Going to Conway

Thanks Stick. I too don't yet have enough posts. I'll keep that in mind in the event whatever fleet I go to ... uh... sucks to be blunt... lol.

He hit a trailer in orientation? Are you friggin kidding me? And I thought someone hitting the wood barrier in JOPMO was bad in my orientation!

 

Hey wait a minute, I like hauling these loads too but I have to pull doubles and it's not drop and hook. What's going on here??

 

But of course! You work for Freight, not Truckload! LOL!

Before I started working here, it was one of the first questions I asked, "will I have to pull doubles?"

No doubles at Truckload. (At least not yet! *fingers crossed*)

I've seen some other companies pulling doubles for yet other companies.
i.e. Covenant and Southern Cal pulling Estes doubles.

They tell me EVER that I have to pull doubles, I'll tell 'em to deadhead me to JopMo so's I can clean out my rig!

Just not for me.

 

Actually, Truckload does have some doubles.
They are dedicated in Pa. Have T600 daycabs, pulling Doubles, even decaled Con-way Truckload.
I think they have something in Va/Wv/Nc, again its a dedicated deal.

 

Wow! That's news to me! Hope it stays dedicated and all.

No offense to you guys that do pull the wiggle wagons, but it's just not for me. I bow to those of you who do.

 

Have to recant
They are not pulling doubles (yet), just daycabs with 28' Pup trailer.

But maybe some day we can get some double, reefers with hazmat, going to Canada

 

I wouldn't mind pulling doubles provided I obtained the endorsement. I'm always up for a challenge. I was shocked to see Freight still has Volvos in the fleet pulling doubles. They must be doing their OTR doubles work.

I'm curious, since someone brought it up, why we haven't developed a reefer division on the truckload side. Even 10 to 20 trailers with a few guys could start it and, as contracts develop, get more drivers into the division. I'm all about diversity and as times change or demand shifts we should be evolving to meet those changes or demands. Just something i've thought about recently.

 

Oh just bustin your chops a little driver.

I read through the posts and what Mustang970 said the first time is indeed true. I'm not sure where else it's done, but there is a Truckload dedicated run from Pa into Northern NJ with doubles. I've seen the trailers at our Carlstadt, NJ terminal - they have alloy super singles and are clearly marked Con-way Truckload Dedicated. He comes in to that terminal to split his set - then he must proceed to his customer. I've watched it with my own eyes Truckload drivers.

I will caution you though - you said you asked if you would have to pull a set and they said no. From working at CCX now Con-way Freight for about 6 years now, if CNWY determines it would be more profitable for Truckload to pull our trailers in sets you'll be doing it unless you quit. Then after 5 years doubles experience, you'll be tacking on a third box across Ohio and Indiana. That's just the way CNWY operates - to make money and return value to shareholders. That's not a bad thing to me but just beware that is how this company operates.

If it turns out that Truckload has to pull sets, I wouldn't be that worried about it if I were you. Just like anything else, you get used to it and might actually like it. They're bad in snow, ice, and wind but overall I would now prefer a set over a 48/53'.

Now back to the important question, how come I don't get a drop and hook? What's going on here??LOL??

 

Keep the shiny side up

 

Pulling pups with Truckloads current set up may be a issue, as all company trucks are fixed 5th wheel. The daycabs that were sent to Pa & Va had to have the 5th wheels swapped out. We had the same issue pulling UPS pups a few years ago. We were tearing off mudflaps and damaging trailer subframe and landing gear.