Van Buren Home Depot

I was very close to going to that particular route, with Hunt/DCS while I was job hunting a few weeks back.


As it was explained to me;

-It's a fairly normal job, in the sense of trucking, that is out of place. Not a whole lot of night driving, since the warehouse staff at all the stores are 9-5. Though I'm sure this might result in some night driving, jumping from lot to lot.
-The pay didn't sound horrible
-You have a guaranteed place to park
-Not sure on the backhauls, but JBS would be foolish not to do them
-You will be operating a forklift
-it is most weekends off.


Bearing in mind, there's a lot of Home depots in Oh/KY/Pa- there's a good bit of work, and again; dedicated client.

Seeing as how you're a student, if you get taken on, accepted and employed onto this dedicated job...well...Let's just say you wouldn't be the worst off as a trucker.

 

I wasn't assigned to the Van Buren DC, but as a JB Hunt driver, I was pulled off my normal OTR thing for a 3 week spell at the Van Buren, Home Depot account. Don't know what the normal...assigned...drivers to this account earn, but I was paid $175.00 a day for the 3 weeks I was there. Most of my stops were in the Detroit area and the Cleveland area. Most were just 1 stoppers, most were 'drop n hook' loads. On 2 occasion they deadheaded me from Van Buren to the Indianapolis area to p/u a load and return it to Van Buren.....so YES, you do get backhaul assignments. But NO to the previous writer's comment about forklifts. You do NOT have to operate a forklift....and YES to it is all dayshift type driving, as all loads are scheduled to deliver BEFORE 1700.