What is a 70/30 bid?
Are you line haul or local?
How recently did they change the pay scale? On their website it shows an hourly wage of $19.99 to start.
Day in the life of a LTL driver?
Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by SodaDriver, Oct 15, 2014.
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i would choose ODFL and Holland. Even though holland is under YRC and May have some issues it's still good to at least get LTL experience with them -
70/ 30 is what we call bid vs flex. City p & d has start times for 70% of the guys in a barn the other 30% are flex (call in everyday at various times). Same for line haul.
I run the road at night. Usually 350 miles or so, working the dock at the reship terminals and coming home in the morning. Start at 1930-2000 end somewhere between 0730 and 1000. Thsee times are depending on the freight. I am # 4 from the bottom in senority out of 24 people. I work everyday 12-14 hrs and have never missed a day or not been called.
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I think the staring pay now is 19.60 and .48 cent per mile, in the eastern region. I know this for sure, right now I make 20.02/.47. As of 1/4/15 (due to the new pay scale) I go to 23.00/.51 I top out 8/2015. 25.41/.6001
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Which region are you xfm? I know the X regions top rate will be about 27 a hour in January according to a friend of mine
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If you are going to stay in trucking you could either go D/H or tanker. Tanker is wat better than freight because it's not a hard job. You still make great money with early start times and no bidding on anything. I'm not talking about fuel delivery , I'm talking about chemical tanker. If you find the right company they will train you and you'll be set. Quality carrier trains inexperienced ppl in tankers and I believe Distech does too.
Daily routine in chemical tanker.
start times are usually 4/5am
Average 1-2 loads a day
Maybe 1hr of physical labor a day
Off weekends and holidaysACH1130 Thanks this. -
Cement transport is the same as chemical but more dirt because of the dust. Maybe a lil more physical being that you have to beat on the trailer to get it fully emptied out.
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If I was staying in trucking that's what I choose over LTL. hard to get that by me though
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Are you required to work the dock in the middle of your run at your turn-around spot?
Seeing that you are paid mileage while driving and hourly when working the dock, are you always on straight time while the docks because it is in middle of your shift? -
I'm not sure how the country is divided into the (4) regions, like where the lines are drawn but there is definitely just the (4) scales now.
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