Old Dominion Freight Line - Top Notch Trucking Company

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1. You'd be referring to P&D or city driving. They're paid hourly and deal with customers. They also might have to handle the freight.
2. If you're P&D. With linehaul, yes, some terminals are in a city.
3. Miles should only concern you if you're paid by mile, like in linehaul. I don't know what "stop pay" is that you're referring to.
4. Hours per day can vary from 10-14. 10 would be on the low side and not the norm.
5. Who knows? Linehaul runs vary by mileage. You could be anywhere from $25-$30 per hour I guess ... City drivers or P&D get paid hourly.

Sounds like you need to figure out whether P&D or linehaul would suit you. You'll be doing pretty much one or the other in the LTL world.

 

P&D stands for pickup and delivery. Think of a UPS Parcel driver in the brown box truck - that's P&D, just with a tractor trailer. Some drivers also call P&D drivers city drivers. LTL stands for less than truckload. It's a different sector of the trucking industry than truckload. If you're interested, just Google 'LTL' and you'll get lots of info. But your understanding of LTL sounds more like what P&D is, which is just one part of LTL. LTL is made up of basically P&D and linehaul. LTL companies typically pay better than truckload, there's a couple reasons for this. Some LTL companies would be Old Dominion, UPS Freight (not Parcel), Fed Ex Freight, Estes, Conway-Freight, Saia, ABF, YRC. Some are union.

Generally speaking, P&D will deal with customers, have multiple stops, be paid hourly and might have to handle the freight. Linehaul just moves the freight from terminal to terminal for the P&D guys / gals to eventually take it to the customer. Linehaul meet points are usually at the terminals or designated areas like truck stops. L/H (linehaul) drivers generally get paid by the mile, don't deal with customers, typically run at night, and basically just drive. L/H usually requires doubles / triples, hazmat, and tank endorsements, depending on the company, but almost assuredly requires doubles / triples.

Everything mentioned above are general descriptions of L/H and P&D - it may vary a little by company. Whether or not you'd be better financially at K&B vs. OD is not a simple question to answer. Based on my research and talking w/ other drivers, P&D drivers at LTL companies usually make the same as veteran OTR drivers in truckload. L/H drivers at LTL companies usually are some of the best paid drivers in the entire trucking industry, grossing between $70-$100k a year.

 

That's fantastic! I wish the best for you. Please continue to update.

 

I could probably hit 3k with 6 days. Average run is about 530 for scheduled runs, wild runs vary. I have a young family so 5 days a week is good enough for me.