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Fedex freight or ground ?

Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by PALOU, Aug 12, 2014.

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  1. Aug 12, 2014 #1
    PALOU

    PALOU Light Load Member

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    Looking into line haul driving
    So fedex freight or Ground....? why
     
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  3. Aug 12, 2014 #2
    road_runner

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    Freight gets you home every day/night. Ground is more regional. Both pay really well and have super fast trucks.
     
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  4. Aug 12, 2014 #3
    PALOU

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    Tkx road-runner...;tell me what would be a decent starting pay for a line haul driver fedex freight/ground ?
     
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  5. Aug 12, 2014 #4
    blairandgretchen

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    I thought Ground was a contractor fleet - ?
     
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  7. Aug 12, 2014 #5
    PALOU

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    yeah they said for ground you can only apply through a contractor ...so probably it will pay less than freight....but not sure ,maybe fedex drivers can tell us
     
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  8. Aug 12, 2014 #6
    road_runner

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    Pay depends where you live. In your case $.51-.65 CPM seems like a fair starting point plus $20/hour for none driving duties.

    Both ground and freight have a large portion of their freight contracted out. Both have a company fleet/drivers.
     
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  9. Aug 12, 2014 #7
    PALOU

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    what about experience,I h
     
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  10. Aug 12, 2014 #8
    6 Speed

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    If you want to spend your day off working on a truck pick ground.
     
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  11. Aug 12, 2014 #9
    road_runner

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    Varies. FedEx might be one that requires a year. Depends how bad they need bodies. Strange for them to hire now. Tail end of summer and freight tends to cool off. They must have a decent volume. I recommend you get all your endorsements including hazmat before you apply.
     
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  12. Aug 12, 2014 #10
    PALOU

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    spend my day off working on a truck ?
     
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