Monday thru Friday jobs

I have a m-f job and several of our routes are m-f and drivers can make up to 70k a year. m-leave sleep at stop. t-unload drive home. sleep home. w-leave to next stop and sleep spot. t-unload and drive home. f-local deliverers.

Now with that said we do not hire with out SOLID job history. 2 years very recent otr. Spotless dmv with passport and able to go to canada. they also want you to unload your freight (new tires) by yourself.
There are plenty of local m-f jobs but thats what kind of hiring pool most have.
Dump trucks. Local can work. delivery driver of some kind. Those are who I know around my house who are busy local guys.
Local with good pay is sought out by a lot of drivers who have experience. From what I know. Maybe someone else can add to this discussion. But that's what I know.

 

Yes there are, but a large majority of them require 2-3 OTR experience (at least in ads).

Try these "daycab jobs" for local work.

Cement mixers and dump trucks are heavy in the summer months, but slow way down in winter and during economic downturns.

Septic pumpers and local fueling services are busy year round (if you can deal with the odor). As a side note: a local septic company offered me $19/hr, but I'd just landed a job at $22 (military).

Military contractors: many military bases have CDL required jobs and pay union to near-union wages. I currently work inspecting military rigs and moving them as needed (repairs, exercise, etc).

Good luck, Pal

 

To help you understand how hard it is at most places to get local with good pay Ill again une my poe as an example. Out of 25 routes we only have 9 routes like that. The guys who have these routs all have been there for 7 plus years and before that had 5 years otr when they got hired (They just lowered the standard to the 2yr cause they cant find those types anymore).
In other words. Its hard to get local with good pay. Good luck.

 

You might want to look into Pneumatic tankers, but that might be as close as you can get.

To be honest, there are just no 9 to 5 jobs in trucking. You might have to make a weekday your weekend.

 

It can also depend where you live. I start my training in July and I've been researching what's available around here a lot.

We're a big railroad town here, so a lot of stuff gets split into truck loads and delivered to smaller centres 4-8 hours away. There are also a lot of regional warehouses here with the same type of loads. Then there's around town deliveries of produce etc to large retailers...milk, eggs, bread, Coke and Pepsi are the ones I see a lot of. It seems to be pretty tough to get those jobs without experience and/or knowing somebody though.


If you're in a big agricultural area, you can try the equipment dealers and see who they use to haul equipment. I haven't done much checking on that, but they seem to want experience...not surprising since farm equipment is so pricey. There's also a fair bit of work hauling grain and hay. That's mostly small operators, so personal contacts seem to be pretty important. Those are reasonably local jobs though...sleep in your own bed most nights.

There are also yard/dock jobs shunting trailers etc. Maybe not the most exciting work, but you'll plenty of practice backing. I was surprised that the pay is actually higher than what gravel and dirt guys are making, and they hire newbs. They also give employees first shot when an OTR, regional or local position comes open, depending on seniority/experience, so it's something I'm seriously looking at.

The run I'd really like is the Winnipeg-Thunder Bay-Winnipeg-Regina or Saskatoon run that some companies have. I was talking to a guy who does it, and he's home every second night and the schedule means he never runs out of hours. He lucked into it right out of training school...a temporary placement (until they could find an experienced driver) that never ended. Usually the guys with the most seniority snag jobs like that though.

My guess, J-man, is that both you and I are going to be doing at least a couple of years long haul before we can get jobs that have us home on weekends though.

 

you can quite possibility luck up and get a M-F job with good pay and bennies but it will hard!!! if im a manager and i have two guys applying for the same spot one with 6 months and the other with 3 years both with spotless records, 9 times out of 10 i will take the more experienced driver... ive been trucking for 3 years and i had a local job for 7 months and it was HORRIBLE!! terrible trucks, terrible pay, just bad... i was home everyday and off on weekends but it wont worth it, thats why i went back on the road... i would love a local job but usually they pay less then a quality OTR job

 

Walmart,Mcdonld's,Burger King...-Just joking,most local gigs you will need 1-3 year experience.

 

you get less sleep running local.
Work 14 hours, or more, drive home for a nap and a shower, report back within 8 or usually less, ready to go again.
Most of the good local gigs go to guys like me with tons of time in that finally got tired of the road.