of professional drivers everywhere? Not to mention our trailers, which are the best on the road.</p>\n<p>We admire hard-working entrepreneurs. You want to be your own boss. You also hope to build a business of which you can be proud. That same feisty spirit drove us when we <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-transportation/\">started out</a> as a small west Texas oilfield carrier in 1988.</p>\n<p>We’re looking for business partners who drive <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">the Lone Star way</a>. Our flatbed trucking jobs for owner operators pay top dollar. You can count on us to give you plenty of miles. We\'ll help you move up to haul bigger, better-paying loads, too.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/3\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1534206908279{margin-top: -25px !important;}\"]</p>\n<h3>Minimum Requirements, Flatbed Trucking Jobs for Owner Operators</h3>\n<p>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"2/3\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must be 22 years of age</li>\n<li>Must have 1 year of verifiable OTR experience within the last 3 years, or 2 years of verifiable OTR experience within the last 5 years</li>\n<li>No more than 3 moving violations within the past 36 months (non-serious)</li>\n<li>No DUI within the past 5 years (only 1 in your lifetime, and none in a CMV)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/3\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"4%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_custom_heading text=\"Join Our Family\" font_container=\"tag:p|font_size:28pt|text_align:center|line_height:30pt\" google_fonts=\"font_family:Seaweed%20Script%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal\"][vc_column_text][button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"large\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?r=ride4lsws\" text=\"Fill Out Application\" color_override=\"\"]</p>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 10px;\"></div>\n<p>[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"large\" url=\"tel:+18667508520\" text=\"Call Now: 866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]</p>\n', 'Owner Operator Jobs', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3709-autosave-v1', '', '', '2018-09-24 22:40:49', '2018-09-24 22:40:49', '', 3709, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/3709-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4819, 2, '2018-08-12 16:12:24', '2018-08-12 16:12:24', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" top_margin=\"3%\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>Owner Operator Jobs -</h1>\r\n<h2>Flatbed &amp; Heavy Haul Drivers</h2>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]Lone Star boasts one of the industry’s lowest driver turn-over ratios.\r\nThat’s because we treat all our professional truck drivers with respect, company drivers and owner operators alike.\r\n\r\nWe admire hard-working entrepreneurs. You want to be your own boss. You want to build a business you can be proud of. That same feisty spirit drove us when we started out as a small west Texas oilfield carrier in 1988.\r\n\r\nWe’re looking for business partners who drive the Lone Star way. You can count on us to give you plenty of miles. We can help you move up to haul bigger, better-paying loads, too.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We know our business succeeds when yours does. That’s why we pay our owner operators top dollar. We give you the extras you value:</li>\r\n 	<li>$______ Sign On Bonus</li>\r\n 	<li>67% of the gross line haul for tractor only – 8% for trailer</li>\r\n 	<li>Owner operator pay averaging $_.__ per mile. (That goes all the way up to</li>\r\n 	<li>$_.__ for experienced drivers hauling our biggest loads.)</li>\r\n 	<li>Weekly settlements</li>\r\n 	<li>Paid base plates, permits and tolls</li>\r\n 	<li>Tarp pay</li>\r\n 	<li>$0.__ per gallon fuel discount on all fuel purchases</li>\r\n 	<li>Fuel surcharge on all loaded miles</li>\r\n 	<li>Tire discounts</li>\r\n 	<li>No cost rider program</li>\r\n 	<li>Maintenance reserve program</li>\r\n 	<li>No forced dispatch</li>\r\n 	<li>Round-the-clock dispatch support</li>\r\n 	<li>A fleet of trailing equipment that’s the envy of other flatbed and heavy haul\r\ntruck drivers</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nOwner operator<strong> testimonial here</strong>\r\n\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h3>Minimum Owner Operator Driver Requirements</h3>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li> Must be 22 years of age</li>\r\n 	<li>Must have 1 year of verifiable OTR experience within the last 3 years, or 2\r\nyears of verifiable OTR experience within the last 5 years</li>\r\n 	<li>No more than 3 moving violations within the past 36 months (non-serious)</li>\r\n 	<li>No DUI within the past 5 years (only 1 in your lifetime, and none in a CMV)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'Owner Operator Jobs', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3709-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 16:12:24', '2018-08-12 16:12:24', '', 3709, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/3709-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4820, 2, '2018-08-12 16:20:07', '2018-08-12 16:20:07', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" top_margin=\"3%\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>Flatbed Trucking Jobs for Owner Operators</h1>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]Lone Star boasts one of the industry’s lowest driver turn-over ratios. That’s because we treat all our professional truck drivers <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">with respect</a>. Which includes the independent businessmen who take on our flatbed trucking jobs for owner operators.\r\n\r\nWe admire hard-working entrepreneurs. You want to be your own boss. And to build a business of which you can be proud. That same feisty spirit drove us when we <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">started out</a> as a small west Texas oilfield carrier in 1988.\r\n\r\nWe’re looking for business partners who drive the Lone Star way. You can count on us to give you plenty of miles. We can help you move up to haul bigger, better-paying loads, too.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We know our business succeeds when yours does. That’s why we pay our owner operators top dollar. We give you the extras you value:</li>\r\n 	<li>$______ Sign On Bonus</li>\r\n 	<li>67% of the gross line haul for tractor only – 8% for trailer</li>\r\n 	<li>Owner operator pay averaging $_.__ per mile. (That goes all the way up to</li>\r\n 	<li>$_.__ for experienced drivers hauling our biggest loads.)</li>\r\n 	<li>Weekly settlements</li>\r\n 	<li>Paid base plates, permits and tolls</li>\r\n 	<li>Tarp pay</li>\r\n 	<li>$0.__ per gallon fuel discount on all fuel purchases</li>\r\n 	<li>Fuel surcharge on all loaded miles</li>\r\n 	<li>Tire discounts</li>\r\n 	<li>No cost rider program</li>\r\n 	<li>Maintenance reserve program</li>\r\n 	<li>No forced dispatch</li>\r\n 	<li>Round-the-clock dispatch support</li>\r\n 	<li>A fleet of trailing equipment that’s the envy of other flatbed and heavy haul\r\ntruck drivers</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nOwner operator<strong> testimonial here</strong>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h3>Minimum Owner Operator Driver Requirements</h3>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li> Must be 22 years of age</li>\r\n 	<li>Must have 1 year of verifiable OTR experience within the last 3 years, or 2\r\nyears of verifiable OTR experience within the last 5 years</li>\r\n 	<li>No more than 3 moving violations within the past 36 months (non-serious)</li>\r\n 	<li>No DUI within the past 5 years (only 1 in your lifetime, and none in a CMV)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'Owner Operator Jobs', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3709-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 16:20:07', '2018-08-12 16:20:07', '', 3709, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/3709-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(4821, 2, '2018-08-12 16:48:42', '2018-08-12 16:48:42', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" top_margin=\"3%\" width=\"2/3\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>Flatbed Trucking Jobs for Owner Operators</h1>\r\n[break]\r\nLone Star boasts one of the industry’s lowest driver turn-over ratios. That’s because we treat all our professional truck drivers <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">with respect</a>. That includes the independent businessmen who take on our flatbed trucking jobs for owner operators.\r\n\r\nWe admire hard-working entrepreneurs. You want to be your own boss. You also hope to build a business of which you can be proud. That same feisty spirit drove us when we <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">started out</a> as a small west Texas oilfield carrier in 1988.\r\n\r\nWe’re looking for business partners who drive the Lone Star way. You can count on us to give you plenty of miles. We\'ll help you move up to haul bigger, better-paying loads, too.\r\n<h2>What Flatbed Trucking Jobs for Owner Operators Pay</h2>\r\nWe know our business succeeds when yours does. That’s why our flatbed trucking jobs for owner operators pay top dollar. 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You want to be your own boss. You also hope to build a business of which you can be proud. That same feisty spirit drove us when we <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">started out</a> as a small west Texas oilfield carrier in 1988.\r\n\r\nWe’re looking for business partners who drive <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">the Lone Star way</a>. You can count on us to give you plenty of miles. We\'ll help you move up to haul bigger, better-paying loads, too.\r\n<h2>What Flatbed Trucking Jobs for Owner Operators Pay</h2>\r\nWe know our business succeeds when yours does. That’s why our flatbed trucking jobs for owner operators pay top dollar. We give you the extras you value:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>$5,000 Sign On Bonus</li>\r\n 	<li>60% of the gross line haul for tractor only, and 8% for trailer</li>\r\n 	<li>Weekly settlements</li>\r\n 	<li>Paid base plates, permits and tolls</li>\r\n 	<li>Tarp pay</li>\r\n 	<li>Discounts on all fuel purchases</li>\r\n 	<li>Fuel surcharge on all loaded miles</li>\r\n 	<li>Tire discounts</li>\r\n 	<li>No cost rider program</li>\r\n 	<li>Maintenance reserve program</li>\r\n 	<li>No forced dispatch</li>\r\n 	<li>Round-the-clock dispatch support</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nDid we mention that when you take on our flatbed trucking jobs for owner operators, you\'ll <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">pull freight</a> that, without a doubt, is the envy of heavy haulers everywhere? 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You want to be your own boss. You also hope to build a business of which you can be proud. That same feisty spirit drove us when we <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">started out</a> as a small west Texas oilfield carrier in 1988.\r\n\r\nWe’re looking for business partners who drive <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">the Lone Star way</a>. You can count on us to give you plenty of miles. We\'ll help you move up to haul bigger, better-paying loads, too.\r\n<h2>What Flatbed Trucking Jobs for Owner Operators Pay</h2>\r\nWe know our business succeeds when yours does. That’s why our flatbed trucking jobs for owner operators pay top dollar. We give you the extras you value:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>$5,000 Sign On Bonus</li>\r\n 	<li>60% of the gross line haul for tractor only, and 8% for trailer</li>\r\n 	<li>Weekly settlements</li>\r\n 	<li>Paid base plates, permits and tolls</li>\r\n 	<li>Tarp pay</li>\r\n 	<li>Discounts on all fuel purchases</li>\r\n 	<li>Fuel surcharge on all loaded miles</li>\r\n 	<li>Tire discounts</li>\r\n 	<li>No cost rider program</li>\r\n 	<li>Maintenance reserve program</li>\r\n 	<li>No forced dispatch</li>\r\n 	<li>Round-the-clock dispatch support</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nDid we mention that when you take on our flatbed trucking jobs for owner operators, you\'ll <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">pull freight</a> that, without a doubt, is the envy of heavy haulers everywhere? 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You want to be your own boss. You also hope to build a business of which you can be proud. That same feisty spirit drove us when we <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">started out</a> as a small west Texas oilfield carrier in 1988.\r\n\r\nWe’re looking for business partners who drive <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">the Lone Star way</a>. You can count on us to give you plenty of miles. We\'ll help you move up to haul bigger, better-paying loads, too.\r\n<h2>What Flatbed Trucking Jobs for Owner Operators Pay</h2>\r\nWe know our business succeeds when yours does. That’s why our flatbed trucking jobs for owner operators pay top dollar. We give you the extras you value:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>$5,000 Sign On Bonus</li>\r\n 	<li>60% of the gross line haul for tractor only, and 8% for trailer</li>\r\n 	<li>Weekly settlements</li>\r\n 	<li>Paid base plates, permits and tolls</li>\r\n 	<li>Tarp pay</li>\r\n 	<li>Discounts on all fuel purchases</li>\r\n 	<li>Fuel surcharge on all loaded miles</li>\r\n 	<li>Tire discounts</li>\r\n 	<li>No cost rider program</li>\r\n 	<li>Maintenance reserve program</li>\r\n 	<li>No forced dispatch</li>\r\n 	<li>Round-the-clock dispatch support</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nDid we mention that when you take on our flatbed trucking jobs for owner operators, you\'ll <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">pull freight</a> that, without a doubt, is the envy of heavy haulers everywhere? 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(4825, 2, '2018-08-25 23:11:39', '2018-08-25 23:11:39', '<p>[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" top_margin=\"3%\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]</p>\n<h1>Tex Talk</h1>\n<p>[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\" custom_height=\"5px\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1535238670946{margin-bottom: -20px !important;}\"]<br />\n<h2>Tex Talk September 2018</h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The outlook for the trucking industry, Tex\'s career as a truck driver &amp; why the best professional drivers join the Lone Star team</strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">[player id=4081]</p>\n<p>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" style=\"minimal_small\" accordion=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][toggles style=\"minimal_small\"][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"Click Here for Text Version of “Tex Talk.” \"][vc_column_text]<br />\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex Talk – Sept. 2018</strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Highway Howie</strong><br />\nWell, hello everyone this is your host highway Howie, and do we have a jam-packed show for you today. It’s entitled Tex talk — and no it’s not a show about the Housewives of Texas or Texas politics, thank goodness. This, my friends, is a show geared for professional truck drivers. So just buckle up, hang on to your seats, let’s get these wheels a turning. I have with us today — the Tex talk man himself — Lone Star CEO, Mr. <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-transportation/\">Tex Robbins</a> -- Tex, good to have you here my friend.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex Robbins</strong><br />\nThank You, Howie, look forward to our conversation.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong><br />\nTex, what\'s your take on the outlook for the trucking industry in 2018? And tell us about on into the future.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong><br />\nWell, Howie, I think that overall I think we’re in some unchartered waters. I think that you know our economy is growing, and that’s giving us opportunities that we probably haven’t had or been able to experience in the previous years. So — I think the future’s bright in our industry. We have some challenges ahead of us obviously — no different than other industries as well. Labor is going to be a challenge for us. I think that’s what makes Lone Star somewhat unique, that we have opportunities that will attract people to our nature of business.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong><br />\nNow there continues to be a truck driver shortage in the over-the-road part of the industry as more and more baby boomers retire and leave the industry. What can carriers do to attract younger generations into choosing professional truck driving as a career?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong><br />\nWell, that’s a good question, Howie. I think that all of us are being challenged to look at who we are and what we do and I think one of the things that we at Lone Star are doing is looking at our environment and trying to challenge ourselves in our environment that will attract the Millennials into our type of business and our type of work culture? Things that are important to us obviously are is our people and our team. Without those drivers none of what we do works. So — it’s a focus that we’re looking at trying to create those drivers that want to come and be a part of who we are, what we do, and at the same time give them a challenge.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look at what\'s going on -- the baby boomers, you know, they rose to a challenge. And I think Millennials in this particular environment also want those type of challenges. I think what Lone Star brings to the table is <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/loads-heavy-haul-drivers-pull/\">the opportunity of a higher challenge</a> with the type of cargo and the type of things that we handle and that our customers throw at us -- we create those opportunities that bring those challenges to the new workforce.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong><br />\nNow not a lot of people know this -- but you were a truck driver in an earlier part of your life. Could you take some time to share with our audience here how you got started as a truck driver -- and how did it ultimately lead you into becoming the CEO of Lone Star?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong><br />\nMy family — my dad — was in the transportation business, and I just grew up around trucks – and we were in the oilfield industry, you know, connected with a lot of different aspects of the business and storage pipe and handling pipe and moving drilling rigs. That business cycled in and out. We graduated into other areas of business that were to kind of help balance our business portfolio and he got out of his business, and we migrated and worked for another company. Being exposed to a few other companies allowed me to be placed into the industry.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In 1994, Lone Star called on me, and I transitioned from where I was at to Lone Star Transportation, with the opportunity to be involved more — and little did I know where that was going to go. Ultimately moved up through Lone Star from a manager of an operation on up to the vice president of operations. And then in 2004, I ended up purchasing the company from the former owners, and you know – here we are today.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong><br />\nAs a past professional truck driver, do you believe this has helped you connect better with your drivers? I guess what I’m saying, do you feel like you have a better understanding of their needs such as pay, getting them home to spend time with their families and other needs that are just part of the lifestyle of being a truck driver?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong><br />\nI think anytime that you can relate to the scope of your employees — what you’re asking of them and what they have to experience — and you can relate to those experiences -- I think that all helps you better connect with those people. You talk their lingo – you can walk the walk with them — you get it. And you understand what’s important to them, and they understand what’s important to you. So, you know obviously <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/lone-star-transportation-improves-driver-bonuses/\">it comes down to pay</a> and that’s obviously an important thing and that’s something that has challenged our industry for a long time. And I think again, as we talked earlier we’re in unchartered waters and we’re taking steps necessary to ensure that our team members are compensated for what they’re being asked to do.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong><br />\nIs it fair to say that your drivers come first at Lone Star?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong><br />\nDrivers do come first. It starts with how we attract them, it starts with when they first get here, how they’re treated, how they’re viewed, through the first impression of somebody joining our team — we want that to be <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-apply/\">the best experience that they can have</a> -- and that’s what we focus on now.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong><br />\nNow here’s one that really hits home. We all know that truck drivers are no different than any of the rest of us. They have bills that come due throughout the month that need to be paid on time, however -- you know that paychecks can sometimes vary from week to week. At Lone Star you’ve really addressed this head-on by implementing a guaranteed pay program for your company drivers – explain how the program works a little.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong><br />\nHowie what we’ve done is obviously with our business it’s cyclical -- it goes up and down and obviously the market, the industry, has a scenario where the norm is a cents per mile pay. And we understand that, and we do that as well.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But — what we tried to do is we put in what we call a guaranteed minimum, which allows that driver to know exactly what his least amount of home pay is going to be. So if you kind of equate it to a 40-hour work week based on an hourly wage, this is how we’ve kind of looked at this. So this driver coming into our company, he knows that if I’m here to work and available to work, this is the minimum I’m going to make. He has an upside to that because along with that he will make more than that if he’s willing to work and he’s willing to engage in the opportunities that we provide to him.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong><br />\nLone Star is always looking for qualified flatbed and OD drivers. But you also offer a paid training program for company drivers with less experience. Now, these are drivers that may have been hauling dry van or refrigerated goods that now want to move up in their career and begin hauling loads that require a higher skill set that also pays more. Now, this sounds like a great opportunity -- why don’t you tell us about it?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong><br />\nWell, you know in reference that, Howie, what we do is we have a <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-training-terms/\">paid training</a>. Typically a lot of these guys they have the over the road experience that you need.  They can handle and manage the equipment, the truck -- the driver -- they know all the ins and outs of that – they’re just <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/otr-flatbed-driver-job-describe/\">looking for a little different challenge</a> in life. They’ve got tired of for all practical purposes – they’ve been in a box – so they want to expand outside of that box a little bit. I think that’s just human nature.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You know, we want to challenge ourselves. So that’s what these guys are looking for. So we provide and created an opportunity where we can take that driver and give him load securement training and at the same time with our level progression, have the opportunity through that to work their way up to a different challenge into each level.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Along with that comes a different pay scale that goes with that. So, they are encouraged, and we encourage them, to be able to get to those higher levels as quick as they can. But again, it all comes down to the person -- and that person’s ability to be able to manage and handle their work duties. And if they do that well — they can get to a level five.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To give you an idea, most of our level five drivers today all started from a level one or level two category and have been moved up in a progression to that. So it works. It’s done. We see it done every single day, every week, every month — it happens. And we look forward to that and encourage that. So we feel our system allows and provides that opportunity for those to be able to take advantage of that.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong><br />\nAll right Tex, now give me several reasons why a truck driver would <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-company-driver-jobs/\">want to drive for Lone Star</a>?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong><br />\nA quality environment -- as well as quality equipment -- and quality pay. You can say what you want to -- but people look for a quality environment. And I never ask anybody at Lone Star Transportation to do anything I wouldn’t do or haven’t done. And so that’s how we try to treat our drivers.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong><br />\nThat’s all the time we have for today. Tex I want to say thank you for being here and sounds like great things are happening at Lone Star.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong><br />\nThank you, Howie, appreciate it.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong><br />\nYou too, my friend. And all professional truck drivers looking for a great home, why don’t you give us a call here at Lone Star Transportation – 866.750.8520, again, that’s 866.750.8520. Or you can simply fill out an application by going to, Ride4LoneStar.com. Highway Howie signing off, and remember -- keep driving safe out there.</p>\n<p>[/vc_column_text][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"4%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_custom_heading text=\"Join Our Family\" font_container=\"tag:p|font_size:28pt|text_align:center|line_height:30pt\" google_fonts=\"font_family:Seaweed%20Script%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal\"][vc_column_text][button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"large\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?r=ride4lsws\" text=\"Fill Out Application\" color_override=\"\"]</p>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 13px;\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Seaweed Script;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28pt; line-height: 30pt;\">OR</span></p>\n</div>\n<p>[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"large\" url=\"tel:+18667508520\" text=\"Call Now: 866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]</p>\n', 'Tex Talk', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4573-autosave-v1', '', '', '2018-08-25 23:11:39', '2018-08-25 23:11:39', '', 4573, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/4573-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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It\'s entitled Tex talk -- and no it\'s not a show about the Housewives of Texas or Texas politics, thank goodness. This my friends is a show geared for professional truck drivers. So just buckle up, hang on to your seats, let\'s get these wheels a turning. I have with us today -- the Tex talk man himself --Lone Star CEO, Mr. <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Tex Robbins</a> – Tex, good to have you here my friend.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex Robbins</strong>\r\nThank You, Howie, look forward to our conversation.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nTex, what\'s your take on the outlook for the trucking industry in 2018 and tell us about on into the future?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nWell, Howie, I think that overall I think we\'re in some unchartered waters. I think that you know our economy is growing and that\'s giving us opportunities that we probably haven\'t had or been able to experience and in the previous years so -- I think the future\'s bright in our industry. We have some challenges ahead of us obviously -- no different than other industries as well -- labor is going to be a challenge for us and I think that\'s what makes Lone Star somewhat unique that we have opportunities that will attract people to our -- our business.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nNow there continues to be a truck driver shortage in the over-the-road part of the industry as more and more baby boomers retire and leave the industry. What can carriers do to attract younger generations into choosing professional truck driving as a career?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nWell that\'s a good question Howie -- I think that all of us are being challenged to look at who we are and what we do and I think one of the things that we are at Lone Star doing is looking at our environment and trying to challenge ourselves in our environment that will attract the Millennials into our type of business and our type of work culture. Things that are important to us obviously is our people and our team. Without those drivers none of what we do works. So -- it\'s a focus that we\'re looking at trying to create those drivers that want to come and be a part of who we are, what we do, and at the same time give them a challenge.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you look at what\'s going on -- the baby boomers, you know, they rose to a challenge. And I think Millennials in this particular environment also want those type of challenges and I think that\'s what Lone Star brings to the table is <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">the opportunity of a higher challenge</a> with the type of cargo and the type of things that we handle and that our customers throw at us -- we create those opportunities that bring those challenges to the new workforce.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nNow not a lot of people know this -- but you were a truck driver in an earlier part of your life. Could you take some time to share with our audience here how you got started as a truck driver -- and how did it ultimately lead you into becoming the CEO of Lone Star?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nMy family, my dad was in the transportation business and I just grew up around trucks and we were in the oil field industry and you know connected with a lot of different aspects of the business and storage pipe and handling pipe and moving drilling rigs and that business cycled in and out. We graduated into other areas of business that were to kind of help balance our business portfolio and he got out of his business and we migrated and worked for another company and being exposed to a few other companies allowed me to be placed into the industry.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And in 1994, Lone Star called on me and I transitioned from where I was at to Lone Star Transportation, with the opportunity to be involved more -- and little did I know where that was going to go. Ultimately moved up through Lone Star from a manager of an operation on up to the vice president of operations and then in 2004, I ended up purchasing the company from the former owners and you know -- and here we are today.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nAs a past professional truck driver, do you believe this has helped you connect better with your drivers? I guess what I’m saying, do you feel like you have a better understanding of their needs such as pay, getting them home to spend time with their families and other needs that are just part of the lifestyle of being a truck driver?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nI think anytime that you can relate to the scope of your employees and what you’re asking of them and what they have to experience and you can relate to those experiences -- I think that all helps you better connect with those people. You talk their lingo – you can walk the walk with them -- you get it -- and you understand what’s important to them and they understand what’s important to you – so, you know obviously <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/\">it comes down to pay</a> and that’s obviously an important thing and that’s something that has challenged our industry for a long time -- and I think with again as we talked earlier were in unchartered waters, and we’re taking steps necessary to ensure that our team members are compensated for what they’re being asked to do.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nIs it fair to say that your drivers come first at Lone Star?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nDrivers do come first. It starts with how we attract them, it starts with when they first get here, how they’re treated, how they’re viewed, through the first impression of somebody joining our team -- we want that to be <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\">the best experience that they can have</a> -- and that’s what we focus on now.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nNow here’s one that really hits home. We all know that truck drivers are no different than any of the rest of us. They have bills that come due throughout the month that need to be paid on time, however -- you know that paychecks can sometimes vary from week to week. At Lone Star you’ve really addressed this head-on by implementing a guaranteed pay program for your company drivers – explain how the program works a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nHowie what we’ve done is obviously with our business it’s cyclical it goes up and down and obviously the market the industry has a scenario where the norm is a cents per mile pay. 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And if they do that well -- they can get to a level five.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To give you an idea most of our level five drivers today all started from a level one or level two category and have been moved up in a progression to that. So it works. It’s done, we see it done every single day, every week, every month -- it happens. And we look forward to that and encourage that. So we feel our system allows and provides that opportunity for those to be able to take advantage of that.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nAll right Tex, now give me several reasons why a truck driver would <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-for-company-drivers/\">want to drive for Lone Star</a>?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nA quality environment -- as well as quality equipment -- and quality pay. 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It\'s entitled Tex talk -- and no it\'s not a show about the Housewives of Texas or Texas politics, thank goodness. This, my friends, is a show geared for professional truck drivers. So just buckle up, hang on to your seats, let\'s get these wheels a turning. I have with us today -- the Tex talk man himself --Lone Star CEO, Mr. <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Tex Robbins</a> – Tex, good to have you here my friend.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex Robbins</strong>\r\nThank You, Howie, look forward to our conversation.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nTex, what\'s your take on the outlook for the trucking industry in 2018? And tell us about on into the future.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nWell, Howie, I think that overall I think we\'re in some unchartered waters. 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We create those opportunities that bring those challenges to the new workforce.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nNow not a lot of people know this -- but you were a truck driver in an earlier part of your life. Could you take some time to share with our audience here how you got started as a truck driver -- and how did it ultimately lead you into becoming the CEO of Lone Star?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nMy family -- my dad -- was in the transportation business, and I just grew up around trucks. And we were in the oilfield industry, you know, connected with a lot of different aspects of the business and storage pipe and handling pipe and moving drilling rigs. That business cycled in and out. We graduated into other areas of business that were to kind of help balance our business portfolio. He got out of his business, and we migrated and worked for another company. 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I guess what I’m saying, do you feel like you have a better understanding of their needs such as pay, getting them home to spend time with their families and other needs that are just part of the lifestyle of being a truck driver?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nI think anytime that you can relate to the scope of your employees -- what you’re asking of them and what they have to experience -- you can relate to those experiences. I think that all helps you better connect with those people. You talk their lingo – you can walk the walk with them -- you get it. And you understand what’s important to them, and they understand what’s important to you. So, you know obviously <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/\">it comes down to pay</a>. And that’s obviously an important thing, and that’s something that has challenged our industry for a long time. And I think as we talked earlier we\'re in unchartered waters. We’re taking steps necessary to ensure that our team members are compensated for what they’re being asked to do.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nIs it fair to say that your drivers come first at Lone Star?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nDrivers do come first. It starts with how we attract them, it starts with when they first get here, how they’re treated, how they’re viewed, through the first impression of somebody joining our team -- we want that to be <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\">the best experience that they can have</a> -- and that’s what we focus on now.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nNow here’s one that really hits home. We all know that truck drivers are no different than any of the rest of us. 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So this driver coming into our company, he knows that if I’m here to work and available to work, this is the minimum I’m going to make. He has an upside to that because along with that he will make more than that if he’s willing to work and he’s willing to engage in the opportunities that we provide to him.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nLone Star is always looking for qualified flatbed and OD drivers. But you also offer a paid training program for company drivers with less experience. Now, these are drivers that may have been hauling dry van or refrigerated goods that now want to move up in their career and begin hauling loads that require a higher skill set that also pays more. 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So we feel our system allows and provides that opportunity for those to be able to take advantage of that.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nAll right Tex, now give me several reasons why a truck driver would <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-for-company-drivers/\">want to drive for Lone Star</a>?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nA quality environment -- as well as quality equipment -- and quality pay. You can say what you want to -- but people look for a quality environment. And I never ask anybody at Lone Star Transportation to do anything I wouldn’t do or haven’t done. And so that’s how we try to treat our drivers.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nThat’s all the time we have for today. Tex I want to say thank you for being here and sounds like great things are happening at Lone Star.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nThank you, Howie, appreciate it.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nYou too, my friend. And all professional truck drivers looking for a great home, why don’t you give us a call here at Lone Star Transportation – 866.750.8520, again, that’s 866.750.8520. Or you can simply fill out an application by going to, Ride4LoneStar.com. Highway Howie signing off, and remember -- keep driving safe out there.</p>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'Tex Talk', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4573-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 19:07:31', '2018-08-12 19:07:31', '', 4573, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/4573-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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It\'s entitled Tex talk -- and no it\'s not a show about the Housewives of Texas or Texas politics, thank goodness. This, my friends, is a show geared for professional truck drivers. So just buckle up, hang on to your seats, let\'s get these wheels a turning. I have with us today -- the Tex talk man himself -- Lone Star CEO, Mr. <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Tex Robbins</a> -- Tex, good to have you here my friend.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex Robbins</strong>\r\nThank You, Howie, look forward to our conversation.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nTex, what\'s your take on the outlook for the trucking industry in 2018? And tell us about on into the future.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nWell, Howie, I think that overall I think we\'re in some unchartered waters. 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I guess what I’m saying, do you feel like you have a better understanding of their needs such as pay, getting them home to spend time with their families and other needs that are just part of the lifestyle of being a truck driver?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nI think anytime that you can relate to the scope of your employees -- what you’re asking of them and what they have to experience -- you can relate to those experiences. I think that all helps you better connect with those people. You talk their lingo – you can walk the walk with them -- you get it. And you understand what’s important to them, and they understand what’s important to you. So, you know obviously <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/\">it comes down to pay</a>. And that’s obviously an important thing, and that’s something that has challenged our industry for a long time. And I think as we talked earlier we\'re in unchartered waters. We’re taking steps necessary to ensure that our team members are compensated for what they’re being asked to do.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nIs it fair to say that your drivers come first at Lone Star?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nDrivers do come first. It starts with how we attract them, it starts with when they first get here, how they’re treated, how they’re viewed, through the first impression of somebody joining our team -- we want that to be <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\">the best experience that they can have</a> -- and that’s what we focus on now.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nNow here’s one that really hits home. We all know that truck drivers are no different than any of the rest of us. They have bills that come due throughout the month that need to be paid on time, however -- you know that paychecks can sometimes vary from week to week. At Lone Star you’ve really addressed this head-on by implementing a guaranteed pay program for your company drivers – explain how the program works a little.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nHowie what we’ve done is obviously with our business. It’s cyclical. It goes up and down and obviously the market, the industry, has a scenario where the norm is a cents per mile pay. And we understand that, and we do that as well.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But -- what we tried to do is we put in what we call a guaranteed minimum, which allows that driver to know exactly what his least amount of home pay is going to be. So if you kind of equate it to a 40-hour work week based on an hourly wage, this is how we’ve kind of looked at this. So this driver coming into our company, he knows that if I’m here to work and available to work, this is the minimum I’m going to make. He has an upside to that because along with that he will make more than that if he’s willing to work and he’s willing to engage in the opportunities that we provide to him.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nLone Star is always looking for qualified flatbed and OD drivers. But you also offer a paid training program for company drivers with less experience. Now, these are drivers that may have been hauling dry van or refrigerated goods that now want to move up in their career and begin hauling loads that require a higher skill set that also pays more. Now, this sounds like a great opportunity -- why don’t you tell us about it?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nWell, you know in reference that, Howie, what we do is we have a <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-truck-drivers-terminology/\">paid training</a>. Typically a lot of these guys they have the over the road experience that you need – they can handle and manage the equipment, the truck. The driver knows all the ins and outs of that – they’re just <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/top-reasons-to-become-otr-flatbed-truck-drivers/\">looking for a little different challenge</a> in life. They’ve got tired of for all practical purposes – they’ve been in a box – so they want to expand outside of that box a little bit. I think that’s just human nature.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You know, we want to challenge ourselves. So that’s what these guys are looking for. So we provide and created an opportunity where we can take that driver and give him load securement training and at the same time with our level progression, have the opportunity through that to work their way up to a different challenge into each level.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Along with that comes a different pay scale that goes with that. So, they are encouraged, and we encourage them, to be able to get to those higher levels as quick as they can. But again, it all comes down to the person and that person’s ability to be able to manage and handle their work duties. And if they do that well -- they can get to a level five.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To give you an idea, most of our level five drivers today all started from a level one or level two category and have been moved up in a progression to that. So it works. It’s done. We see it done every single day, every week, every month -- it happens. And we look forward to that and encourage that. So we feel our system allows and provides that opportunity for those to be able to take advantage of that.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nAll right Tex, now give me several reasons why a truck driver would <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-for-company-drivers/\">want to drive for Lone Star</a>?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nA quality environment -- as well as quality equipment -- and quality pay. You can say what you want to -- but people look for a quality environment. And I never ask anybody at Lone Star Transportation to do anything I wouldn’t do or haven’t done. And so that’s how we try to treat our drivers.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nThat’s all the time we have for today. Tex I want to say thank you for being here and sounds like great things are happening at Lone Star.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tex:</strong>\r\nThank you, Howie, appreciate it.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Howie:</strong>\r\nYou too, my friend. And all professional truck drivers looking for a great home, why don’t you give us a call here at Lone Star Transportation – 866.750.8520, again, that’s 866.750.8520. Or you can simply fill out an application by going to, Ride4LoneStar.com. Highway Howie signing off, and remember -- keep driving safe out there.</p>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'Tex Talk', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4573-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 19:10:10', '2018-08-12 19:10:10', '', 4573, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/4573-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(4829, 2, '2018-08-12 20:25:02', '2018-08-12 20:25:02', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" top_margin=\"3%\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1533756836289{margin-bottom: -15px !important;}\"]\r\n<h1>About Lone Star Transportation</h1>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1534105137359{margin-top: -3px !important;margin-left: -2px !important;}\"]<span class=\"s1\">Lone Star Transportation, LLC, is the nation\'s premier specialized heavy haul carrier. It transports flatbed, oversized and extreme over-dimensional loads in 48 states, Canada and Mexico.</span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Lone Star started out in 1988, as an oilfield carrier based in Abilene, Texas. </span><span class=\"s1\">In 2004, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">Tex Robbins</a> bought the company from its original owners. Tex became, and continues as, President and CEO.</span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Today, Lone Star\'s headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas. The company\'s network includes 22 full-service terminals.</span>\r\n\r\nLone Star provides transportation solutions to the nation’s leading shippers. Its drivers and support teams are unrivaled experts in over-dimensional and specialized trucking. Most of all, Lone Star is known for its <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">award-winning</a> customer service. Customers know their shipments always arrive safely and on time - no matter their size, origin or destination.\r\n\r\n<a name=\"daeske\"></a>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4096 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/artwall.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"1000\" height=\"539\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]<span class=\"s1\">In 2014, Lone Star expanded its team. The company merged with </span><span class=\"s2\">Daseke, Inc.</span><span class=\"s1\"> to help create the largest open deck specialized trucking company in North America.</span>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-lg\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1534105225240{margin-top: -25px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}\"]<span class=\"s1\">Lone Star Transportation, LLC, is the nation\'s premier specialized heavy haul carrier. It transports flatbed, oversized and extreme over-dimensional loads in 48 states, Canada and Mexico.</span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Lone Star started out in 1988, as an oilfield carrier based in Abilene, Texas. </span><span class=\"s1\">In 2004, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">Tex Robbins</a> bought the company from its original owners. Tex became, and continues as, President and CEO.</span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Today, Lone Star\'s headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas. The company\'s network includes 22 full-service terminals.</span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4096 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/artwall.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"1000\" height=\"539\" />\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Lone Star provides transportation solutions to the nation’s leading shippers. Its drivers and support teams are unrivaled experts in over-dimensional and specialty shipping. Most of all, Lone Star is known for its <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">award-winning</a> customer service. Customers know their shipments always arrive safely and on time - no matter their size, origin or destination.</p>\r\n<a name=\"daeske\"></a>\r\nLone Star provides transportation solutions to the nation’s leading shippers. Its drivers and support teams are unrivaled experts in over-dimensional and specialized trucking. Most of all, Lone Star is known for its <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">award-winning</a> customer service. Customers know their shipments always arrive safely and on time - no matter their size, origin or destination.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><em><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We believed joining forces would benefit our customers and employees. The Daseke team gave us great sister companies to work with - versus compete against.</span></em></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><em><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We were able to maintain our existing management team. We run the company as we always have.</span></em></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><em><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Most importantly, we knew Daseke\'s reputation for giving back to the community. Its managers treat drivers and internal team members with the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/\">utmost respect</a>. That made them a great fit for us.</span></em></p>\r\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">– Tex Robbins</span></em></blockquote>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4015 size-large\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/strong-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Lone Star Success</h2>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How does a west Texas oil carrier become the nation\'s leading specialized heavy haul carrier?</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With a strategy it developed more than 30 years ago - and follows to this very day. Specifically:</span></p>\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Build a team of seasoned, </span><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\"><span class=\"s2\">professional truck drivers</span></a><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\"> and support personnel</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Assemble an impressive </span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s2\">fleet of tractors and trailing equipment</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\">Earn a reputation as the go-to partner for customers with complex transportation needs</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Leverage that reputation to develop and grow in </span><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\"><span class=\"s2\">key markets</span></a><span class=\"s1\"> for heavy haul companies</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-lg\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4015 size-large\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/strong-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" />\r\n<h2>Lone Star Sucess</h2>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How does a west Texas oil carrier become the nation\'s leading heavy haul carrier?</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With a strategy it developed more than 30 years ago - and follows to this very day. Specifically:</span></p>\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Build a team of seasoned, </span><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\"><span class=\"s2\">professional truck drivers</span></a><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\"> and support personnel</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Assemble an impressive </span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s2\">fleet of tractors and trailing equipment</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\">Earn a reputation as the go-to partner for customers with complex transportation needs</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Leverage that reputation to develop and grow in </span><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\"><span class=\"s2\">key markets</span></a><span class=\"s1\"> for heavy haul companies</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column centered_text=\"true\" column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\" custom_height=\"60\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4078 size-medium\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/tex-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Our Flatbed &amp; Heavy Haul Drivers</h2>\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Who belongs on the Lone Star team?</span>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Here’s what Tex has to say:</span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>It takes quality, professional people to do this.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our professional drivers and support personnel live, eat and breathe this job. They love big loads. They get to tackle new challenges every day. It’s never boring.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>No two loads are alike. No two runs are the same. It’s all about planning and execution.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our highest priority in moving big loads is public safety. Next is successful, on-time delivery. These are the priorities of all serious transportation professionals. It\'s no different for airline pilots, ship captains or train engineers. </i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our drivers know: Everything ultimately rests with them.</i></span></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column centered_text=\"true\" column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-lg\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"wp-image-4078 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/tex-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" />[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Our Flatbed &amp;\r\nHeavy Haul Drivers</h2>\r\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Who belongs on the Lone Star team?</span></h4>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Here’s what Tex has to say:</span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>It takes quality, professional people to do this.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our professional drivers and support personnel live, eat and breathe this job. They love big loads. They get to tackle new challenges every day. It’s never boring.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>No two loads are alike. No two runs are the same. It’s all about planning and execution.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our highest priority in moving big loads is public safety. Next is successful, on-time delivery. These are the priorities of all serious transportation professionals. It\'s no different for airline pilots, ship captains or train engineers. </i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our drivers know: Everything ultimately rests with them.</i></span></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'About Lone Star', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2697-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 20:25:02', '2018-08-12 20:25:02', '', 2697, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/2697-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4830, 2, '2018-08-12 20:30:11', '2018-08-12 20:30:11', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" top_margin=\"3%\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1533756836289{margin-bottom: -15px !important;}\"]\r\n<h1>About Lone Star Transportation</h1>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1534105750859{margin-top: -3px !important;margin-left: -2px !important;}\"]<span class=\"s1\">Lone Star Transportation, LLC, is the nation\'s premier specialized heavy haul carrier. It transports flatbed, oversized and extreme over-dimensional loads in 48 states, Canada and Mexico.</span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Lone Star started out in 1988, as an oilfield carrier based in Abilene, Texas. </span><span class=\"s1\">In 2004, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">Tex Robbins</a> bought the company from its original owners. Tex became, and continues as, President and CEO.</span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Today, Lone Star\'s headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas. The company\'s network includes 22 full-service terminals in the continental United States.</span>\r\n\r\nLone Star provides transportation solutions to the nation’s leading shippers. Its drivers and support teams are unrivaled experts in over-dimensional and specialized trucking. Most of all, Lone Star is known for its <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">award-winning</a> customer service. Customers know their shipments always arrive safely and on time - no matter their size, origin or destination.\r\n\r\n<a name=\"daeske\"></a>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4096 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/artwall.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"1000\" height=\"539\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]<span class=\"s1\">In 2014, Lone Star expanded its team. The company merged with </span><span class=\"s2\">Daseke, Inc.</span><span class=\"s1\"> to help create the largest open deck specialized trucking company in North America.</span>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-lg\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1534105779626{margin-top: -25px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}\"]<span class=\"s1\">Lone Star Transportation, LLC, is the nation\'s premier specialized heavy haul carrier. It transports flatbed, oversized and extreme over-dimensional loads in 48 states, Canada and Mexico.</span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Lone Star started out in 1988, as an oilfield carrier based in Abilene, Texas. </span><span class=\"s1\">In 2004, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">Tex Robbins</a> bought the company from its original owners. Tex became, and continues as, President and CEO.</span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Today, Lone Star\'s headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas. The company\'s network includes 22 full-service terminals in the continental United States.</span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4096 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/artwall.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"1000\" height=\"539\" />\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Lone Star provides transportation solutions to the nation’s leading shippers. Its drivers and support teams are unrivaled experts in over-dimensional and specialty shipping. Most of all, Lone Star is known for its <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">award-winning</a> customer service. Customers know their shipments always arrive safely and on time - no matter their size, origin or destination.</p>\r\n<a name=\"daeske\"></a>\r\nLone Star provides transportation solutions to the nation’s leading shippers. Its drivers and support teams are unrivaled experts in over-dimensional and specialized trucking. Most of all, Lone Star is known for its <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">award-winning</a> customer service. Customers know their shipments always arrive safely and on time - no matter their size, origin or destination.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><em><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We believed joining forces would benefit our customers and employees. The Daseke team gave us great sister companies to work with - versus compete against.</span></em></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><em><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We were able to maintain our existing management team. We run the company as we always have.</span></em></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><em><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Most importantly, we knew Daseke\'s reputation for giving back to the community. Its managers treat drivers and internal team members with the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/\">utmost respect</a>. That made them a great fit for us.</span></em></p>\r\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">– Tex Robbins</span></em></blockquote>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4015 size-large\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/strong-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Lone Star Success</h2>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How does a west Texas oil carrier become the nation\'s leading specialized heavy haul carrier?</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With a strategy it developed more than 30 years ago - and follows to this very day. Specifically:</span></p>\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Build a team of seasoned, </span><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\"><span class=\"s2\">professional truck drivers</span></a><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\"> and support personnel</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Assemble an impressive </span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s2\">fleet of tractors and trailing equipment</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\">Earn a reputation as the go-to partner for customers with complex transportation needs</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Leverage that reputation to develop and grow in </span><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\"><span class=\"s2\">key markets</span></a><span class=\"s1\"> for heavy haul companies</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-lg\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4015 size-large\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/strong-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" />\r\n<h2>Lone Star Sucess</h2>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How does a west Texas oil carrier become the nation\'s leading heavy haul carrier?</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With a strategy it developed more than 30 years ago - and follows to this very day. Specifically:</span></p>\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Build a team of seasoned, </span><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\"><span class=\"s2\">professional truck drivers</span></a><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\"> and support personnel</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Assemble an impressive </span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s2\">fleet of tractors and trailing equipment</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\">Earn a reputation as the go-to partner for customers with complex transportation needs</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Leverage that reputation to develop and grow in </span><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\"><span class=\"s2\">key markets</span></a><span class=\"s1\"> for heavy haul companies</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column centered_text=\"true\" column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\" custom_height=\"60\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4078 size-medium\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/tex-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Our Flatbed &amp; Heavy Haul Drivers</h2>\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Who belongs on the Lone Star team?</span>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Here’s what Tex has to say:</span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>It takes quality, professional people to do this.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our professional drivers and support personnel live, eat and breathe this job. They love big loads. They get to tackle new challenges every day. It’s never boring.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>No two loads are alike. No two runs are the same. It’s all about planning and execution.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our highest priority in moving big loads is public safety. Next is successful, on-time delivery. These are the priorities of all serious transportation professionals. It\'s no different for airline pilots, ship captains or train engineers. </i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our drivers know: Everything ultimately rests with them.</i></span></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column centered_text=\"true\" column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-lg\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"wp-image-4078 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/tex-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" />[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Our Flatbed &amp;\r\nHeavy Haul Drivers</h2>\r\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Who belongs on the Lone Star team?</span></h4>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Here’s what Tex has to say:</span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>It takes quality, professional people to do this.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our professional drivers and support personnel live, eat and breathe this job. They love big loads. They get to tackle new challenges every day. It’s never boring.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>No two loads are alike. No two runs are the same. It’s all about planning and execution.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our highest priority in moving big loads is public safety. Next is successful, on-time delivery. These are the priorities of all serious transportation professionals. It\'s no different for airline pilots, ship captains or train engineers. </i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our drivers know: Everything ultimately rests with them.</i></span></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'About Lone Star', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2697-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 20:30:11', '2018-08-12 20:30:11', '', 2697, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/2697-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(4831, 2, '2018-08-12 20:44:48', '2018-08-12 20:44:48', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" top_margin=\"3%\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1533756836289{margin-bottom: -15px !important;}\"]\r\n<h1>About Lone Star Transportation</h1>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1534106266234{margin-top: -3px !important;margin-left: -2px !important;}\"]<span class=\"s1\">Lone Star Transportation, LLC, is the nation\'s premier specialized heavy haul carrier. It transports <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/top-reasons-to-become-otr-flatbed-truck-drivers/\">flatbed</a>, oversized and extreme over-dimensional loads in 48 states, Canada and Mexico.</span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Lone Star started out in 1988, as an oilfield carrier based in Abilene, Texas. </span><span class=\"s1\">In 2004, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">Tex Robbins</a> bought the company from its original owners. Tex became, and continues as, President and CEO.</span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Today, Lone Star\'s headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas. The company\'s network includes 22 full-service terminals in the continental United States.</span>\r\n\r\nLone Star provides transportation solutions to the nation’s leading shippers. Its drivers and support teams are unrivaled experts in specialized transportation and logistics. Most of all, Lone Star is known for its <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">award-winning</a> customer service. Customers know their shipments always arrive safely and on time - no matter their size, origin or destination.\r\n\r\n<a name=\"daeske\"></a>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4096 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/artwall.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"1000\" height=\"539\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]<span class=\"s1\">In 2014, Lone Star expanded its team. The company merged with </span><span class=\"s2\">Daseke, Inc.</span><span class=\"s1\"> to help create the largest open deck specialized trucking company in North America.</span>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-lg\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1534106605150{margin-top: -25px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}\"]<span class=\"s1\">Lone Star Transportation, LLC, is the nation\'s premier specialized heavy haul carrier. It transports <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/top-reasons-to-become-otr-flatbed-truck-drivers/\">flatbed</a>, oversized and extreme over-dimensional loads in 48 states, Canada and Mexico.</span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Lone Star started out in 1988, as an oilfield carrier based in Abilene, Texas. </span><span class=\"s1\">In 2004, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">Tex Robbins</a> bought the company from its original owners. Tex became, and continues as, President and CEO.</span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Today, Lone Star\'s headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas. The company\'s network includes 22 full-service terminals in the continental United States.</span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4096 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/artwall.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"1000\" height=\"539\" />\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Lone Star provides transportation solutions to the nation’s leading shippers. Its drivers and support teams are unrivaled experts in specialized transportation and logistics. Most of all, Lone Star is known for its <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">award-winning</a> customer service. Customers know their shipments always arrive safely and on time - no matter their size, origin or destination.</p>\r\n<a name=\"daeske\"></a>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><em><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We believed joining forces would benefit our customers and employees. The Daseke team gave us great sister companies to work with - versus compete against.</span></em></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><em><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We were able to maintain our existing management team. We run the company as we always have.</span></em></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><em><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Most importantly, we knew Daseke\'s reputation for giving back to the community. Its managers treat drivers and internal team members with the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/\">utmost respect</a>. That made them a great fit for us.</span></em></p>\r\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">– Tex Robbins</span></em></blockquote>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4015 size-large\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/strong-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Lone Star Success</h2>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How does a west Texas oil carrier become the nation\'s leading specialized heavy haul carrier?</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With a strategy it developed more than 30 years ago - and follows to this very day. Specifically:</span></p>\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Build a team of seasoned, </span><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\"><span class=\"s2\">professional truck drivers</span></a><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\"> and support personnel</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Assemble an impressive </span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s2\">fleet of tractors and trailing equipment</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\">Earn a reputation as the go-to partner for customers with complex transportation needs</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Leverage that reputation to develop and grow in </span><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\"><span class=\"s2\">key markets</span></a><span class=\"s1\"> for heavy haul companies</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-lg\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4015 size-large\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/strong-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" />\r\n<h2>Lone Star Sucess</h2>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How does a west Texas oil carrier become the nation\'s leading heavy haul carrier?</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With a strategy it developed more than 30 years ago - and follows to this very day. Specifically:</span></p>\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Build a team of seasoned, </span><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\"><span class=\"s2\">professional truck drivers</span></a><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\"> and support personnel</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Assemble an impressive </span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s2\">fleet of tractors and trailing equipment</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\">Earn a reputation as the go-to partner for customers with complex transportation needs</span></span></li>\r\n 	<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Leverage that reputation to develop and grow in </span><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\"><span class=\"s2\">key markets</span></a><span class=\"s1\"> for heavy haul companies</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column centered_text=\"true\" column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\" custom_height=\"60\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4078 size-medium\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/tex-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Our Flatbed &amp; Heavy Haul Drivers</h2>\r\n<span class=\"s1\">Who belongs on the Lone Star team?</span>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Here’s what Tex has to say:</span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>It takes quality, professional people to do this.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our professional drivers and support personnel live, eat and breathe this job. They love big loads. They get to tackle new challenges every day. It’s never boring.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>No two loads are alike. No two runs are the same. It’s all about planning and execution.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our highest priority in moving big loads is public safety. Next is successful, on-time delivery. These are the priorities of all serious transportation professionals. It\'s no different for airline pilots, ship captains or train engineers. </i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-for-company-drivers/\">Our drivers</a> know: Everything ultimately rests with them.</i></span></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column centered_text=\"true\" column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\" offset=\"vc_hidden-lg\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"wp-image-4078 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/tex-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" />[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Our Flatbed &amp;\r\nHeavy Haul Drivers</h2>\r\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Who belongs on the Lone Star team?</span></h4>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Here’s what Tex has to say:</span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>It takes quality, professional people to do this.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our professional drivers and support personnel live, eat and breathe this job. They love big loads. They get to tackle new challenges every day. It’s never boring.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>No two loads are alike. No two runs are the same. It’s all about planning and execution.</i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i>Our highest priority in moving big loads is public safety. Next is successful, on-time delivery. These are the priorities of all serious transportation professionals. It\'s no different for airline pilots, ship captains or train engineers. </i></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><i><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-for-company-drivers/\">Our drivers</a> know: Everything ultimately rests with them.</i></span></p>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'About Lone Star', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2697-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 20:44:48', '2018-08-12 20:44:48', '', 2697, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/2697-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4832, 2, '2018-08-12 21:24:51', '2018-08-12 21:24:51', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" top_margin=\"3%\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>9 Reasons to Become an OTR Flatbed Driver</h1>\r\n[break]\r\nWhy would an experienced “over the road” (OTR) trucker become a flatbed driver?\r\n\r\nObviously, there\'s the money. You\'ll make more.\r\n\r\nMore importantly, there\'s the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">challenge</a>. If you want to haul oversized loads with awesome rigs, this is the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-for-company-drivers/\">job for you</a>.\r\n\r\nAnd if you\'re going to pull open deck, Lone Star is the place for you![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][toggles style=\"default\"][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"1. OTR FLATBED DRIVERS MAKE MORE MONEY\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nFlatbed drivers typically make <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/\">higher pay</a> throughout their careers.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>They’re paid more per mile for their skill level.</li>\r\n 	<li>With experience, they can move larger, higher-paying loads.</li>\r\n 	<li>They\'re paid for tarping their loads.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"2. OTR FLATBED DRIVERS DRIVE MORE AND WAIT LESS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nAs an OTR flatbed driver, you won’t pull up to the dock and wait for loaders to shuffle pallets.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Freight is accessible from all directions for quick and easy unloading.</li>\r\n 	<li>The customer usually unloads freight. Drivers often are paid while they wait.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"3. FLATBED DRIVERS GET AROUND\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nTrucking can be a sedentary job. Many drivers are at risk for obesity or other health problems.\r\n\r\nA flatbed driver can beat the odds. Many choose this line of trucking for its challenging daily workout.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-truck-drivers-terminology/\">Securing a load</a> requires much physical energy. Flatbed drivers climb around and over loads. They maneuver chains, winches, binders, straps, hooks, dunnage and coil racks. They pull heavy tarps to protect against weather, dirt, condensation and fumes.\r\n\r\nChecking loads at designated intervals every day, flatbed drivers get plenty of exercise.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"4. FLATBED DRIVERS CAN MOVE UP TO HAUL SPECIALIZED LOADS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nIt takes a skilled flatbed driver to deliver huge <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">aerospace parts and wind turbines</a>. Heavy haul drivers with specialized trailers pull head-turning freight. They’re also paid more to pull such large loads.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"5. FLATBED DRIVERS ALWAYS HAVE A STORY TO TELL\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nSeasoned drivers say this is the toughest and most rewarding of trucking jobs.\r\n\r\nThese truckers don’t just drive. They solve – and prevent – problems. The best flatbed driver jobs demand skill, patience and concentration.\r\n\r\nCareer growth means carrying <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/heavy-haul-jobs-truck-drivers-guide/\">bigger, longer and wider loads</a> on more axels. It means earning the right to pull more valuable cargo.\r\n\r\nGreat stories – great pay.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"6. FLATBED DRIVERS ARE ALWAYS LEARNING SOMETHING NEW\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nIf you’re new to flatbed trucking, you have a lot to learn. Start with <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-truck-drivers-terminology/\">flatbed training</a>. You’ll master the art of load securement and tarping. The best drivers love the challenge of securing and protecting a “lumpy load.”\r\n\r\nAn experienced flatbed driver can go on to tackle over-dimensional loads. They learn to appreciate the complicated logistics of hauling highly regulated shipments. They relish the test of easing an extended trailer round a winding highway exit.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"7. FLATBED DRIVERS COMMAND RESPECT\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">Truckers admire the driver who can rise to the challenge of the oversized load. They respect the skill and training required to meet tight delivery deadlines safely. OTR flatbed and heavy haul drivers are the best and brightest of the trucking fraternity.</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"8. FLATBED DRIVERS BECOME THE INDUSTRY EXPERTS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nFlatbed drivers who haul over-dimensional freight know more.\r\n\r\nThey’ve learned about complex federal and local transportation regulation. They understand the demands of overlapping state, county, municipal and load-specific permits. They\'ve studied the grade, bridges and narrow turns along their routes.\r\n\r\nA great flatbed driver knows how to deliver on time <b>in spite of</b> challenges.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"9. EXPERT FLATBED DRIVERS CAN DRIVE FOR THE BEST\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]You’re a professional. Look for a flatbed trucking company that respects its drivers. Pick one that <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\">pays top dollar</a> for your experience. Make sure it’s watching out for your safety.\r\n\r\nChoose a company with integrity. Choose <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Lone Star Transportation</a>.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4485 \" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hood-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"604\" height=\"339\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', '9 Reasons to Become an OTR Flatbed Driver', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2847-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 21:24:51', '2018-08-12 21:24:51', '', 2847, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/2847-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(4833, 2, '2018-08-12 21:41:58', '2018-08-12 21:41:58', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" top_margin=\"3%\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>9 Reasons to Become an OTR Flatbed Driver</h1>\r\n[break]\r\nWhy would an experienced “over the road” (OTR) trucker become a flatbed driver?\r\n\r\nObviously, there\'s the money. You\'ll make more.\r\n\r\nMore importantly, there\'s the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/tex-talk/\">challenge</a>. If you want to haul oversized loads with awesome rigs, this may be the job for you. <em>(And if you\'re going to pull open deck, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Lone Star</a> certainly is the place for you!)</em>\r\n\r\nRead on to see whether you\'re ready to drive a flatbed.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][toggles style=\"default\"][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"1. OTR FLATBED DRIVERS MAKE MORE MONEY\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nFlatbed drivers typically make <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/\">higher pay</a> throughout their careers.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>They’re paid more per mile for their skill level.</li>\r\n 	<li>With experience, they can move larger, higher-paying loads.</li>\r\n 	<li>They\'re paid for tarping their loads.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"2. OTR FLATBED DRIVERS DRIVE MORE AND WAIT LESS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nAs an OTR flatbed driver, you won’t pull up to the dock and wait for loaders to shuffle pallets.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Freight is accessible from all directions for quick and easy unloading.</li>\r\n 	<li>The customer usually unloads freight. Drivers often are paid while they wait.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"3. FLATBED DRIVERS GET AROUND\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nTrucking can be a sedentary job. Many drivers are at risk for obesity or other health problems.\r\n\r\nA flatbed driver can beat the odds. Many choose this line of trucking for its challenging daily workout.\r\n\r\nSecuring a load requires much physical energy. Flatbed drivers climb around and over loads. They maneuver chains, winches, binders, straps, hooks, dunnage and coil racks. They pull heavy tarps to protect against weather, dirt, condensation and fumes.\r\n\r\nChecking loads at designated intervals every day, flatbed drivers get plenty of exercise.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"4. FLATBED DRIVERS CAN MOVE UP TO HAUL SPECIALIZED LOADS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nIt takes a skilled flatbed driver to deliver huge <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">aerospace parts and wind turbines</a>. Heavy haul drivers with specialized trailers pull head-turning freight. They’re also paid more to pull such large loads.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"5. FLATBED DRIVERS ALWAYS HAVE A STORY TO TELL\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nSeasoned drivers say this is the toughest and most rewarding of trucking jobs.\r\n\r\nThese truckers don’t just drive. They solve – and prevent – problems. The best flatbed driver jobs demand skill, patience and concentration.\r\n\r\nCareer growth means carrying <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/heavy-haul-jobs-truck-drivers-guide/\">bigger, longer and wider loads</a> on more axels. It means earning the right to pull more valuable cargo.\r\n\r\nGreat stories – great pay.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"6. FLATBED DRIVERS ARE ALWAYS LEARNING SOMETHING NEW\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nIf you’re new to flatbed trucking, you have a lot to learn. Start with <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-truck-drivers-terminology/\">flatbed training</a>. You’ll master the art of load securement and tarping. The best drivers love the challenge of securing and protecting a “lumpy load.”\r\n\r\nAn experienced flatbed driver can go on to tackle over-dimensional loads. They learn to appreciate the complicated logistics of hauling highly regulated shipments. They relish the test of easing an extended trailer round a winding highway exit.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"7. FLATBED DRIVERS COMMAND RESPECT\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">Truckers admire the driver who can rise to the challenge of the oversized load. They respect the skill and training required to meet tight delivery deadlines safely. OTR flatbed and heavy haul drivers are the best and brightest of the trucking fraternity.</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"8. FLATBED DRIVERS BECOME THE INDUSTRY EXPERTS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nFlatbed drivers who haul over-dimensional freight know more.\r\n\r\nThey’ve learned about complex federal and local transportation regulation. They understand the demands of overlapping state, county, municipal and load-specific permits. They\'ve studied the grade, bridges and narrow turns along their routes.\r\n\r\nA great flatbed driver knows how to deliver on time <b>in spite of</b> challenges.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"9. EXPERT FLATBED DRIVERS CAN DRIVE FOR THE BEST\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]You’re a professional. Look for a flatbed trucking company that <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/\">respects its drivers</a>. Pick one that <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\">pays top dollar</a> for your experience. Make sure it’s watching out for your safety.\r\n\r\nChoose a company with integrity. <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-for-company-drivers/\">Choose Lone Star Transportation</a>.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4485 \" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hood-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"604\" height=\"339\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', '9 Reasons to Become an OTR Flatbed Driver', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '2847-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 21:41:58', '2018-08-12 21:41:58', '', 2847, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/2847-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4834, 2, '2018-09-25 00:04:40', '2018-09-25 00:04:40', '<p>[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" top_padding=\"3%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1537833714934{margin-bottom: -15px !important;}\"]<br />\n<h1>Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs</h1>\n<h2><em>A Truck Driver\'s Guide</em></h2>\n<p>[break]<br />\nIn specialized heavy haul trucking jobs, drivers pull oversized loads with phenomenal equipment. These trailers take on cargo that exceeds the dimensions of the legal load.</p>\n<p>Below are descriptions of the best known specialized trailers. All commonly carry permitted loads, and some also haul very large freight as legal loads. For example, step deck and drop deck trailers provide a few extra feet of clearance to keep some tall loads within overall height restrictions.</p>\n<p>Keep reading to get a better picture of the equipment used for heavy haul trucking jobs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][toggles style=\"default\"][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"1. STEP DECKS - OR SINGLE DROP DECKS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]The best-known specialized flatbed trailer may be the step deck, which also is called the single drop deck. Step decks are used both for legal loads and heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\n<p>The step deck trailer has two levels. Unlike a standard flatbed, the step deck’s bed drops down after clearing the tractor. The top deck is 60” off the ground, while the lower main deck is about 2’ lower.</p>\n<p>Step deck trucking is used for tall loads. In fact, step deck trailers can carry cargo up to 10’ high as legal loads.  For that reason, they commonly haul construction vehicles, machinery and heavy freight.</p>\n<p>Because step deck trailers are so low to the ground, forklifts easily load them from ground level.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4260\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Stepdeck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"2. REMOVABLE GOOSENECKS (RGN) – OR DETACHABLES\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]Some specialty flatbed trailers have removable necks. When detached and moved away from a trailer’s bed, its front end lowers to the ground, thereby creating a ramp for self-powered cargo (e.g., heavy vehicles and equipment).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5262 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/gooseneck.jpg\" alt=\"heavy haul trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"3. DOUBLE DROPS - OR LOWBOYS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A double drop deck trailer carries the tallest loads. A double drop looks like a step deck or RGN in the front, but another short deck sits over its rear tires. Between the two short decks runs a long, very low main deck. Dropping below the trailer’s axles, this center deck is called the “well.”</p>\n<p>The double drop trailer’s deep well and low-profile wheels allow it to carry legal loads with cargo up to 11’6” high. Heavy haul trucking jobs use double drops, too. Most have a “flip axle” to handle the weight of large loads. The flip axle attaches to a trailer’s rear frame with hinge plates and pins. Thus, the axle folds down for heavy loads, and then back up onto the rear deck for storage.</p>\n<p>RGN double drops carry vehicles that drive on for easy loading. That includes construction equipment, forklifts, trucks and tanks.</p>\n<p>Conventional double drop trailers (those without RGNs) more often are loaded by crane.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5263 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/double-drop-lowboy.jpg\" alt=\"heavy haul trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"4. STRETCH &amp; EXTENDABLE (TELESCOPIC) TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]Stretch trailers feature a sliding mechanism that grows or shrinks the size of the cargo bed, thereby adjusting to the ideal size for the load.</p>\n<p>Stretch trailers come in flatbed, step deck, double drop and RGN configurations. You\'ll find them in lengths in excess of 80’ and widths of 96” to 102”.</p>\n<p>Generally of steel construction for maximum support, stretch trailers are heavy. So are their loads: lumber, rebar, trusses, steel beams, telephone poles. Total weight often limits the size of these loads.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4261\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Stretch-Extendable.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"5. OTHER SPECIALIZED TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"2/3\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]To carry an especially heavy load, a trailer needs more axles to distribute and support the weight.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/3\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5275\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/9-axle-tractor-combo.jpg\" alt=\"heavy haul trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5264 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/blade-1.jpg\" alt=\"heavy haul trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5273\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/13-Axle-Tractor-Trailer-Combination.jpg\" alt=\"heavy haul trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4257 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Schnabel.jpg\" alt=\"heavy haul trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]</p>\n<h2>Heavy Loads</h2>\n<p>States began regulating truck weights in the early 20th century. The first laws tried to prevent iron and solid rubber tires from damaging dirt or gravel roads. Current law, on the other hand, protects bridges and pavement from the weight of increasingly large loads.</p>\n<p>Federal law limits gross truck weight to 80,000 lbs. Each state has its weight limits, typically 46,000 lbs. for legal loads and 80,000 lbs. with a routine permit.</p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Bridge Formulas &amp; Heavy Haul Trucking Jobs</span></h4>\n<p>In some cases, the <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/publications/brdg_frm_wghts/index.htm\">Federal Bridge Formula</a> further reduces the 80,000 lb. limit. (Many states have bridge formulas as well, most notably California). Bridge formulas calculate weight limits based on the number and spacing of truck axles, in order to prevent the concentration of weight in short trucks or on small sections of long trailers.</p>\n<p>Federal law also limits total weight carried on any axle to the following:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steer axle: 12,000 lbs. (or as rated by the manufacturer, not to exceed 20,000 lbs.)</li>\n<li>Single axle: 20,000 lbs.</li>\n<li>Tandem axles: 34,000 lbs.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][break]</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Standard tandem axles are 5’ apart; together, they carry up to 34,000 lbs.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">“Split” tandems, also known as \"spread axles,\" are at least 10’ feet apart. Under federal law, each axle counts separately when calculating per axle weight limits. Weight cannot exceed 20,000 lbs. per axle.</p>\n<p>Spread axles provide flexibility when distributing weight between axles,. Spread axle trailers also are more stable during loading and unloading.</p>\n<p>While spread axles provide a smooth ride that’s less damaging to road surfaces, its wider turning radius is difficult to maneuver. Tires, wheels, suspension parts and pavement all suffer when a driver turns too sharply.</p>\n<p><a name=\"heavyloader\"></a>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"wp-image-4029 aligncenter\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-9.36.58-PM.png\" alt=\"heavy haul trucking jobs\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4171\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spread.jpg\" alt=\"heavy haul trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" class=\"homesmarginslsdelete\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<br />\n<h2>The Ultimate Heavy Haul Trucking Jobs: Super Loads</h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some shippers need to move cargo that far exceeds “routine permit limits.” The popular term for such freight is its legal name as well: \"super load.\" Pulling a super load also is called \"super heavy hauling,\" or \"super heavy haul trucking.\"</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Without a doubt, transporting super loads is the most prestigious of heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The definition of a super load varies from state to state. However, a loaded truck that’s over 16’ wide, 16’ tall, 160’ long and/or 200,000 lbs. qualifies in most.</p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">A Complex Permitting Process</span></h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Super loads require special, often customized versions, of flatbed and specialty trailers. They\'re piloted only by the most skilled and experienced <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-training-terms/\">flatbed or heavy haul</a> drivers. Even in expert hands, they present potential disruptions to traffic as well as risks to motorists and surroundings. That’s precisely why most states and cities tightly regulate them.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\">state or city’s super load permitting process</a> may require any or all of the following:</p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>An engineering survey of the load and route</li>\n<li>Route survey to see that overhead signals, lines, railroad crossings and bridges don\'t pose a hazard</li>\n<li>Bridge analysis determining the weight limit and axle configuration</li>\n<li>Analysis of traffic patterns and emergency vehicle routes</li>\n<li>Drawing of shipment</li>\n<li>Shipper’s letter</li>\n<li>Explanation of why other transportation isn’t available</li>\n<li>Practice run of the route</li>\n<li>Assignment of state-vetted escort support</li>\n<li>A schedule that accommodates day and/or time restrictions in different states. (In some states, super loads travel only during daylight hours on weekdays. In others, they move only at night or on a Sunday. Some jurisdictions prohibit travel during the spring thaw.)</li>\n<li>Surety bond</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Lone Star is the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/loads-heavy-haul-drivers-pull/\">recognized leader</a> in planning, permitting and hauling super loads. Our drivers love the challenge of these heavy haul trucking jobs, and they get <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/\">paid more</a> to take on ever-larger loads.</p>\n<p>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5277\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sub.jpg\" alt=\"heavy haul trucking jobs\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NXiTW7nE9rI?rel=0;modestbranding=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong><em>Watch the video to hear more from our CEO, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-transportation/\">Tex Robbins</a>, on the challenges Lone Star\'s heavy haul drivers face</em></strong>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" class=\"homesmarginslsdelete\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"4%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_custom_heading text=\"Join Our Family\" font_container=\"tag:p|font_size:28pt|text_align:center|line_height:30pt\" google_fonts=\"font_family:Seaweed%20Script%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal\"][vc_column_text][button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"large\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?r=ride4lsws\" text=\"Fill Out Application\" color_override=\"\"]</p>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 10px;\"></div>\n<p>[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"large\" url=\"tel:+18667508520\" text=\"Call Now: 866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]</p>\n', 'Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs: A Truck Driver\'s Guide', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3111-autosave-v1', '', '', '2018-09-25 00:04:40', '2018-09-25 00:04:40', '', 3111, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/3111-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(4835, 2, '2018-08-12 22:06:45', '2018-08-12 22:06:45', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" top_padding=\"3%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs</h1>\r\n<h2><em>A Truck Driver\'s Guide</em></h2>\r\n[break]\r\nSpecialized heavy haul trucking jobs let truckers pull the largest loads with jaw-dropping equipment. Specialty trailers handle cargo that pushes beyond the dimensions of the legal load.\r\n\r\nStep deck and drop deck trailers provide a few more feet of clearance for the tall load. Stretch trailers offer the option turning that load on its side to remain legal. These trailers also carry oversized cargo.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][toggles style=\"default\"][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"1. STEP DECKS - OR SINGLE DROP DECKS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]The best-known specialized flatbed trailer is the step deck. It’s also called the single drop deck.\r\n\r\nThe step deck trailer has two levels. Unlike a standard flatbed, the step deck’s bed drops down after clearing the tractor. The top deck is 60” off the ground. The lower main deck is about 2’ lower than the front deck.\r\n\r\nStep deck trucking is used for tall loads. Step deck trailers can carry legal loads with cargo up to 10’ high. They commonly haul construction vehicles, machinery and heavy freight over 9’ tall.\r\n\r\nBecause step deck trailers are so low, forklifts can load them from ground level. When equipped with removable goosenecks, their cargo can roll to the ground.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4026 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stepdeck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"2. REMOVABLE GOOSENECKS (RGN) – OR DETACHABLES\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]Some specialty flatbed trailers are equipped with removable necks. When detached and moved away from a trailer’s bed, the front end of the trailer lowers to the ground. It creates a ramp for self-powered cargo, like heavy vehicles and equipment.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4024\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gooseneck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"3. DOUBLE DROPS - OR LOWBOYS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A double drop deck trailer carries the tallest loads. It looks like a step deck or RGN in the front. It has another short deck over the trailer’s rear tires. Between these two short decks runs a long, very low main deck. Dropping below the trailer’s axles, this center deck is called the “well.”\r\n\r\nThe double drop trailer’s deep well and low-profile wheels permit it to carry legal loads with cargo up to 11’6” high. Most double drops have a “flip axle” to handle the weight of these large loads. The flip axle is attached to the trailer’s rear frame by hinge plates and pins. It folds down for heavy loads, then back up onto the back deck for storage.\r\n\r\nRGN double drops carry vehicles that drive on for easy loading. That includes construction equipment, forklifts, trucks and tanks.\r\n\r\nConventional double drop trailers (those without RGNs) more often are loaded by crane.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4022\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/double.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"4. STRETCH &amp; EXTENDABLE (TELESCOPIC) TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A stretch trailer features a sliding mechanism that grows or shrinks the size of the cargo bed. It adjusts to ideal size for the load.\r\n\r\nStretch trailers come in flatbed, step deck, double drop and RGN configurations. You can find them in lengths of up to 80’ and widths of 96” to 102”.\r\n\r\nGenerally of steel construction for maximum support, stretch trailers are heavy. So are their loads: lumber, rebar, steel beams, train tracks, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">wind turbines</a>. Total weight often limits the size of these loads.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4027 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stretch.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"5. OTHER SPECIALIZED TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4356 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/9-axle-tractor-combo-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4257 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Schnabel.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4357 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13-Axle-Tractor-Trailer-Combination-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Heavy Loads</h2>\r\nTruck weights have been regulated since the early 20th century. The first laws attempted to prevent damage by early iron and solid rubber wheels to dirt or gravel roads. Current law protects bridges and pavement from the weight of ever-larger loads.\r\n\r\nFederal law limits the gross truck weight of routine permitted loads to 80,000 pounds. Each state has its weight limits, typically 46,000 pounds for legal loads and 80,000 pounds with a routine permit. (See “Super Loads” below.)\r\n\r\nIn some cases, the <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula</a> further reduces that limit. (Many states also have bridge formulas, most notably California). The Formula calculates weight limits based on the number and spacing of truck axles. It prevents the concentration of weight in short trucks or on short spans of long trailers.\r\n\r\nFederal law also limits total weight carried on any axle to the following:\r\n\r\n• Steer axle: 12,000 lbs.\r\n• Single axle: 20,000 lbs.\r\n• Drive axle: 34,000 lbs.\r\n• Tandem axles: 34,000 lbs.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Spread axles provide flexibility when placing heavy loads on a trailer. The same gross weight limits bind a spread axle trailer, but it can carry more weight per axle.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Standard tandem axles are 5’ apart; together they may carry 34,000 lbs. “Split” tandems are at least 10’ feet apart. Each counts as a separate axle when calculating per axle weight limits. Under federal law, spread axles may carry 40,000 lbs. on the two axles. (State laws vary.)</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Spread axle trailers are more stable when loading and unloading. Cargo weight between axles is better distributed. Spread axles provide a smooth ride that’s less damaging to road surfaces.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, the spread axle\'s wider turning radius can be difficult to maneuver. Tires, wheels, suspension parts and pavement all suffer if the driver takes too tight a turn.</p>\r\n<a name=\"heavyloader\"></a>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"wp-image-4029 aligncenter\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-9.36.58-PM.png\" alt=\"Heavy Load Trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4171\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spread.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Ultimate Heavy Haul Trucking Jobs: Super Loads</h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some shippers need to move cargo that far exceeds “<a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-truck-drivers-terminology/\">routine permit limits</a>.” The definition of a super load varies from state to state. A loaded truck that’s over 16’ wide, 16’ tall, 160’ long and/or 200,000 lbs. qualifies in most.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These “super loads” require special, often custom, versions of flatbed and specialty trailers. They\'re driven only by the most skilled and experienced <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/top-reasons-to-become-otr-flatbed-truck-drivers/\">flatbed</a> or heavy haul drivers. They present potential disruptions and risks to fellow motorists and physical surroundings. That’s why most states and cities tightly regulate them.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\">state or city’s permitting process</a> for super loads may require any or all of the following:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n 	<li>Engineering survey of the load</li>\r\n 	<li>Route survey to see that overhead signals, lines and bridges don\'t pose a contact hazard</li>\r\n 	<li>Bridge analysis determining the weight limit and axle configuration</li>\r\n 	<li>Analysis of traffic patterns and emergency vehicle routes</li>\r\n 	<li>Railroad crossing schedules and plan for special ramps to cross tracks</li>\r\n 	<li>Drawing of shipment</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipper’s letter</li>\r\n 	<li>Explanation of why other transportation isn’t available</li>\r\n 	<li>Practice run of the route</li>\r\n 	<li>Assignment of state-vetted escort support</li>\r\n 	<li>Schedule that accommodates day and/or time restrictions in different states. (In some states, super loads travel only during daylight hours on weekdays. In others, they move only at night or on a Sunday. In some jurisdictions, super loads may not travel during the spring thaw.)</li>\r\n 	<li>Surety bond</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Lone Star</a> is the recognized leader in planning, permitting and hauling super loads. Our drivers get paid more for their experience pulling over-dimensional freight.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Want to <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\">earn more</a> for taking on a challenge?</p>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3419\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Picture31.jpg\" alt=\"over the road flatbed trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs: A Truck Driver\'s Guide', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3111-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 22:06:45', '2018-08-12 22:06:45', '', 3111, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/3111-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4836, 2, '2018-08-12 22:39:54', '2018-08-12 22:39:54', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" top_padding=\"3%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs</h1>\r\n<h2><em>A Truck Driver\'s Guide</em></h2>\r\n[break]\r\nIn specialized heavy haul trucking jobs, truckers pull the largest loads with jaw-dropping equipment. Specialty trailers handle cargo that pushes beyond the dimensions of the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-truck-drivers-terminology/\">legal load</a>.\r\n\r\nStep deck and drop deck trailers provide a few more feet of clearance for the tall load. Stretch trailers offer the option turning that load on its side to remain legal. These trailers also carry oversized cargo.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][toggles style=\"default\"][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"1. STEP DECKS - OR SINGLE DROP DECKS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]The best-known specialized flatbed trailer is the step deck. It’s also called the single drop deck. Step decks are used for both legal loads and heavy haul trucking jobs.\r\n\r\nThe step deck trailer has two levels. Unlike a standard flatbed, the step deck’s bed drops down after clearing the tractor. The top deck is 60” off the ground. The lower main deck is about 2’ lower than the front deck.\r\n\r\nStep deck trucking is used for tall loads. Step deck trailers can carry legal loads with cargo up to 10’ high. They commonly haul construction vehicles, machinery and heavy freight over 9’ tall.\r\n\r\nBecause step deck trailers are so low, forklifts can load them from ground level. When equipped with removable goosenecks, their cargo can roll to the ground.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4026 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stepdeck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"2. REMOVABLE GOOSENECKS (RGN) – OR DETACHABLES\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]Some specialty flatbed trailers are equipped with removable necks. When detached and moved away from a trailer’s bed, the front end of the trailer lowers to the ground. It creates a ramp for self-powered cargo, like heavy vehicles and equipment.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4024\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gooseneck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"3. DOUBLE DROPS - OR LOWBOYS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A double drop deck trailer carries the tallest loads. It looks like a step deck or RGN in the front. It has another short deck over the trailer’s rear tires. Between these two short decks runs a long, very low main deck. Dropping below the trailer’s axles, this center deck is called the “well.”\r\n\r\nThe double drop trailer’s deep well and low-profile wheels permit it to carry legal loads with cargo up to 11’6” high, but they\'re commonly used for heavy haul trucking jobs. Most double drops have a “flip axle” to handle the weight of these large loads. The flip axle is attached to the trailer’s rear frame by hinge plates and pins. It folds down for heavy loads, then back up onto the back deck for storage.\r\n\r\nRGN double drops carry vehicles that drive on for easy loading. That includes construction equipment, forklifts, trucks and tanks.\r\n\r\nConventional double drop trailers (those without RGNs) more often are loaded by crane.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4022\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/double.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"4. STRETCH &amp; EXTENDABLE (TELESCOPIC) TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A stretch trailer features a sliding mechanism that grows or shrinks the size of the cargo bed. It adjusts to ideal size for the load.\r\n\r\nStretch trailers come in flatbed, step deck, double drop and RGN configurations. You can find them in lengths of up to 80’ and widths of 96” to 102”.\r\n\r\nGenerally of steel construction for maximum support, stretch trailers are heavy. So are their loads: lumber, rebar, steel beams, train tracks, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">wind turbines</a>. Total weight often limits the size of these loads.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4027 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stretch.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"5. OTHER SPECIALIZED TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4356 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/9-axle-tractor-combo-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4257 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Schnabel.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4357 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13-Axle-Tractor-Trailer-Combination-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Heavy Loads</h2>\r\nTruck weights have been regulated since the early 20th century. The first laws attempted to prevent damage by early iron and solid rubber wheels to dirt or gravel roads. Current law protects bridges and pavement from the weight of ever-larger loads.\r\n\r\nFederal law limits the gross truck weight of routine permitted loads to 80,000 pounds. Each state has its weight limits, typically 46,000 pounds for legal loads and 80,000 pounds with a routine permit. (See “Super Loads” below.)\r\n\r\nIn some cases, the <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula</a> further reduces that limit. (Many states also have bridge formulas, most notably California). The Formula calculates weight limits based on the number and spacing of truck axles. It prevents the concentration of weight in short trucks or on short spans of long trailers.\r\n\r\nFederal law also limits total weight carried on any axle to the following:\r\n\r\n• Steer axle: 12,000 lbs.\r\n• Single axle: 20,000 lbs.\r\n• Drive axle: 34,000 lbs.\r\n• Tandem axles: 34,000 lbs.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Spread axles provide flexibility when placing heavy loads on a trailer. The same gross weight limits bind a spread axle trailer, but it can carry more weight per axle.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Standard tandem axles are 5’ apart; together they may carry 34,000 lbs. “Split” tandems are at least 10’ feet apart. Each counts as a separate axle when calculating per axle weight limits. Under federal law, spread axles may carry 40,000 lbs. on the two axles. (State laws vary.)</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Spread axle trailers are more stable when loading and unloading. Cargo weight between axles is better distributed. Spread axles provide a smooth ride that’s less damaging to road surfaces.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, the spread axle\'s wider turning radius can be difficult to maneuver. Tires, wheels, suspension parts and pavement all suffer if the driver takes too tight a turn.</p>\r\n<a name=\"heavyloader\"></a>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"wp-image-4029 aligncenter\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-9.36.58-PM.png\" alt=\"Heavy Load Trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4171\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spread.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Ultimate Heavy Haul Trucking Jobs: Super Loads</h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some shippers need to move cargo that far exceeds “routine permit limits.” The legal term for such freight also is its popular name: \"super load.\" Pulling a super load also is called \"super heavy hauling,\" or \"super heavy haul trucking.\" Without a doubt, driving a super load is the most prestigious of heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The definition of a super load varies from state to state. A loaded truck that’s over 16’ wide, 16’ tall, 160’ long and/or 200,000 lbs. qualifies in most.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>A Complex Permitting Process</h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Super loads require special, often custom, versions of flatbed and specialty trailers. They\'re driven only by the most skilled and experienced <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/top-reasons-to-become-otr-flatbed-truck-drivers/\">flatbed</a> or heavy haul drivers. Nevertheless, they present potential disruptions and risks to fellow motorists and physical surroundings. That’s why most states and cities tightly regulate them.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\">state or city’s permitting process</a> for super loads may require any or all of the following:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n 	<li>Engineering survey of the load</li>\r\n 	<li>Route survey to see that overhead signals, lines and bridges don\'t pose a contact hazard</li>\r\n 	<li>Bridge analysis determining the weight limit and axle configuration</li>\r\n 	<li>Analysis of traffic patterns and emergency vehicle routes</li>\r\n 	<li>Railroad crossing schedules and plan for special ramps to cross tracks</li>\r\n 	<li>Drawing of shipment</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipper’s letter</li>\r\n 	<li>Explanation of why other transportation isn’t available</li>\r\n 	<li>Practice run of the route</li>\r\n 	<li>Assignment of state-vetted escort support</li>\r\n 	<li>Schedule that accommodates day and/or time restrictions in different states. (In some states, super loads travel only during daylight hours on weekdays. In others, they move only at night or on a Sunday. Some jurisdictions prohibit travel during the spring thaw.)</li>\r\n 	<li>Surety bond</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Lone Star</a> is the recognized leader in planning, permitting and hauling super loads. Our drivers get paid more for super heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you want to <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\">earn more</a> for taking on a challenge, be certain to ask about our career advancement program.</p>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3419\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Picture31.jpg\" alt=\"over the road flatbed trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs: A Truck Driver\'s Guide', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3111-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 22:39:54', '2018-08-12 22:39:54', '', 3111, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/3111-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(4837, 2, '2018-08-12 23:01:18', '2018-08-12 23:01:18', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" top_padding=\"3%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs</h1>\r\n<h2><em>A Truck Driver\'s Guide</em></h2>\r\n[break]\r\nIn specialized heavy haul trucking jobs, truckers pull oversized loads with jaw-dropping equipment. These trailers take on cargo that pushes beyond the dimensions of the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-truck-drivers-terminology/\">legal load</a>.\r\n\r\nAll are used to carry permitted loads. On the other hand, step deck and drop deck trailers provide a few extra feet of clearance to keep some tall loads \"legal.\" Moreover, stretch trailers offer the option turning some loads on their sides to avoid permitting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][toggles style=\"default\"][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"1. STEP DECKS - OR SINGLE DROP DECKS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]The best-known specialized flatbed trailer is the step deck. It’s also called the single drop deck. Step decks are used for both legal loads and heavy haul trucking jobs.\r\n\r\nThe step deck trailer has two levels. Unlike a standard flatbed, the step deck’s bed drops down after clearing the tractor. The top deck is 60” off the ground. The lower main deck is about 2’ lower than the front deck.\r\n\r\nStep deck trucking is used for tall loads. Step deck trailers can carry legal loads with cargo up to 10’ high. They commonly haul construction vehicles, machinery and heavy freight over 9’ tall.\r\n\r\nBecause step deck trailers are so low, forklifts can load them from ground level. When equipped with removable goosenecks, their cargo can roll to the ground.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4026 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stepdeck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"2. REMOVABLE GOOSENECKS (RGN) – OR DETACHABLES\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]Some specialty flatbed trailers have removable necks. When detached and moved away from a trailer’s bed, the front end of the trailer lowers to the ground. It creates a ramp for self-powered cargo, like heavy vehicles and equipment.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4024\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gooseneck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"3. DOUBLE DROPS - OR LOWBOYS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A double drop deck trailer carries the tallest loads. It looks like a step deck or RGN in the front. It has another short deck over the trailer’s rear tires. Between these two short decks runs a long, very low main deck. Dropping below the trailer’s axles, this center deck is called the “well.”\r\n\r\nThe double drop trailer’s deep well and low-profile wheels permit it to carry legal loads with cargo up to 11’6” high, but they can handle heavy haul trucking jobs, too. Most double drops have a “flip axle” to handle the weight of these large loads. The flip axle is attached to the trailer’s rear frame by hinge plates and pins. It folds down for heavy loads, then back up onto the back deck for storage.\r\n\r\nRGN double drops carry vehicles that drive on for easy loading. That includes construction equipment, forklifts, trucks and tanks.\r\n\r\nConventional double drop trailers (those without RGNs) more often are loaded by crane.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4022\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/double.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"4. STRETCH &amp; EXTENDABLE (TELESCOPIC) TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A stretch trailer features a sliding mechanism that grows or shrinks the size of the cargo bed. It adjusts to the ideal size for the load.\r\n\r\nStretch trailers come in flatbed, step deck, double drop and RGN configurations. You can find them in lengths of up to 80’ and widths of 96” to 102”.\r\n\r\nGenerally of steel construction for maximum support, stretch trailers are heavy. So are their loads: lumber, rebar, steel beams, train tracks, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">wind turbines</a>. Total weight often limits the size of these loads.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4027 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stretch.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"5. OTHER SPECIALIZED TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4356 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/9-axle-tractor-combo-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4257 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Schnabel.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4357 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13-Axle-Tractor-Trailer-Combination-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Heavy Loads</h2>\r\nStates began regulating truck weights in the early 20th century. The first laws attempted to prevent damage by early iron and solid rubber wheels to dirt or gravel roads. Current law protects bridges and pavement from the weight of ever-larger loads.\r\n\r\nFederal law limits the gross truck weight of routine permitted loads to 80,000 pounds. Each state has its weight limits, typically 46,000 pounds for legal loads and 80,000 pounds with a routine permit. (See “Super Loads” below.)\r\n\r\nIn some cases, the <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula</a> further reduces that limit. (Many states also have bridge formulas, most notably California). The Formula calculates weight limits based on the number and spacing of truck axles. It prevents the concentration of weight in short trucks or on short spans of long trailers.\r\n\r\nFederal law also limits total weight carried on any axle to the following:\r\n\r\n• Steer axle: 12,000 lbs.\r\n• Single axle: 20,000 lbs.\r\n• Drive axle: 34,000 lbs.\r\n• Tandem axles: 34,000 lbs.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Spread axles provide flexibility when placing heavy loads on a trailer. The same gross weight limits bind a spread axle trailer, but it can carry more weight per axle.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Standard tandem axles are 5’ apart; together they may carry 34,000 lbs. “Split” tandems are at least 10’ feet apart. Each counts as a separate axle when calculating per axle weight limits. Under federal law, spread axles may carry 40,000 lbs. on the two axles. (State laws vary.)</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Spread axle trailers are more stable when loading and unloading. Cargo weight between axles is better distributed. Spread axles provide a smooth ride that’s less damaging to road surfaces.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, the spread axle\'s wider turning radius can be difficult to maneuver. Tires, wheels, suspension parts and pavement all suffer if the driver takes too tight a turn.</p>\r\n<a name=\"heavyloader\"></a>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"wp-image-4029 aligncenter\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-9.36.58-PM.png\" alt=\"Heavy Load Trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4171\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spread.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Ultimate Heavy Haul Trucking Jobs: Super Loads</h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some shippers need to move cargo that far exceeds “routine permit limits.” The legal term for such freight also is its popular name: \"super load.\" Pulling a super load also is called \"super heavy hauling,\" or \"super heavy haul trucking.\" Without a doubt, driving a super load is the most prestigious of heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The definition of a super load varies from state to state. A loaded truck that’s over 16’ wide, 16’ tall, 160’ long and/or 200,000 lbs. qualifies in most.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>A Complex Permitting Process</h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Super loads require special, often custom, versions of flatbed and specialty trailers. They\'re driven only by the most skilled and experienced <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/top-reasons-to-become-otr-flatbed-truck-drivers/\">flatbed</a> or heavy haul drivers. Nevertheless, they present potential disruptions and risks to fellow motorists and physical surroundings. That’s why most states and cities tightly regulate them.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\">state or city’s permitting process</a> for super loads may require any or all of the following:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n 	<li>Engineering survey of the load</li>\r\n 	<li>Route survey to see that overhead signals, lines and bridges don\'t pose a contact hazard</li>\r\n 	<li>Bridge analysis determining the weight limit and axle configuration</li>\r\n 	<li>Analysis of traffic patterns and emergency vehicle routes</li>\r\n 	<li>Railroad crossing schedules and plan for special ramps to cross tracks</li>\r\n 	<li>Drawing of shipment</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipper’s letter</li>\r\n 	<li>Explanation of why other transportation isn’t available</li>\r\n 	<li>Practice run of the route</li>\r\n 	<li>Assignment of state-vetted escort support</li>\r\n 	<li>Schedule that accommodates day and/or time restrictions in different states. (In some states, super loads travel only during daylight hours on weekdays. In others, they move only at night or on a Sunday. Some jurisdictions prohibit travel during the spring thaw.)</li>\r\n 	<li>Surety bond</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Lone Star</a> is the recognized leader in planning, permitting and hauling super loads. Our drivers get paid more for super heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you want to <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\">earn more</a> for taking on a challenge, be certain to ask about our career advancement program.</p>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3419\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Picture31.jpg\" alt=\"over the road flatbed trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs: A Truck Driver\'s Guide', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3111-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 23:01:18', '2018-08-12 23:01:18', '', 3111, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/3111-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4838, 2, '2018-08-12 23:10:05', '2018-08-12 23:10:05', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" top_padding=\"3%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs</h1>\r\n<h2><em>A Truck Driver\'s Guide</em></h2>\r\n[break]\r\nIn specialized heavy haul trucking jobs, truckers pull oversized loads with jaw-dropping equipment. These trailers take on cargo that pushes beyond the dimensions of the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-truck-drivers-terminology/\">legal load</a>.\r\n\r\nAll are used to carry permitted loads. On the other hand, step deck and drop deck trailers provide a few extra feet of clearance to keep some tall loads \"legal.\" Moreover, stretch trailers offer the option turning some loads on their sides to avoid permitting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][toggles style=\"default\"][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"1. STEP DECKS - OR SINGLE DROP DECKS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]The best-known specialized flatbed trailer is the step deck, which also is called the single drop deck. Step decks are used for both legal loads and heavy haul trucking jobs.\r\n\r\nThe step deck trailer has two levels. Unlike a standard flatbed, the step deck’s bed drops down after clearing the tractor. The top deck is 60” off the ground, and the lower main deck is about 2’ lower.\r\n\r\nStep deck trucking is used for tall loads. In fact, step deck trailers can carry cargo up to 10’ high as legal loads. Step decks commonly haul construction vehicles, machinery and heavy freight.\r\n\r\nBecause step deck trailers are so low, forklifts can load them from ground level. When equipped with removable goosenecks, vehicles carried as cargo drive right off.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4026 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stepdeck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"2. REMOVABLE GOOSENECKS (RGN) – OR DETACHABLES\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]Some specialty flatbed trailers have removable necks. When detached and moved away from a trailer’s bed, the front end of the trailer lowers to the ground, thereby creating a ramp for self-powered cargo (e.g., heavy vehicles and equipment).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4024\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gooseneck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"3. DOUBLE DROPS - OR LOWBOYS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A double drop deck trailer carries the tallest loads. It looks like a step deck or RGN in the front. It has another short deck over the trailer’s rear tires. Between these two short decks runs a long, very low main deck. Dropping below the trailer’s axles, this center deck is called the “well.”\r\n\r\nThe double drop trailer’s deep well and low-profile wheels permit it to carry legal loads with cargo up to 11’6” high, but they can handle heavy haul trucking jobs, too. Most double drops have a “flip axle” to handle the weight of these large loads. The flip axle is attached to the trailer’s rear frame by hinge plates and pins. It folds down for heavy loads, then back up onto the back deck for storage.\r\n\r\nRGN double drops carry vehicles that drive on for easy loading. That includes construction equipment, forklifts, trucks and tanks.\r\n\r\nConventional double drop trailers (those without RGNs) more often are loaded by crane.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4022\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/double.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"4. STRETCH &amp; EXTENDABLE (TELESCOPIC) TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A stretch trailer features a sliding mechanism that grows or shrinks the size of the cargo bed. It adjusts to the ideal size for the load.\r\n\r\nStretch trailers come in flatbed, step deck, double drop and RGN configurations. You can find them in lengths of up to 80’ and widths of 96” to 102”.\r\n\r\nGenerally of steel construction for maximum support, stretch trailers are heavy. So are their loads: lumber, rebar, steel beams, train tracks, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">wind turbines</a>. Total weight often limits the size of these loads.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4027 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stretch.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"5. OTHER SPECIALIZED TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4356 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/9-axle-tractor-combo-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4257 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Schnabel.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4357 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13-Axle-Tractor-Trailer-Combination-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Heavy Loads</h2>\r\nStates began regulating truck weights in the early 20th century. The first laws attempted to prevent damage by early iron and solid rubber wheels to dirt or gravel roads. Current law protects bridges and pavement from the weight of ever-larger loads.\r\n\r\nFederal law limits the gross truck weight of routine permitted loads to 80,000 pounds. Each state has its weight limits, typically 46,000 pounds for legal loads and 80,000 pounds with a routine permit. (See “Super Loads” below.)\r\n\r\nIn some cases, the <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula</a> further reduces that limit. (Many states also have bridge formulas, most notably California). The Formula calculates weight limits based on the number and spacing of truck axles. It prevents the concentration of weight in short trucks or on short spans of long trailers.\r\n\r\nFederal law also limits total weight carried on any axle to the following:\r\n\r\n• Steer axle: 12,000 lbs.\r\n• Single axle: 20,000 lbs.\r\n• Drive axle: 34,000 lbs.\r\n• Tandem axles: 34,000 lbs.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Spread axles provide flexibility when placing heavy loads on a trailer. The same gross weight limits bind a spread axle trailer, but it can carry more weight per axle.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Standard tandem axles are 5’ apart; together they may carry 34,000 lbs. “Split” tandems are at least 10’ feet apart. Each counts as a separate axle when calculating per axle weight limits. Under federal law, spread axles may carry 40,000 lbs. on the two axles. (State laws vary.)</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Spread axle trailers are more stable when loading and unloading. Cargo weight between axles is better distributed. Spread axles provide a smooth ride that’s less damaging to road surfaces.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, the spread axle\'s wider turning radius can be difficult to maneuver. Tires, wheels, suspension parts and pavement all suffer if the driver takes too tight a turn.</p>\r\n<a name=\"heavyloader\"></a>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"wp-image-4029 aligncenter\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-9.36.58-PM.png\" alt=\"Heavy Load Trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4171\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spread.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Ultimate Heavy Haul Trucking Jobs: Super Loads</h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some shippers need to move cargo that far exceeds “routine permit limits.” The legal term for such freight also is its popular name: \"super load.\" Pulling a super load also is called \"super heavy hauling,\" or \"super heavy haul trucking.\" Without a doubt, driving a super load is the most prestigious of heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The definition of a super load varies from state to state. A loaded truck that’s over 16’ wide, 16’ tall, 160’ long and/or 200,000 lbs. qualifies in most.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>A Complex Permitting Process</h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Super loads require special, often custom, versions of flatbed and specialty trailers. They\'re driven only by the most skilled and experienced <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/top-reasons-to-become-otr-flatbed-truck-drivers/\">flatbed</a> or heavy haul drivers. Nevertheless, they present potential disruptions and risks to fellow motorists and physical surroundings. That’s why most states and cities tightly regulate them.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\">state or city’s permitting process</a> for super loads may require any or all of the following:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n 	<li>Engineering survey of the load</li>\r\n 	<li>Route survey to see that overhead signals, lines and bridges don\'t pose a contact hazard</li>\r\n 	<li>Bridge analysis determining the weight limit and axle configuration</li>\r\n 	<li>Analysis of traffic patterns and emergency vehicle routes</li>\r\n 	<li>Railroad crossing schedules and plan for special ramps to cross tracks</li>\r\n 	<li>Drawing of shipment</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipper’s letter</li>\r\n 	<li>Explanation of why other transportation isn’t available</li>\r\n 	<li>Practice run of the route</li>\r\n 	<li>Assignment of state-vetted escort support</li>\r\n 	<li>Schedule that accommodates day and/or time restrictions in different states. (In some states, super loads travel only during daylight hours on weekdays. In others, they move only at night or on a Sunday. Some jurisdictions prohibit travel during the spring thaw.)</li>\r\n 	<li>Surety bond</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Lone Star</a> is the recognized leader in planning, permitting and hauling super loads. Our drivers get paid more for super heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you want to <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\">earn more</a> for taking on a challenge, be certain to ask about our career advancement program.</p>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3419\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Picture31.jpg\" alt=\"over the road flatbed trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs: A Truck Driver\'s Guide', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3111-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 23:10:05', '2018-08-12 23:10:05', '', 3111, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/3111-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(4839, 2, '2018-08-12 23:19:47', '2018-08-12 23:19:47', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" top_padding=\"3%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs</h1>\r\n<h2><em>A Truck Driver\'s Guide</em></h2>\r\n[break]\r\nIn specialized heavy haul trucking jobs, truckers pull oversized loads with jaw-dropping equipment. These trailers take on cargo that pushes beyond the dimensions of the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-truck-drivers-terminology/\">legal load</a>.\r\n\r\nAll are used to carry permitted loads. On the other hand, step deck and drop deck trailers provide a few extra feet of clearance to keep some tall loads \"legal.\" Moreover, stretch trailers offer the option turning some loads on their sides to avoid permitting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][toggles style=\"default\"][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"1. STEP DECKS - OR SINGLE DROP DECKS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]The best-known specialized flatbed trailer is the step deck, which also is called the single drop deck. Step decks are used for both legal loads and heavy haul trucking jobs.\r\n\r\nThe step deck trailer has two levels. Unlike a standard flatbed, the step deck’s bed drops down after clearing the tractor. The top deck is 60” off the ground, and the lower main deck is about 2’ lower.\r\n\r\nStep deck trucking is used for tall loads. In fact, step deck trailers can carry cargo up to 10’ high as legal loads. Step decks commonly haul construction vehicles, machinery and heavy freight.\r\n\r\nBecause step deck trailers are so low, forklifts can load them from ground level. When equipped with removable goosenecks, vehicles carried as cargo drive right off.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4026 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stepdeck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"2. REMOVABLE GOOSENECKS (RGN) – OR DETACHABLES\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]Some specialty flatbed trailers have removable necks. When detached and moved away from a trailer’s bed, the front end of the trailer lowers to the ground, thereby creating a ramp for self-powered cargo (e.g., heavy vehicles and equipment).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4024\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gooseneck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"3. DOUBLE DROPS - OR LOWBOYS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A double drop deck trailer carries the tallest loads. A double drop looks like a step deck or RGN in the front, but a short deck also sits over the trailer’s rear tires. Between these two short decks runs a long, very low main deck. Dropping below the trailer’s axles, this center deck is called the “well.”\r\n\r\nThe double drop trailer’s deep well and low-profile wheels permit it to carry legal loads with cargo up to 11’6” high. They\'re used for heavy haul trucking jobs, too. Most double drops have a “flip axle” to handle the weight of large loads. This flip axle attaches to the trailer’s rear frame with hinge plates and pins. Thus, the axle folds down for heavy loads, then back up onto the back deck for storage.\r\n\r\nRGN double drops carry vehicles that drive on for easy loading. That includes construction equipment, forklifts, trucks and tanks.\r\n\r\nConventional double drop trailers (those without RGNs) more often are loaded by crane.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4022\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/double.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"4. STRETCH &amp; EXTENDABLE (TELESCOPIC) TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A stretch trailer features a sliding mechanism that grows or shrinks the size of the cargo bed. It adjusts to the ideal size for the load.\r\n\r\nStretch trailers come in flatbed, step deck, double drop and RGN configurations. You can find them in lengths of up to 80’ and widths of 96” to 102”.\r\n\r\nGenerally of steel construction for maximum support, stretch trailers are heavy. So are their loads: lumber, rebar, steel beams, train tracks, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">wind turbines</a>. Total weight often limits the size of these loads.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4027 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stretch.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"5. OTHER SPECIALIZED TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4356 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/9-axle-tractor-combo-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4257 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Schnabel.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4357 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13-Axle-Tractor-Trailer-Combination-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Heavy Loads</h2>\r\nStates began regulating truck weights in the early 20th century. The first laws attempted to prevent damage by early iron and solid rubber wheels to dirt or gravel roads. Current law protects bridges and pavement from the weight of ever-larger loads.\r\n\r\nFederal law limits the gross truck weight of routine permitted loads to 80,000 pounds. Each state has its weight limits, typically 46,000 pounds for legal loads and 80,000 pounds with a routine permit. (See “Super Loads” below.)\r\n\r\nIn some cases, the <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula</a> further reduces that limit. (Many states also have bridge formulas, most notably California). The Formula calculates weight limits based on the number and spacing of truck axles. It prevents the concentration of weight in short trucks or on short spans of long trailers.\r\n\r\nFederal law also limits total weight carried on any axle to the following:\r\n\r\n• Steer axle: 12,000 lbs.\r\n• Single axle: 20,000 lbs.\r\n• Drive axle: 34,000 lbs.\r\n• Tandem axles: 34,000 lbs.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Spread axles provide flexibility when placing heavy loads on a trailer. The same gross weight limits bind a spread axle trailer, but it can carry more weight per axle.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Standard tandem axles are 5’ apart; together they may carry 34,000 lbs. “Split” tandems are at least 10’ feet apart. Each counts as a separate axle when calculating per axle weight limits. Under federal law, spread axles may carry 40,000 lbs. on the two axles. (State laws vary.)</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Spread axle trailers are more stable when loading and unloading. Cargo weight between axles is better distributed. Spread axles provide a smooth ride that’s less damaging to road surfaces.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, the spread axle\'s wider turning radius can be difficult to maneuver. Tires, wheels, suspension parts and pavement all suffer if the driver takes too tight a turn.</p>\r\n<a name=\"heavyloader\"></a>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"wp-image-4029 aligncenter\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-9.36.58-PM.png\" alt=\"Heavy Load Trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4171\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spread.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Ultimate Heavy Haul Trucking Jobs: Super Loads</h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some shippers need to move cargo that far exceeds “routine permit limits.” The legal term for such freight also is its popular name: \"super load.\" Pulling a super load also is called \"super heavy hauling,\" or \"super heavy haul trucking.\" Without a doubt, driving a super load is the most prestigious of heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The definition of a super load varies from state to state. A loaded truck that’s over 16’ wide, 16’ tall, 160’ long and/or 200,000 lbs. qualifies in most.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>A Complex Permitting Process</h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Super loads require special, often custom, versions of flatbed and specialty trailers. They\'re driven only by the most skilled and experienced <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/top-reasons-to-become-otr-flatbed-truck-drivers/\">flatbed</a> or heavy haul drivers. Nevertheless, they present potential disruptions and risks to fellow motorists and physical surroundings. That’s why most states and cities tightly regulate them.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\">state or city’s permitting process</a> for super loads may require any or all of the following:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n 	<li>Engineering survey of the load</li>\r\n 	<li>Route survey to see that overhead signals, lines and bridges don\'t pose a contact hazard</li>\r\n 	<li>Bridge analysis determining the weight limit and axle configuration</li>\r\n 	<li>Analysis of traffic patterns and emergency vehicle routes</li>\r\n 	<li>Railroad crossing schedules and plan for special ramps to cross tracks</li>\r\n 	<li>Drawing of shipment</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipper’s letter</li>\r\n 	<li>Explanation of why other transportation isn’t available</li>\r\n 	<li>Practice run of the route</li>\r\n 	<li>Assignment of state-vetted escort support</li>\r\n 	<li>Schedule that accommodates day and/or time restrictions in different states. (In some states, super loads travel only during daylight hours on weekdays. In others, they move only at night or on a Sunday. Some jurisdictions prohibit travel during the spring thaw.)</li>\r\n 	<li>Surety bond</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Lone Star</a> is the recognized leader in planning, permitting and hauling super loads. Our drivers get paid more for super heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you want to <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\">earn more</a> for taking on a challenge, be certain to ask about our career advancement program.</p>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3419\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Picture31.jpg\" alt=\"over the road flatbed trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs: A Truck Driver\'s Guide', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3111-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 23:19:47', '2018-08-12 23:19:47', '', 3111, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/3111-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4840, 2, '2018-08-12 23:51:45', '2018-08-12 23:51:45', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" top_padding=\"3%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs</h1>\r\n<h2><em>A Truck Driver\'s Guide</em></h2>\r\n[break]\r\nIn specialized heavy haul trucking jobs, truckers pull oversized loads with jaw-dropping equipment. These trailers take on cargo that pushes beyond the dimensions of the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-truck-drivers-terminology/\">legal load</a>.\r\n\r\nAll are used to carry permitted loads. On the other hand, step deck and drop deck trailers provide a few extra feet of clearance to keep some tall loads \"legal.\" Moreover, stretch trailers offer the option turning some loads on their sides to avoid permitting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][toggles style=\"default\"][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"1. STEP DECKS - OR SINGLE DROP DECKS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]The best-known specialized flatbed trailer is the step deck, which also is called the single drop deck. Step decks are used for both legal loads and heavy haul trucking jobs.\r\n\r\nThe step deck trailer has two levels. Unlike a standard flatbed, the step deck’s bed drops down after clearing the tractor. The top deck is 60” off the ground, and the lower main deck is about 2’ lower.\r\n\r\nStep deck trucking is used for tall loads. In fact, step deck trailers can carry cargo up to 10’ high as legal loads. Step decks commonly haul construction vehicles, machinery and heavy freight.\r\n\r\nBecause step deck trailers are so low, forklifts can load them from ground level. When equipped with removable goosenecks, vehicles carried as cargo drive right off.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4026 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stepdeck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"2. REMOVABLE GOOSENECKS (RGN) – OR DETACHABLES\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]Some specialty flatbed trailers have removable necks. When detached and moved away from a trailer’s bed, the front end of the trailer lowers to the ground, thereby creating a ramp for self-powered cargo (e.g., heavy vehicles and equipment).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4024\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gooseneck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"3. DOUBLE DROPS - OR LOWBOYS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A double drop deck trailer carries the tallest loads. A double drop looks like a step deck or RGN in the front, but a short deck also sits over the trailer’s rear tires. Between these two short decks runs a long, very low main deck. Dropping below the trailer’s axles, this center deck is called the “well.”\r\n\r\nThe double drop trailer’s deep well and low-profile wheels permit it to carry legal loads with cargo up to 11’6” high. They\'re used for heavy haul trucking jobs, too. Most double drops have a “flip axle” to handle the weight of large loads. This flip axle attaches to the trailer’s rear frame with hinge plates and pins. Thus, the axle folds down for heavy loads, then back up onto the back deck for storage.\r\n\r\nRGN double drops carry vehicles that drive on for easy loading. That includes construction equipment, forklifts, trucks and tanks.\r\n\r\nConventional double drop trailers (those without RGNs) more often are loaded by crane.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4022\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/double.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"4. STRETCH &amp; EXTENDABLE (TELESCOPIC) TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A stretch trailer features a sliding mechanism that grows or shrinks the size of the cargo bed, thereby adjusting to the ideal size for the load.\r\n\r\nStretch trailers come in flatbed, step deck, double drop and RGN configurations. You\'ll find them in lengths of up to 80’ and widths of 96” to 102”.\r\n\r\nGenerally of steel construction for maximum support, stretch trailers are heavy. So are their loads: lumber, rebar, steel beams, train tracks, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">wind turbines</a>. Total weight often limits the size of these loads.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4027 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stretch.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"5. OTHER SPECIALIZED TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4356 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/9-axle-tractor-combo-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4257 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Schnabel.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4357 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13-Axle-Tractor-Trailer-Combination-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Heavy Loads</h2>\r\nStates began regulating truck weights in the early 20th century. The first laws tried to prevent iron and solid rubber tires from damaging dirt or gravel roads. Current law, on the other hand, protects bridges and pavement from the weight of increasingly large loads.\r\n\r\nFederal law limits the gross truck weight of routine permitted loads to 80,000 pounds. Each state has its weight limits, typically 46,000 pounds for legal loads and 80,000 pounds with a routine permit. (See “Super Loads” below.)\r\n<h4>Bridge Formulas &amp; Heavy Haul Trucking Jobs</h4>\r\nIn some cases, the <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula</a> further reduces that limit. (Many states have bridge formulas as well, most notably California). Bridge formulas calculate weight limits based on the number and spacing of truck axles, in order to prevent the concentration of weight in short trucks or on sections of long trailers.\r\n\r\nFederal law also limits total weight carried on any axle to the following:\r\n\r\n• Steer axle: 12,000 lbs.\r\n• Single axle: 20,000 lbs.\r\n• Drive axle: 34,000 lbs.\r\n• Tandem axles: 34,000 lbs.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Standard tandem axles are 5’ apart; together, they carry up to 34,000 lbs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">“Split” tandems, also known as \"spread axles,\" are at least 10’ feet apart. Under federal law, each spread axle counts separately when calculating per axle weight limits. Together, spread axles carry up to 40,000 lbs.</p>\r\nSpread axles provide flexibility when placing heavy loads on a trailer. It\'s easier to distribute weight between axles. Spread axle trailers also are more stable during loading and unloading.\r\n\r\nWhile spread axles provide a smooth ride that’s less damaging to road surfaces, its wider turning radius is difficult to maneuver. Tires, wheels, suspension parts and pavement all suffer if a driver turns too sharply.\r\n\r\n<a name=\"heavyloader\"></a>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"wp-image-4029 aligncenter\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-9.36.58-PM.png\" alt=\"Heavy Load Trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4171\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spread.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Ultimate Heavy Haul Trucking Jobs: Super Loads</h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some shippers need to move cargo that far exceeds “routine permit limits.” The legal term for such freight also is its popular name: \"super load.\" Pulling a super load also is called \"super heavy hauling,\" or \"super heavy haul trucking.\" Without a doubt, driving a super load is the most prestigious of heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The definition of a super load varies from state to state. A loaded truck that’s over 16’ wide, 16’ tall, 160’ long and/or 200,000 lbs. qualifies in most.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>A Complex Permitting Process</h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Super loads require special, often custom, versions of flatbed and specialty trailers. They\'re driven only by the most skilled and experienced <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/top-reasons-to-become-otr-flatbed-truck-drivers/\">flatbed</a> or heavy haul drivers. Nevertheless, they present potential disruptions and risks to fellow motorists and physical surroundings. That’s why most states and cities tightly regulate them.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\">state or city’s permitting process</a> for super loads may require any or all of the following:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n 	<li>Engineering survey of the load</li>\r\n 	<li>Route survey to see that overhead signals, lines and bridges don\'t pose a contact hazard</li>\r\n 	<li>Bridge analysis determining the weight limit and axle configuration</li>\r\n 	<li>Analysis of traffic patterns and emergency vehicle routes</li>\r\n 	<li>Railroad crossing schedules and plan for special ramps to cross tracks</li>\r\n 	<li>Drawing of shipment</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipper’s letter</li>\r\n 	<li>Explanation of why other transportation isn’t available</li>\r\n 	<li>Practice run of the route</li>\r\n 	<li>Assignment of state-vetted escort support</li>\r\n 	<li>Schedule that accommodates day and/or time restrictions in different states. (In some states, super loads travel only during daylight hours on weekdays. In others, they move only at night or on a Sunday. Some jurisdictions prohibit travel during the spring thaw.)</li>\r\n 	<li>Surety bond</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Lone Star</a> is the recognized leader in planning, permitting and hauling super loads. Our drivers get paid more for super heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you want to <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\">earn more</a> for taking on a challenge, be certain to ask about our career advancement program.</p>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3419\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Picture31.jpg\" alt=\"over the road flatbed trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs: A Truck Driver\'s Guide', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3111-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-12 23:51:45', '2018-08-12 23:51:45', '', 3111, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/3111-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(4841, 2, '2018-08-13 00:59:04', '2018-08-13 00:59:04', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" top_padding=\"3%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs</h1>\r\n<h2><em>A Truck Driver\'s Guide</em></h2>\r\n[break]\r\nIn specialized heavy haul trucking jobs, truckers pull oversized loads with jaw-dropping equipment. These trailers take on cargo that pushes beyond the dimensions of the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-truck-drivers-terminology/\">legal load</a>.\r\n\r\nAll are used to carry permitted loads. On the other hand, step deck and drop deck trailers provide a few extra feet of clearance to keep some tall loads \"legal.\" Moreover, stretch trailers offer the option turning some loads on their sides to avoid permitting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][toggles style=\"default\"][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"1. STEP DECKS - OR SINGLE DROP DECKS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]The best-known specialized flatbed trailer is the step deck, which also is called the single drop deck. Step decks are used for both legal loads and heavy haul trucking jobs.\r\n\r\nThe step deck trailer has two levels. Unlike a standard flatbed, the step deck’s bed drops down after clearing the tractor. The top deck is 60” off the ground, and the lower main deck is about 2’ lower.\r\n\r\nStep deck trucking is used for tall loads. In fact, step deck trailers can carry cargo up to 10’ high as legal loads. Step decks commonly haul construction vehicles, machinery and heavy freight.\r\n\r\nBecause step deck trailers are so low, forklifts can load them from ground level. When equipped with removable goosenecks, vehicles carried as cargo drive right off.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4026 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stepdeck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"2. REMOVABLE GOOSENECKS (RGN) – OR DETACHABLES\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]Some specialty flatbed trailers have removable necks. When detached and moved away from a trailer’s bed, the front end of the trailer lowers to the ground, thereby creating a ramp for self-powered cargo (e.g., heavy vehicles and equipment).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4024\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gooseneck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"3. DOUBLE DROPS - OR LOWBOYS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A double drop deck trailer carries the tallest loads. A double drop looks like a step deck or RGN in the front, but a short deck also sits over the trailer’s rear tires. Between these two short decks runs a long, very low main deck. Dropping below the trailer’s axles, this center deck is called the “well.”\r\n\r\nThe double drop trailer’s deep well and low-profile wheels permit it to carry legal loads with cargo up to 11’6” high. They\'re used for heavy haul trucking jobs, too. Most double drops have a “flip axle” to handle the weight of large loads. This flip axle attaches to the trailer’s rear frame with hinge plates and pins. Thus, the axle folds down for heavy loads, then back up onto the back deck for storage.\r\n\r\nRGN double drops carry vehicles that drive on for easy loading. That includes construction equipment, forklifts, trucks and tanks.\r\n\r\nConventional double drop trailers (those without RGNs) more often are loaded by crane.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4022\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/double.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"4. STRETCH &amp; EXTENDABLE (TELESCOPIC) TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A stretch trailer features a sliding mechanism that grows or shrinks the size of the cargo bed, thereby adjusting to the ideal size for the load.\r\n\r\nStretch trailers come in flatbed, step deck, double drop and RGN configurations. You\'ll find them in lengths of up to 80’ and widths of 96” to 102”.\r\n\r\nGenerally of steel construction for maximum support, stretch trailers are heavy. So are their loads: lumber, rebar, steel beams, train tracks, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">wind turbines</a>. Total weight often limits the size of these loads.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4027 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stretch.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"5. OTHER SPECIALIZED TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4356 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/9-axle-tractor-combo-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4257 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Schnabel.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4357 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13-Axle-Tractor-Trailer-Combination-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Heavy Loads</h2>\r\nStates began regulating truck weights in the early 20th century. The first laws tried to prevent iron and solid rubber tires from damaging dirt or gravel roads. Current law, on the other hand, protects bridges and pavement from the weight of increasingly large loads.\r\n\r\nFederal law limits the gross truck weight of routine permitted loads to 80,000 pounds. Each state has its weight limits, typically 46,000 pounds for legal loads and 80,000 pounds with a routine permit. (See “Super Loads” below.)\r\n<h4>Bridge Formulas &amp; Heavy Haul Trucking Jobs</h4>\r\nIn some cases, the <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula</a> further reduces that limit. (Many states have bridge formulas as well, most notably California). Bridge formulas calculate weight limits based on the number and spacing of truck axles, in order to prevent the concentration of weight in short trucks or on sections of long trailers.\r\n\r\nFederal law also limits total weight carried on any axle to the following:\r\n\r\n• Steer axle: 12,000 lbs.\r\n• Single axle: 20,000 lbs.\r\n• Drive axle: 34,000 lbs.\r\n• Tandem axles: 34,000 lbs.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Standard tandem axles are 5’ apart; together, they carry up to 34,000 lbs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">“Split” tandems, also known as \"spread axles,\" are at least 10’ feet apart. Under federal law, each spread axle counts separately when calculating per axle weight limits. Together, spread axles carry up to 40,000 lbs.</p>\r\nSpread axles provide flexibility when distributing weight between axles, making it easier to distribute weight between axles. Spread axle trailers also are more stable during loading and unloading.\r\n\r\nWhile spread axles provide a smooth ride that’s less damaging to road surfaces, its wider turning radius also is difficult to maneuver. Tires, wheels, suspension parts and pavement all suffer when a driver turns too sharply.\r\n\r\n<a name=\"heavyloader\"></a>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"wp-image-4029 aligncenter\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-9.36.58-PM.png\" alt=\"Heavy Load Trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4171\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spread.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Ultimate Heavy Haul Trucking Jobs: Super Loads</h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some shippers need to move cargo that far exceeds “routine permit limits.” The popular term for such freight its legal name, too: \"super load.\" Pulling a super load also is called \"super heavy hauling,\" or \"super heavy haul trucking.\"</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Without a doubt, driving super loads is the most prestigious of heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The definition of a super load varies from state to state. However, a loaded truck that’s over 16’ wide, 16’ tall, 160’ long and/or 200,000 lbs. qualifies in most.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>A Complex Permitting Process</h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Super loads require special, often customized versions, of flatbed and specialty trailers. They\'re driven only by the most skilled and experienced <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/top-reasons-to-become-otr-flatbed-truck-drivers/\">flatbed</a> or heavy haul drivers. Even in expert hands, they present potential disruptions as well as risks to motorists and physical surroundings. That’s is precisely why most states and cities tightly regulate them.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\">state or city’s super load permitting process</a> may require any or all of the following:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n 	<li>Engineering survey of the load</li>\r\n 	<li>Route survey to see that overhead signals, lines and bridges don\'t pose a contact hazard</li>\r\n 	<li>Bridge analysis determining the weight limit and axle configuration</li>\r\n 	<li>Analysis of traffic patterns and emergency vehicle routes</li>\r\n 	<li>Railroad crossing schedules and plan for special ramps to cross tracks</li>\r\n 	<li>Drawing of shipment</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipper’s letter</li>\r\n 	<li>Explanation of why other transportation isn’t available</li>\r\n 	<li>Practice run of the route</li>\r\n 	<li>Assignment of state-vetted escort support</li>\r\n 	<li>Schedule that accommodates day and/or time restrictions in different states. (In some states, super loads travel only during daylight hours on weekdays. In others, they move only at night or on a Sunday. Some jurisdictions prohibit travel during the spring thaw.)</li>\r\n 	<li>Surety bond</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Lone Star</a> is the recognized leader in planning, permitting and hauling super loads. Our drivers love the challenge of heavy haul trucking jobs, and they get paid more to take on ever-larger loads.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you want to <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\">earn more</a> to pull oversized freight, be certain to ask about our career advancement program.</p>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3419\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Picture31.jpg\" alt=\"over the road flatbed trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs: A Truck Driver\'s Guide', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3111-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-13 00:59:04', '2018-08-13 00:59:04', '', 3111, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/3111-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4842, 2, '2018-08-13 01:02:11', '2018-08-13 01:02:11', '[vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" top_padding=\"3%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"3/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1>Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs</h1>\r\n<h2><em>A Truck Driver\'s Guide</em></h2>\r\n[break]\r\nIn specialized heavy haul trucking jobs, truckers pull oversized loads with jaw-dropping equipment. These trailers take on cargo that pushes beyond the dimensions of the <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-truck-drivers-terminology/\">legal load</a>.\r\n\r\nEven though all carry permitted loads, some offer the flexibility to haul very large freight as legal loads. For example, step deck and drop deck trailers provide a few extra feet of clearance to keep some tall loads \"legal.\" Moreover, stretch trailers offer the option turning some loads on their sides to avoid permitting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/4\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][toggles style=\"default\"][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"1. STEP DECKS - OR SINGLE DROP DECKS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]The best-known specialized flatbed trailer is the step deck, which also is called the single drop deck. Step decks are used for both legal loads and heavy haul trucking jobs.\r\n\r\nThe step deck trailer has two levels. Unlike a standard flatbed, the step deck’s bed drops down after clearing the tractor. The top deck is 60” off the ground, and the lower main deck is about 2’ lower.\r\n\r\nStep deck trucking is used for tall loads. In fact, step deck trailers can carry cargo up to 10’ high as legal loads. Step decks commonly haul construction vehicles, machinery and heavy freight.\r\n\r\nBecause step deck trailers are so low, forklifts can load them from ground level. When equipped with removable goosenecks, vehicles carried as cargo drive right off.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4026 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stepdeck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"2. REMOVABLE GOOSENECKS (RGN) – OR DETACHABLES\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]Some specialty flatbed trailers have removable necks. When detached and moved away from a trailer’s bed, the front end of the trailer lowers to the ground, thereby creating a ramp for self-powered cargo (e.g., heavy vehicles and equipment).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4024\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gooseneck.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"3. DOUBLE DROPS - OR LOWBOYS\"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A double drop deck trailer carries the tallest loads. A double drop looks like a step deck or RGN in the front, but a short deck also sits over the trailer’s rear tires. Between these two short decks runs a long, very low main deck. Dropping below the trailer’s axles, this center deck is called the “well.”\r\n\r\nThe double drop trailer’s deep well and low-profile wheels permit it to carry legal loads with cargo up to 11’6” high. They\'re used for heavy haul trucking jobs, too. Most double drops have a “flip axle” to handle the weight of large loads. This flip axle attaches to the trailer’s rear frame with hinge plates and pins. Thus, the axle folds down for heavy loads, then back up onto the back deck for storage.\r\n\r\nRGN double drops carry vehicles that drive on for easy loading. That includes construction equipment, forklifts, trucks and tanks.\r\n\r\nConventional double drop trailers (those without RGNs) more often are loaded by crane.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4022\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/double.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"4. STRETCH &amp; EXTENDABLE (TELESCOPIC) TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]A stretch trailer features a sliding mechanism that grows or shrinks the size of the cargo bed, thereby adjusting to the ideal size for the load.\r\n\r\nStretch trailers come in flatbed, step deck, double drop and RGN configurations. You\'ll find them in lengths of up to 80’ and widths of 96” to 102”.\r\n\r\nGenerally of steel construction for maximum support, stretch trailers are heavy. So are their loads: lumber, rebar, steel beams, train tracks, <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-what-we-haul/\">wind turbines</a>. Total weight often limits the size of these loads.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4027 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/stretch.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed trucking jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][toggle color=\"Accent-Color\" title=\"5. OTHER SPECIALIZED TRAILERS \"][vc_row_inner column_margin=\"default\" text_align=\"left\"][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4356 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/9-axle-tractor-combo-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4257 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Schnabel.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-4357 size-full\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13-Axle-Tractor-Trailer-Combination-1.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/toggle][/toggles][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Heavy Loads</h2>\r\nStates began regulating truck weights in the early 20th century. The first laws tried to prevent iron and solid rubber tires from damaging dirt or gravel roads. Current law, on the other hand, protects bridges and pavement from the weight of increasingly large loads.\r\n\r\nFederal law limits the gross truck weight of routine permitted loads to 80,000 pounds. Each state has its weight limits, typically 46,000 pounds for legal loads and 80,000 pounds with a routine permit. (See “Super Loads” below.)\r\n<h4>Bridge Formulas &amp; Heavy Haul Trucking Jobs</h4>\r\nIn some cases, the <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula</a> further reduces that limit. (Many states have bridge formulas as well, most notably California). Bridge formulas calculate weight limits based on the number and spacing of truck axles, in order to prevent the concentration of weight in short trucks or on sections of long trailers.\r\n\r\nFederal law also limits total weight carried on any axle to the following:\r\n\r\n• Steer axle: 12,000 lbs.\r\n• Single axle: 20,000 lbs.\r\n• Drive axle: 34,000 lbs.\r\n• Tandem axles: 34,000 lbs.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Standard tandem axles are 5’ apart; together, they carry up to 34,000 lbs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">“Split” tandems, also known as \"spread axles,\" are at least 10’ feet apart. Under federal law, each spread axle counts separately when calculating per axle weight limits. Together, spread axles carry up to 40,000 lbs.</p>\r\nSpread axles provide flexibility when distributing weight between axles, making it easier to distribute weight between axles. Spread axle trailers also are more stable during loading and unloading.\r\n\r\nWhile spread axles provide a smooth ride that’s less damaging to road surfaces, its wider turning radius also is difficult to maneuver. Tires, wheels, suspension parts and pavement all suffer when a driver turns too sharply.\r\n\r\n<a name=\"heavyloader\"></a>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"wp-image-4029 aligncenter\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-24-at-9.36.58-PM.png\" alt=\"Heavy Load Trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4171\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/spread.jpg\" alt=\"flatbed driver jobs\" width=\"700\" height=\"309\" />[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"left\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Ultimate Heavy Haul Trucking Jobs: Super Loads</h2>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some shippers need to move cargo that far exceeds “routine permit limits.” The popular term for such freight its legal name, too: \"super load.\" Pulling a super load also is called \"super heavy hauling,\" or \"super heavy haul trucking.\"</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Without a doubt, driving super loads is the most prestigious of heavy haul trucking jobs.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The definition of a super load varies from state to state. However, a loaded truck that’s over 16’ wide, 16’ tall, 160’ long and/or 200,000 lbs. qualifies in most.</p>\r\n\r\n<h4>A Complex Permitting Process</h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Super loads require special, often customized versions, of flatbed and specialty trailers. They\'re driven only by the most skilled and experienced <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/top-reasons-to-become-otr-flatbed-truck-drivers/\">flatbed</a> or heavy haul drivers. Even in expert hands, they present potential disruptions as well as risks to motorists and physical surroundings. That’s is precisely why most states and cities tightly regulate them.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A <a href=\"https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/permit_report/index.htm\">state or city’s super load permitting process</a> may require any or all of the following:</p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\r\n 	<li>Engineering survey of the load</li>\r\n 	<li>Route survey to see that overhead signals, lines and bridges don\'t pose a contact hazard</li>\r\n 	<li>Bridge analysis determining the weight limit and axle configuration</li>\r\n 	<li>Analysis of traffic patterns and emergency vehicle routes</li>\r\n 	<li>Railroad crossing schedules and plan for special ramps to cross tracks</li>\r\n 	<li>Drawing of shipment</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipper’s letter</li>\r\n 	<li>Explanation of why other transportation isn’t available</li>\r\n 	<li>Practice run of the route</li>\r\n 	<li>Assignment of state-vetted escort support</li>\r\n 	<li>Schedule that accommodates day and/or time restrictions in different states. (In some states, super loads travel only during daylight hours on weekdays. In others, they move only at night or on a Sunday. Some jurisdictions prohibit travel during the spring thaw.)</li>\r\n 	<li>Surety bond</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/about-lone-star-heavy-haul-drivers/\">Lone Star</a> is the recognized leader in planning, permitting and hauling super loads. Our drivers love the challenge of heavy haul trucking jobs, and they get paid more to take on ever-larger loads.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you want to <a href=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/flatbed-driver-jobs-reasons-to-drive-for-lone-star/\">earn more</a> to pull oversized freight, be certain to ask about our career advancement program.</p>\r\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/2\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][vc_column_text]<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3419\" src=\"http://lonestar-llc.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Picture31.jpg\" alt=\"over the road flatbed trucking\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" />[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=\"No Line\"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=\"in_container\" full_screen_row_position=\"middle\" bg_image=\"2926\" bg_position=\"left top\" bg_repeat=\"no-repeat\" scene_position=\"center\" text_color=\"dark\" text_align=\"center\" top_padding=\"10%\" bottom_padding=\"10%\" overlay_strength=\"0.3\" shape_divider_position=\"bottom\" shape_type=\"\"][vc_column column_padding=\"no-extra-padding\" column_padding_position=\"all\" background_color_opacity=\"1\" background_hover_color_opacity=\"1\" column_shadow=\"none\" column_border_radius=\"none\" width=\"1/1\" tablet_text_alignment=\"default\" phone_text_alignment=\"default\" column_border_width=\"none\" column_border_style=\"solid\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20pt; color: #ffffff;\">JOIN OUR FAMILY</span></p>\r\n[button open_new_tab=\"true\" color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/lonestarllc?uri_b=ia_lonestarllc_83108081\" text=\"Fill Out\r\nApplication\" color_override=\"\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[button color=\"accent-color\" hover_text_color_override=\"#fff\" size=\"jumbo\" url=\"tel:+8667508520\" text=\"Call Now\r\n866-750-8520\" color_override=\"\"][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]', 'Specialized Heavy Haul Jobs: A Truck Driver\'s Guide', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '3111-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-08-13 01:02:11', '2018-08-13 01:02:11', '', 3111, 'http://lonestar-llc.biz/3111-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
