A Montgomery Transportation Group Company

Flatbed Development Program

CDL-A flatbed truck driver Flatbed Development Program requirements:
We can help you take your career farther.

Our Flatbed Development Program can put you on the road to success. With a valid CDL-A and at least one year of OTR experience or six months flatbed experience, you can participate in our two-week training program designed to prepare you for a bright future as a flatbed company truck driver.

Benefits of completing the Flatbed Development Program

  • Pay increase: starting pay of $.51 CPM, $.52 CPM after six months and $.53 CPM after one year
  • Average of $70,000 annually
  • Increased weekly minimum pay at 30 days if driver meets applicable conditions. If conditions are met, weekly minimum pay will be $1,200 for 30 days to 2 years of employment and $1,300 for more than two years of employment
  • Pay-for-Performance Plan which allows driver to earn up to an additional $600 each four-week pay period
  • Practical miles, short-haul, tarp, detention, layover and increased breakdown pay
  • Guaranteed 34 hours of weekly home time but most average 46 to 53 hours
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Top-of-the-line equipment averaging 1.7 years old which means greater uptime and fewer maintenance issues
  • Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks driver can take home
  • 53’ all-aluminum trailers with aluminum wheels
  • E-ZPass and PrePass
  • Rider and Pet Program
  • Affordable medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance
  • Short-term disability, critical illness, in addition to whole or term life insurance
  • Paid vacation and paid holidays
  • Corporate chaplain service

CDL-A flatbed truck driver Flatbed Development Program requirements:

  • Certification of completion from an accredited CDL training school as well as a certification of completion of over-the-road training
  • No chargeable DOT accidents in the previous three years
  • No more than one moving violation in the previous three years
  • No more than one preventable chargeable accident in the previous three years
  • At least 12 months CDL-A experience with less than six months of flatbed experience or less than 12 months CDL-A experience with at least six months of flatbed experience

CDL-A Flatbed Truck Driver Flatbed Development Program includes:

  • One week of in-class orientation and hands-on training
  • One week of OTR training with driver trainer
  • Load securement and tarp testing
  • Successful completion of a road test

Path-to-Success Payment for CDL-A Flatbed Truck Driver Flatbed Development Program

  • Week 1 - $1,300
  • Week 2 - $1,300
  • After 90 days - $500
  • After 120 days - $500

During the program, trainer and trainee must load the following:

  • Beams
  • Suicide Coils
  • Engineered Trusses
  • Pipe
  • Rebar
  • Round bar/Slick bar
  • Tarped lumber
  • Slinky coils
  • Building Materials
  • Palletized

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