Thinking of starting at jb hunt.... dedicated questions

Discussion in 'JB Hunt' started by tjcase85, Oct 28, 2014.

  1. tjcase85

    tjcase85 Bobtail Member

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    I am currently working in the food service industry and I hate it. I only drive about 50 miles per day, work on average 13 hours of hard labor a day (up stairs, down stairs,etc) on call almost everyday I'm off. I'm just burned out of this because I'm constantly sweating and moving all day. I'm making good money but I want to enjoy what I'm doing. I've been doing labor jobs for 10 years now. I wanna slow it down.

    I applied at jb hunt dedicated local, and they are wanting to send me to orientation. I cannot go otr or regional, period. It's a home depot account, me and my wife share a car and I have to be home daily as she works as well. I have to also be home to watch the baby. I don't want to leave my job now if I'll get stuck going OTR.

    Anyone know anymore information about this? I'm just trying to make it another 6 months and hit my year and get on with a good company.

    It would be the dedicated home depot account out of monroe ohio. They told me 5 nights on, 2 off, 12 hour shifts of shuttling to Columbus and Louisville. Grossing about 925 a week.
     
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  3. MadeinMX

    MadeinMX Light Load Member

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    I talked to a guy up in Arizona once, he wasn't happy with the pay JB hunt gave him. He said he wasn't getting paid by the hour but by load, and with the hours he was working he wasn't just getting paid good.
     
  4. Passin Thru

    Passin Thru Road Train Member

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    That run sounds goo but there is no guarantee you'd keep it. JB is supposedly going all regional in cahoots with the Railroads.
     
  5. windsmith

    windsmith Road Train Member

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    I have talked to a few JB regional / JBI dedicated drivers. Some love it, some hate it. I get the impression that it's what you make of it. My personal experience with JBHunt (as a broker / carrier relationship) was that they had the lowest paying loads out there, hands down.
     
  6. tjcase85

    tjcase85 Bobtail Member

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    Well if I'm just driving and getting paid at least 700 a week, I'll be doing good. I just want to drive! Too bad I have an excessive speeding ticket on my record or I'd already have a dedicated linhaul. It comes off two weeks before my year experience.

    Anyone done a dedicated shuttle position from jb hunt? How was it?

    It pays .38 per mile plus $7 per drop n hook. It's over 400 miles per night. 3 drop n hooks. Should pay decent. If I can Make sure to get it...
     
  7. Blind Driver

    Blind Driver Road Train Member

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    Just talked to a recruiter about pulling cabinets out of Ferdinand, IN. $.42 a mile, $27.0 a stop with tailgate, average gross is $1100 with a guarantee of $1000 a week if there are breakdowns or weather related conditions, and home weekends. $3000 sign on bonus, $75 a year steel toe boot allowance, and a take home truck.

    I never thought I'd think about working for JB Hunt :biggrin_25526:
     
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  8. ewill71

    ewill71 Heavy Load Member

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    that's a pretty decent haul... good luck
     
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