What made you get into local LTL?

Did a stint myself with big R during a layoff. Casual they called me.....had a no pwr steering cab over Ford , 5 with a 2 speed axle and a 8.2 GM V8 diesel pulling a no slide 48 footer in Houston.( set at 48 ) Strange outfit.
Dock supervisor sent nasty messages to the dock scanner if you fell below 3000lbs / hr unloading, forced me to take a 2 hr free lunch after drops and before pickups.

Carrier had severe control issues. Never figured out how they made money. Folks standing around all the time, contradictory policies like "high and tight" and don't create OS&D and pissy managers always whining but doing nothing about it.

Coming out of a private chemical fleet it was quite an eye opener. Money was fair tho and I definitely learned something. Prolly not a bad gig as a full timer which I never got......I was called back and retired out.

JMO

 

went local cause 300 miles a day was to hard for me now i do about 50

 

Went to sage to get my cdl. Just so happened a food service company that hires new drivers is 10 min from the house so I chose that instead of running the road. Hats off to the the guys that run the road but I don't think I could hack it. In turn a lot of otr guys couldn't handle all the psychical labor we do. I was a gym rat all throughout my teens so I fit right in

 

Well, I'll be drivin truck going on 34 years now. Got outta the long-haulin racket after MS Carriers was bought out by ole' Ebenezer Scrooge Jerry Moyes. Ran gasoline for Shell, which was one hell of a gig. Pulled doubles for Roadway Package Systems (RPS) and made money hand over fist until FedEx bought us. Ran for Watkins Motor Lines for a time. LTL will be my last truckin rodeo because I'm too old to hire-on to the bottom of another seniority board and it just don't pay to be out on the highpay highway anymore. These days, men live on the road for peanuts, high-fivin each other over penny raises and such. Turn on the cb radio and you can hardly hear a word of the king's english sometimes. Everyone hammered down with no concern for their fellow driver. I miss the day's when men would wave to each other when passing by. And on Friday or before a big holiday, we'd hold up those hands just a bit higher and stronger...

 

Well now there's no reason to with that fancy new truck the Sodrels put you in. Looks real good too, the cab is quite the improvement over the 1990s Mack.

 

Did you happen to notice how many fingers they were using when they waved?

 

I know right. I was quite impressed when I got offered that truck. Still has 880,000 miles on it, but rides like a dream compared to those old CH's