Is this realistic?

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Lol, I don't know old timer, can you handle it?

 

A local delivery driver unloading the freight where your home everynight can kick your butt, but LTL regional is not tuff, just have more stops. Flatbed is more work for sure.

 

@DerbyCity76 you being in Louisville, ky it put you at a advantage. Get a year and go apply at ups parcel. If im not mistaken ups parcel has a big hub in your area.

Good luck.

 

I returned to Foodservice at 40. Most physical trucking job. Unload by hand a 48” ft trailer 4-5 days a week with a 2 wheeler and ramp. It’s a mind set and work ethic. When I had helpers they were all in there early 20’s and I moved product faster. I felt good about how I worked Foodservice and proved I was pretty decent at it. Struggled my first time in Foodservice 7 years prior at 33. But I decided to come back to LTL cause it’s the same money or more with no physical work at 41. There’s city drivers in LTL in there 50’s and 60’s. They stay city cause of the M-F day schedule. Their all pallet jacking pallets off the trailer doing physical stuff. So 40’s is relatively young in trucking and LTL.

I personally know a driver Late 50’s all gray hair still at Mclane Foodservice unloading 48ft trailers to Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC. We would pull 35k-40k lbs of product a night. He’s pretty fast too. If his helper is slow he’ll drop him off and not use him. He’s been doing it 20 years. LTL is a breeze compared to Foodservice.

 

@DerbyCity76 if your in Louisville go to UPS or union car haul. Both very good gigs

 

40s isn't that old. Even on the higher end you are still considered to be in your prime.

You have several routes to take. Some don't require you to go OTR. You can get private CDL training for around $2500 to $5000. You can pay out of pocket or in some cases the Job Corps might pay for most of it. It's either a private school like Sage or a community college that offers this training. This gives you a CDL but won't guarantee that you get a local job. You may still end up OTR. Personally, I paid for my own CDL and got hired on local LTL right out of school. Luck was a bit of a factor though.

Thousand different ways to go about it. It really depends who is hiring on your area and how bad they need you. Just don't fall into the mindset that one year of OTR is mandatory for getting a LTL job. Many of us on here have never done OTR

 

Could not agree more. Been local ever since I got my CDL over 2 years ago.

Only thing I can think that OTR experience would have helped with is how to get fuel at a truck stop. I had to do that for the first time a few weeks ago and struggled to get the pump to take my card and info. I’ll take a few minutes of annoyance over a year of misery any time.