Milk delivery (non bulk)

@Eager Driver here's a success story, but not everyone is so fortunate.

It has it's drawbacks though such as ruining the back. One reefer outfit I worked for, we got lots of drivers from the beverage companies because they burned out with bad backs and bad health at an early age. They still were too young to retire, 30ish or so, and had to look for companies with driver no-touch freight.

 

Around my area, there's no shortage of milk delivery jobs, but it's back breaking work, and I do mean BACK BREAKING, literally. A lot of the local route delivery drivers don't last too long and wind up having back problems from dragging milk crates with a hook to supermarkets and convenience stores. I would consider it just as tough, if not tougher than foodservice. Job pays pretty good. Long hours, 3am start sounds about right.

Over in the NE, companies like Lehigh Valley, Dean Foods, Rosenberger, HP Hood, Penn Maid, Cream O Land, etc., are all pretty much union. Route delivery drivers get paid around $24-25 an hour, and make around $80k a year. Tanker drivers make about $18 an hour.

I would really THINK about doing milk delivery, because it's not an easy job, and like I mentioned before, a lot of drivers wind up having back problems eventually.

 

Milk deliveries in a "Route" type environment are back breaking, but some facilities run only palletized deliveries to grocery stores. Dean Foods in my area is an example - the tractor trailer guys don't handle anything except MT crates. The straight truck guys, well, that's another story!

 

Go for it, Yolo son

 

The Country Fresh guy on my route is a freaking tweaker, man. Looks and runs like got a firecracker up his butt. Funny dude tho, he's tractor trailer 38 ft, bumps docks, yanks pallets, also ramps and wheels and uses that goofy dairy man hook.

He's been there 12 years makes around 80k. Don't walk like Frankenstein either lol.

 

I talk to the milk guy on route a lot. Stops can be 10 minutes to maybe a hour or so depending on how much your bringing in and taking out. He gets paid real good and has good benefits but his hours suck. He works from 11pm until anywhere from 8am to noon. Good job of your up for the schedule.

 

Congrats on the new gig!