P&D driver

the I-95 corridor DC to Boston usually pays from $24-30+(Start to top rate) in LTL local and Line Haul night between .64-.70cpm. So middle ground $27 per hour, around $1400 week for 50 hours and about $75k year.At top rate 85-90K per year. Most drivers work more than that probably 50-60 hours. As other said Mon- Fri, home daily, sleep in your own bed, weekends off and when working paid for everything. Yes its more physical than OTR but it will keep you healthy !

 

@MACK E-6 you are a savage sir.

 

McLane.

 

Interesting pissing contest. I'd say not all "local" jobs are created equal. You've got plenty of easy daycab shuttle type jobs paying around $16/hr with zero overtime to jobs making incredible money no matter what OTR gig you compare it to. Then you've got all of the other considerations about home time and such that can be worth a lot as well.

To generalize that local jobs suck is silly. I've had local jobs that ran the gamut between terrible and excellent, and I preferred the worst one to the best OTR job I ever had because OTR just wasn't for me. You'd have to pay me a pretty penny to go on the road ever again. I am in my kitchen looking at an incredible woman and a cool little kid right now, and I wouldn't even trade that for $150k.

 

I'm not sure how much money it would take for me to live in a truck. Maybe north of $200k? And I'm single with no kids. I guess I don't want to stay that way.
Knowing that guys are doing it for so little is hard for me to understand.

 

I have a question.

Why is an OTR driver 1) in an LTL forum, 2) on a thread about P&D work, 3) replying to a guy who already has a local job and likes it, that 4) local drivers work twice as hard for less money and have less time off?

I welcome everybody's participation and all, but coming in here to totally bash the concept of local work in the middle of good feedback coming from drivers who actually know about the subject of the thread is kinda weird. And ridiculous. And hilarious.

 

If you want a slightly lighter version of food service, look into specialty places, like oriental food or seafood or something with smaller trucks. They do tend to pay less.

Another thing that is physical but not as punishing is US Mail haulers. Some locations the driver loads and unloads,it's all on wheels so no carrying, but lots of walking and some pallet jack pumping.

The issue with OTR is sleeper time not being considered payable time. That deprivation of liberty is the reason I tried OTR very briefly. It's stealing someone's time, put simply. The OTR world is set up to sell overpriced crappy food and offer no places to exercise.

 

As a new hire with an ltl company could at least 45 hours a week be doable? Looking at the satellite view of some of these terminals in the area I’m relocating to they seem to be pretty large. I wouldn’t call them a major hub but it looks like a few dozen tractors. The OT pay isn’t a factor but it’s a nice benefit. I just need a minimum of 45 hours consistently. I’d even pick up a line haul run over the weekend if needed.

 

@Air Cooled if you dont mind me asking where at will you be relocating? Here on my area majority of the drivers average about 50 hrs to 60 hrs a week.