Local Drivers: What time do you start your work day?

midnite starts are hard to adjust to. I would avoid a shift like that unless it really paid well or if there was a chance to get to days there sometime soon.

 

I start my day anywhere between 4am and 5pm... depends on what loads need to go where.

 

I use to run a local gig that started at midnight and loved it. Would avoid most of the traffic cause it had me in and out of Phoenix between 2-3 am and home around noon so I had all the time I needed to do other things. Not to mention I avoided working in the hottest part of the day in southern Az.

 

For the most part I start between 4-10am. But some of the job sites run 24 hours and some loads need to be taken at night. I know the day before what I'm doing if that happens so I just stay up until 4-8am and sleep during the day to go to work at 5pm or whatever time I need to.

I'm a night owl... I can stay up most of the night (not driving) if needed and sleep all day. I hate waking up mornings, but I prefer to work mornings because I have the rest of the day to get things done around the house or do errands.

I have a sleeper truck now (was in a daycab) so I can comfortably sleep if I have to wait at a job site lol.

 

i start around 7pm

 

2-4am depending on what day it is.

 

Our drivers are consistently between 4 and 7 am, with the exceptional 12am-3am for the out of town pickups/deliveries.

 

When i pulled groceries for a local company it was usually 1 to 3am start times. It took me forever getting used to sleeping in the afternoons.

The job i have now i like getting rolling at 4 to 5 am and run until late in the evening.