Central NJ/Asbury Park day cab opportunities?

Be careful what you wish for. Most day cab jobs are either LTL work of food delivery, and they can be physically demanding. Most of the food delivery jobs that I mentioned pay very good, especially Mclane, and the LTL jobs are all pretty much the same type of work, but pay very good as well. If I had a choice between a drop and hook job, like Costco, or freight unload like Mclane, I'd go with Costco. Remember, you're gonna be home every night, so if keeping in shape is a priority, you can always join a gym, or workout at home. Believe me, unloading freight can get old really quick, especially when you get older.

 

Old dominion in the Edison just hired few drivers. I saw one came in for an interview yesterday!
Try FCI in freehold.(you need a tanker endorsement)

 

The thing about the trucking industry is there is a lot of dues you got to put in. If you want a local job, you have to have experience. If you want experience, you have to do OTR. So you put in your 1-2 years to get that experience and you will find that it's still difficult to find a local job, because there is a lot of competition for these positions, and usually the guy with the most experience gets the job.

That being said, Transforce is a temp service. Whenever a company has drivers on vacation, is sick, injured, or just short on drivers, usually that's when they call a temp service like Transforce. Usually they work in nonunion shops (for obvious reasons).

Working for a temp service can be a blessing in disguise. It's a way to try out different jobs without no commitment. You might work for a company that you were interested in and find out that it's not all that it was cracked up to be. It can also be a foot in the door to a company that you really like, because usually they have the option of buying you're contract and keep your services if they like you. Not to mention, over in Jersey, temp services usually get paid around $23 an hour, with OT and full benefits.

 

Do you know what bread company they were talking about? I've worked in food service as well as LTL and have some knowledge in the field.

Usually bakery trucks don't deliver to supermarkets, they deliver to depots, where it's offloaded and then loaded onto those little bread trucks, and they are the ones that deliver to the supermarkets. Those bread truck drivers make ridiculous money. I've known union stroehman bread truck drivers making 130k. They get paid a base salary of $200 and get a percentage of every bread and cake that is sold. I thought about doing it myself, but couldn't see myself driving those little bread trucks. I love trucking and take pride in being a truck driver.

The baking industry is an excellent field to go into. You can make a lot of money there, and the work isn't that difficult. There's a lot of companies to choose from, such as Bakerite, Schmidt, H&S, Grocery Haulers, NE Foods, Gold Medal Bakery, and the majority are union. Usually in the baking industry, you have Saturday and Tuesday off, which is pretty much the norm.

Some of the higher paying jobs are Gold Medal, which pays $26, and Grocery Haulers, which hauls for Bimbo bakeries delivering Stroehman bread, Sarah Lee, etc., and they pay around $25-26, but it takes about 5 years to reach top rate and it's trip rate based.

Whatever your decision is, I wish the best of luck to you. My advise to you is go online and put as many applications as possible because you never know. And besides, if you decide to go with the temp service for a while, you will still be making an excellent income.

 

Sorry about the late reply, busy busy at the post office.

OK, now I'll try to explain them to the best of my knowledge. Bakers Express is part of NE Foods. NE Foods owns Bakerite, H&S, and Schmidt. I use to work with these drivers and from what I saw, it's floor load bread trays about 6-8 inches tall stacked on top of each other. You use a hand dolly, slide underneath the stack, tilt it back and off load. Nothing difficult. Now Bakers Express use to have their own fleet, if Grocery Haulers is pulling their loads, it probably means they took over their fleet, like they did with Stroehman.

Grocery Haulers is union. I'm not to familier with them on the Jersey side, but I do know some that work out of Norristown and Brenigsville, PA. Their part of local 463. They haul for Bimbo Bakeries hauling Stroehman, Sarah Lee, Arnold, Entennmans, Thomas's, etc. All drop and Hook. They get paid $19 to start and it takes 5 years to reach top rate, which is about $25-26, and will probably be higher by the time you hit that 5 year. And it's trip rate based. Now trip rate is basically paid by the load. It's based off of your hourly rate and how long it takes to drive, factoring in pre and post, breaks and other stuff. You usually get paid additional for delay time, fuel, and stop pay. It can also be based off of mileage, divided by 45-50 mph, and also factoring in all the other stuff as well. Now here's how trip rates can add up. Let's take ACME for example, their trip rate is based off of around $20 an hour. They also get a $4 severance pay. Let's say you do a 8 hour run, and get it done in 5, then you come back and grab anouther 8 hour run and you also get that done in 5. Now you just worked 10 hours and got paid for 16, with OT after 8.

I've always loved trip rate. Now that being said, being a new driver at a union shop means you'll get all the #### runs. But if I was in your place, with only 3 years experience, and got in at a union job, with all the perks, I'd go for it, without hesitation.

Hope this helps.