Yeah that wouldn't be too great to have to wait forever to see if you'd even have a driver job lined up. I'd ask the drivers or terminal manager how many guys are ahead of you. From my understanding more freight should be coming in through the merging of all the companies yrc is doing but I wouldn't hold my breath.
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Your days usually last 14 hours sooo by the time you get home you are starving and land in bed only in time to wake up and do it again. Then try to imagine flipping your sleep schedule for your two days off to hang out with your loved ones. It's not as easy as it sounds.
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The only thing I don’t like about dock work is it is much more grime on the clothes and more exposed to the weather. So I have to wear my driving clothes which are nicer and less bulky, but also have to have my dock clothes in case I do that. And if I switch between them it takes about a half hour to go back and forth to the parking lot, change clothes, switch gear bags etc. forgot the thicker socks today and ended up on the dock all day (unusual) so my feet froze in 26* chill.
My forklift work is vastly better these days. I am untangling tilted, broken and out of reach pallets that seemed impossible a month ago. My driving is either delivering volume loads to big customers, substitute on a route the driver is out for the day, or just miscellaneous P&D left overs. So far a different beater truck each day. One didn’t have a power socket for my phone and GPS so now I carry a large battery pack to power all my electronics, just in case. I enjoy whatever truck and route I can get. Learning new sites and skills every day and backing keeps improving. Hauled a pup for the first time on the job and what a trip backing it was! I forgot how quick they respond and greatly over steered at first dock. Any drive is a good drive when you are low man!surf_avenue, ozzyoztrucker, Lonesome and 2 others Thank this. -
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Yes I have mad respect for the night line haul driver's. I ran with Estes for 3 months on the east coast and went back to industrial maintenance. The nights were taking a toll on me and my family fast
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