Werner Masterbrand vs. Family Dollar vs ?

Never heard of Masterbrand. I do know about the FD, I ran that for ten months. If youre not afraid to work hard and long hours FD may be for you. FD uses rollers that you carry on your truck. I ran my clock down to the last minute, but then again i was running 4 to 5 loads a week. #of stops depends, there are days you only have one stop there are days you have 5 stops. FD pays by mile, #of stops and Unload pay. Yes your usually backing into small spaces on FD, but G.O.A.L, I will say this your backing skills will become real proficient, and you cant be afraid to block traffic, remember 4wheelers see trucks as a nuicense.

 

Rumrunner, I work with 4 guys that used to run FD account with UsXpress. I'm sure it's basically the same with Werner. They would unload for several hours and run very hard afterwards. One of the guys said he used to work about 17-20 hours a day because he would park right there at the FD store he needed to unload at so he would start his clock until he was done unloading. Most of the stores are in bad neighborhoods and yes it will make you or break you as far as your backing goes.

I don't know anything about the masterbrand but I did work as a loader in the shipping department at masterbrand cabinet factory just after high school for about a year. It will keep you in shape that's for sure. Usually 300-600 cabinets floor loaded on most of those loads.

Either one will be physical.

 

I've never worked for either company but I know people who have. I would work for Schneider long before Werner. JMO

 

What fd dc are you runnning out of? The one in front royal payed 25 a stop and 90 unload and the miliage was the same pay. And I would sleep at the dc four nights a week sometimes I would get lucky and stay at truck stops twice a week. But most of my nights I stayed at the store and let me tell you never had an issue especially the ones around Washington dc were they told us not to stay at

 

I've been offeref staples and masterbrand as well. Can't find any info on ded's other than dg or fd. I am b/t werner and tmc right now and its looking like werner may pay alil more. Thanks for any info guys.

 

FD isn't bad, you can make good money if you don't mind working, It does get HOT in the trailers in the summer. I have worked on boyh the DG and the FD accts. FD is all floor load so you actually end up handling every piece of freight. Don't let that scare you though, If you are resonably healthy it's really not that bad and you do get paid better than most other accts out there. DG is a little different, They have liftgates on the trailers and most of the stock is in 2x3x6 foot "Rolltainers" which are basically cages on wheels. Most of the stock is loaded in these and then they toss large stock such as cases of TP and paper towels etc on top of them. You use U-Boats ( rolling carts) to unload the stock on top of the Rolltainers then roll the RT's onto the liftgate, Down and into the back of the store. It's a little easier and a little faster but that is also reflected in the lower pay scale. Either acct usually gets you home for 36-48 hours (2 days) a week. I'm not familiar with Masterbrand so cant help you there. You will find that as far as pay and hometime goes FD abd DG are a couple of the best. That's mostly due to the fact that most drivers are adverse to havibg to unload. Don't let it scare you, I'm 50 years old and worked both accts about 4 years ago without any problems, would still be doing it but am now teaming on my own truck and it doesn't work out well for team drivers. Don't know what accts they have available in you area but you might check on Proctor Gamble, Target, or Lowes these are all drop and hook with a little bit better pay than the Regional Acct pays. GOOD LUCK