Its a 260 inch wheelbase. They make them this long for a couple reasons, one is called swing dip clearance, which is how much space you have between the sleeper and the trailer when you turn. Another reason is that you are allowed some front overhang in most states, so for example you could haul 60 foot rebar with 4 foot overhang on the front and 3 foot overhang at the rear. A side effect from this as well is the truck rides much, much smoother than a standard dry van tractor. Yall are usually on a 225-235 inch wheelbase, so when you hit bumps the truck kinda acts like a see saw. With the long wheelbase, it doesnt do that near as much. Its not bad at all once you get used to it. Its the same as when you first started driving and went from a regular car to a truck 20x the size. Or from a skateboard to a car. Its all the same, you get used to it and you understand how it works, and eventually it becomes second nature.

Flatbed isnt hard at all as long as you arent severely out of shape or have some physical / health disability that can interfere. As long as you can atleast pick up half your body weight or complete atleast 1-3 pull ups, you should be fine on flatbed if youre wanting to look into that career. Flatbed guys arent dramatic, more so than alot of flatbed guys have a superiority complex towards dry van guys. Well, the whole industry kinda looks down on dry van, since that is the bottom of the totem pole. But flatbed is the gate to alot of different types of driving jobs. If youre responsible enough to SECURE 40,000 lb of metal / wood / machinery, and do that consistently with no issues, then a fuel company might look at you and say "okay, how about you get your hazmat / tanker and try this out" and those guys get paid good. Or if you've got a few years in and you've had a couple oversize, oversize company might look at you and say "you would probably be able to handle something thats 15 feet tall".