I'm thinking of joining them here in the northeast. Do you know anything about the "system" OTR linehaul as a solo driver? I'm just curious if they also work nights or can they drive daylight hours? Do they make more than the line haul guys that are home daily?
The guy told me they pay per run but didn't give me any daily figures to expect. Wish I had some hard numbers to work with. I've read it comes out to around .68cpm or $30 an hour and the work is there.
Saia vs. r& l
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The guy I knew personally that ran it had had his fill of P&D. The driving was a mix of day and night depending on when loads were ready, etc. he left Monday night and was home Saturday morning, maybe through the home terminal/house once or twice but not for long (10-12 hrs). Pay was on par for him with a 55-60 hour P&D week , so 1600–1750 gross. All terminal to terminal or slip trailers at a meet point, not slip seating power. His truck was his and no one else used it
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R&L is the worst LTL you could drive for, besides maybe Central. No overtime is ridiculous and what compounds the problem is that they have a much less dense terminal network than most other LTL's. Which means alot more driving between stops and easily 60+ hours of straight time work weeks in the city.
To add insult to injury, you gotta buy your own palletjacks and hand trucks out of your own pocket to move R&L`s freight around. Someone in an earlier post said they saw a R&L driver with a electric pallet jack. That driver paid $3k of his own money for that electric jack. Aw HELL no!
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Wonder if they have their own power meter to charge pallet jack ?
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