why the ** do LTL drivers get paid a lot more than everybody else.. Please explain!

Spend a dollar to save a nickel. In short pay a fair wage and keep good drivers instead of what they have now.

 

I've been Otr since I started driving 6 years ago. I had 2 kids when I started ages 8 and 5. I now have a new baby.
I'm Home every weekend now though. I won't stay out any longer than that. I value my home time more than a few extra dollars in my paycheck.

 

many people in many jobs are not home any more then truck drivers
as a commercial fisherman i was home a lot less
my cousin in his 3 piece suit spends more time on planes then home
it is all a choice doesn't make any of them wrong
as for me just leave me on I80 west of des moines time and money starts equaling out
even in a fast truck

 

Ya. But did the Good Lord put me here just to get a pension and sick days?

I'm quitting next spring. Doing something different, something I like.

 

Starting my business. Been saving cash for a few year. Ready to start it.

 

Heding Truck Service, out of Union Center Wisconsin, is a Teamsters OTR outfit, with excellent benefits, good wages for otr, and a pension.

 

what a surprise, once again, the Teamsters get a good wage for a smart driver.

 

only a guy who has never done ltl would call it "boring". the amount of stress when you are a p&d guy will never let it be boring. stressful, yes. boring, no.

bring a couple of steel hauler chains with you, docks are a luxury.

and linehaul is fun as well, hope you can turn 600 miles a night in a 63 mph truck!