Indian River Transport

Be prepared to sit around dairies for hours on end. This is with any milk hauling outfit. I would dare say that milk is Indian River "bread and butter" and hauling milk is about the cheapest trucking that I ever did in 53 years of trucking. And when you figure your time against your pay, you will get a little upset. But I will give Indian River credit where credit is due,they run good equipment, they do not run overweight(as most milk haulers do) but they will keep you out for several weeks.

 

Never forget @Jabber1990

Legend has it, he is still in Clovis waiting for his milk.

 

Indian River used to be decent back in the day, but I wouldn't trust them now. I spoke with quite a few of their guys in CA when I used to run the 99 just about every day. The only ones that were happy were the guys that didn't need money and we're driving because they just wanted to.

 

IRT is a fine company for somebody with no family life. Like, if you can live on $30,000 a year and don't need to be at a home, with a family waiting for you. If you want to just cruise around and chill out at shippers/receivers in a nice ride, then they are a good company. Some drivers do make good money at IRT, but not many will make good money, and get home too.

 

Milk hauling in a nutshell.

 

The loading end of the equation is quite alright, but from what I've been told by the long-haul guys, it's an entirely different ball-game in the pay department. As a loader at the dairies, it's about the same as the other outfits where you hook the hoses up to pump the milk.