Is LTL the best area of trucking? What's the catch?

They been having hiring events in Denver. They lost 8 drivers to Ups.

 

Yeah I heard about that. We've been having job fairs all summer long at my location.

 

I can drive, back and have been applying like mad but can’t get hired because everyone wants experienced drivers. I’m beginning to doubt this industry really is “short of drivers”

 

You're definitely located somewhere different than where I'm at! The industry is definitely hurting for drivers. Where are you located?

 

Florida it’s not hurting here. Well maybe it is but they all have requirements. All the drivers that were lost everywhere else are probably here now.

 

It’s a pretty crappy place for the mega carriers but for local trucking we still have all the restaurants and still have all the businesses that need LTL pick up and delivery etc. where the third most populous state so FedEx UPS etc. there should be plenty of jobs down here because there’s 22 million people. And it seems like they are all advertised but they all want more experience.

 

Apply as a dockworker at one of.the LTL companies then wait to get promoted to driver.

Minor step back, but at least you'll have a foot in the door

 

Florida is the worse. It’s an end of the line concept with hardly any manufacturers. Everything coming in nothing leaving. Everything getting consumed. Middle of the country generally stays busy cause we have local to deal with and thru stuff to move from east coast to west coast. Best bet is fuel or be on it when a LTL is hiring. Not impossible but harder then other parts of the country.

 

perhaps for p&d i suppose i can see it. linehaul - eh, i guess they can't be any worse than the amazon and fedex contractors.