FedEx Freight

Opus · Mar 29, 2024

FreightHolla said: ↑

I joined the middle lane chain gang two years ago , we Fedex Freight drivers are LTL drivers , pulling mostly twins and triples with day cabs .

At Freight nothing is free but you do get paid for all you do , to hook a set , drop a set , meet a driver and fuel , detention is at minute one due to road hazard , inclement conditions, etc . Detention for waiting for a meet driver starts after my half hour break . This is paid at 36 dollars an hour , and dispatch trusts you to tell them when to start and stop detention. The thing about freight is they trust your word until you prove otherwise.

Pay is .79 cents a mile for singles and doubles , .84 cents a mile for triples , with task pay included ( fuel , hook , drop etc ) , pay averages .90 cents a mile . I am on a 610 mile round trip bid per night that pays 2650 dollars for 3050 miles a week , or .88 cents a mile .

The work week at Freight is Monday thru Friday or Sunday thru Thursday, weekends off , extra runs can be available on the weekends but it cannot be forced , as are layovers , which are optimal if offered . The work IS a grind , you will hook and break and stow 4-6 trailers a night , push gears , etc .

The mottos at freight are simple , I dig that . Don’t get hurt and don’t crash the truck is our safety motto . The work environment is positive, the bosses all have an open door policy and at freight we take care of each other , it really is a work fam . The work environment is patriotic and pro military , with walls honoring veteran drivers , the Taco Truck arrives sone Tuesdays and is at the yard all you can eat from 10 am to 10 pm . Sometimes a Hawaiian Luau is catered , sometimes steak dinners .

The highest paying bid out of my barn is a 656 mile round trip , five days a week with triples , this run pays 165k a year . All of the runs out of my barn are great , easy to get to , even the short runs pay well , for instance , 360 miles a round trip , a 7 hour day will earn you 85k a year .

So yea . I plan on retiring from Freight , as a driver or in another position. It’s not for everyone but as far as LTLS go , Freight is up there with Brown , OD, SAIA etc .
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656 miles a night pulling triples?
I don't see how that is possible. Actually, it's not for a solo driver.
Do the math and report back.

Hawkeye72 · Mar 29, 2024

Opus said: ↑

656 miles a night pulling triples?
I don't see how that is possible. Actually, it's not for a solo driver.
Do the math and report back.
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Our longest is 664 pulling doubles. 5 hours 15 minutes each way. Don't have time to mess around but do able.

Opus · Mar 29, 2024

Hawkeye72 said: ↑

Our longest is 664 pulling doubles. 5 hours 15 minutes each way. Don't have time to mess around but do able.
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Well, I guess if you say so. Doing the math tells me that you'd better be staged about 500 feet from the interstate and hope to hell it doesn't snow.
And in Iowa, that's not an option.
This kind of run is just silly.
But, whatever, man.
Not hatin, jus sayin.

FreightHolla · Mar 29, 2024

Opus said: ↑

656 miles a night pulling triples?
I don't see how that is possible. Actually, it's not for a solo driver.
Do the math and report back.
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You would be wrong .North Salt Lake to Boise Stage Stop , Orchard Exit 71 in iIdaho. Don’t believe me ask UPS, XPO, or . Check your gps. And get back to me with an apology . Drivers here have been doing it for decades . 10 hours and 45 minutes in a 65 mph truck . Rawlins is 610 and I finish the round in blizzards . Sometimes we have to take the extra 2 exception for the 14. If we don’t make our 11 we layover , get a hook or a rescue driver . 30 sets a day do that run . Now you know why we’re always on the floor.

FreightHolla · Mar 29, 2024

Hawkeye72 said: ↑

Our longest is 664 pulling doubles. 5 hours 15 minutes each way. Don't have time to mess around but do able.
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They ain’t us

FreightHolla · Mar 29, 2024

Oh and the NSl terminal is a mile and a half from I 80. Reasons

Opus · Mar 29, 2024

FreightHolla said: ↑

You would be wrong .North Salt Lake to Boise Stage Stop , Orchard Exit 71 in iIdaho. Don’t believe me ask UPS, XPO, or . Check your gps. And get back to me with an apology . Drivers here have been doing it for decades . 10 hours and 45 minutes in a 65 mph truck . Rawlins is 610 and I finish the round in blizzards . Sometimes we have to take the extra 2 exception for the 14. If we don’t make our 11 we layover , get a hook or a rescue driver . 30 sets a day do that run . Now you know why we’re always on the floor.
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Ok.
I'm sorry.
Happy?

LOTSO · Mar 29, 2024

This a great. Now get out of the middle lane with that 65 mph truck...

OlegMel · Mar 29, 2024

How many dollhairs a week does Uncle Sam
Let you bring home ?

High Stepper · Mar 29, 2024

Opus said: ↑

656 miles a night pulling triples?
I don't see how that is possible. Actually, it's not for a solo driver.
Do the math and report back.
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Our longest route is 656 miles with doubles. When I run it I have 45 mins drive time left. This is leaving at 9 am. There isn't a lot of city driving time just interstate.

It takes about 5 hrs 10 Mins average each way give or take.

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