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Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by road_runner, Jun 21, 2013.

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  1. Apr 11, 2022 #10991
    Jay5GS

    Jay5GS Medium Load Member

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    the 8 clock guys is off in 8hours
     
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  3. Apr 12, 2022 #10992
    MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Well, there’s one good thing about starting that late. It doesn’t leave a whole lot of time for pickups, so the dispatchers have to find somebody else to screw with.
     
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  4. Apr 12, 2022 #10993
    jmz

    jmz Road Train Member

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    I don’t know about that. At FedEx, an 11am start would be almost exclusively swaps and pickups. Maybe start with a few overflow deliveries if you’re lucky.
     
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  5. Apr 13, 2022 #10994
    gamingtrucker1

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    Usually the 11am guy is the pick up man for the day.
     
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  7. Apr 13, 2022 #10995
    MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Well, when I was starting at 8, days when I were done before 4:00 PM were rare, and I’m at least a half hour away from the nearest pickup customer in the lazy idiot’s territory that does the next route west. That means I could pretty much bet on not being bothered on my unwind time during my ride home.

    Now that I start at 6 on the other hand, that allows plenty of opportunities to be screwed by dispatcher favoritism.
     
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  8. Apr 14, 2022 #10996
    Farva

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    I just started line haul for XPO and I'm grossing ~$2000+/wk my first month (this past Tuesday's check was for $2,834.82 gross). ####'s wild. If I were young (23) and single (I am old and single), I would 100% be tearing this linehaul up for 10 years and calling it a day.

    NO GD way I would be doing PD/Linehaul for less than what I was making at TMC OTR, which was ~1500/wk gross, unless (the linehaul side) was straight drop/hook and NO dock work.
     
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  9. Apr 16, 2022 #10997
    db2681

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    At my Holland Yard we are still sending drivers out with 10+ bill peddles until about 1:30pm. I don't start pickups till about 4-5pm in the afternoon most days. I will say part of that is because most of the high senority guys are lazy as #### and either take all day to do their deliveries, ride the dock and refuse any runs but swaps, or just hang out in trailers pretending to "help" another driver until they get their 10 hours in.
     
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  10. Apr 16, 2022 #10998
    Radman

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    76459F7B-1AC1-4732-AB9C-7398B3AD1DA3.png Pretty crazy to see them with a sign up bonus especially the size of it. When sign on bonuses mean bad company. Which that’s not the case.
     
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  11. Apr 16, 2022 #10999
    Air Cooled

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    .71- 10,000 per mile is a pretty big range
     
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  12. Apr 17, 2022 #11000
    road_runner

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    The whole bonus thing is a scam across the industry. Big corporate came down and explained it to us when we got salty about paying it out to new drivers.

    Not that I would trust corporate but their explanation made sense. If you are new and got a $10,000 bonus, they would lock you into a $55k/year pay scale for two years.

    This is a way for the newbies to get paid the same as those making $60k a year. They just spread the bonus payment over two years

    I know all of this for a fact because my old coworker at Reddaway got one of these $2500 bonuses and told me his starting wage was locked at $22.50 for two years before it increased.
     
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