Yrc or Dayton freight?

That's what Benjamin Franklin advised people to do when they need to make a decision about something complex.

 

@10speedsteve
just a guess on my part:
Safe bet would be go to Dayton Freight, out of Dayton OH. They have been around since 1981, almost 40 years, and non-union. This company could potentially be "home" for you, till retirement time.
More than likely, the positives outweigh the negatives, again, just a guess on my part.

Good luck to you and your entire family.

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

Service Area
Except for North Dakota & South Dakota, the Midwest is covered, along with Pennsylvania, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.



The absolute sheer driving force of our national economy - without truck drivers, our entire national economy would come to an absolute standstill - if not outright be dead.

Over the mountains, through the woods, into the valleys, coast to coast, from sea to shining sea - truck drivers can and do go anywhere and everywhere, every day, all year round.

 

If he is still on here, @Bob Dobalina is a good guy to talk to about Dayton Freight, he is a linehaul driver for them, always had positive stuff to say about the company.

 

DF for sure op.

Pandemic aside, we recovered very quickly considering, they are breaking everybody's bids they can to run them long. The work is here. The culture is as described and if you can get in now do it. we are hiring everywhere. They made a mistake, understandable given circumstances, in stopping hiring for too long. put us behind the 8 ball. seeing more freight overall across the board. several terminals have finished expanding or opened up increasing capacity that seems to be quickly getting filled.

 

So OP where are you located?

 

Do weigh the pro's & con's of each company. As a fella who began my driving career in 1975 as a P&D freight driver I have seen a lot of companies bite the dust, worked for 3 of them CF being the last, hate to say because I'm a retired Teamster, but the writing is on the wall for Yellow freight. They grew too big for their britches like CF did & Mgmt won't own up to their misguided ambitions to be the biggest baddest of them all. Look at their old ragged rigs running the road,nuff said. Good luck my friend.

 

Between this great forum and TB forum, There is basically zero rants about Dayton. If the closest Dayton terminal wasn’t 40 miles from my house I’d be knocking on their door. 40 miles isn’t bad but my current employer is 6 miles from my driveway. A short commute is priceless IMO.

 

@Digman943
Totally agree, being close to the jobsite is priceless:
This is especially true during the winter, bad weather, and when one's car is not working, when one is tired, and one needs to get someone to take them to work.

I work with a co-worker who commutes daily 56 miles one way, total of 112 miles round trip:
She drives an old car that is on the verge of collapsing, her mother's old Crown Victoria from the 1980's, which has over 300,000 miles on the V-8 engine.

I have a customer who commutes 80 miles one way, a total of 160 miles round trip:
Believe it or not, the customer is a line haul truck driver for Saia. The customer has told me that his bosses have "strongly suggested" that he move much closer to the terminal, like 25 miles or less away from home. The customer owns a farm, fully paid for, and will not move closer to terminal that he works at.

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

The absolute sheer driving force of our national economy - without truck drivers, our entire national economy would come to an absolute standstill - if not outright be dead.

Over the mountains, through the woods, into the valleys, coast to coast, from sea to shining sea - truck drivers can and do go anywhere and everywhere, every day, all year round.

 

This is a TRULY & GENUINELY HORRIBLE shame.
MANY truck drivers, warehousemen, dock workers, mechanics, forklift operators, along with other teamster workers, spent MANY hard years of their lives EARNING the pension that they will NOT receive.

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

The absolute sheer driving force of our national economy - without truck drivers, our entire national economy would come to an absolute standstill - if not outright be dead.

Over the mountains, through the woods, into the valleys, coast to coast, from sea to shining sea - truck drivers can and do go anywhere and everywhere, every day, all year round.