Few Dayton Freight questions

I worked at Dayton Freight from 11-99 to 8- 2013, so my info is a bit dated.
401(k)
Linehaul is mostly nites, they were just starting some daytime Linehaul, the last couple years I was there, but since it’s bid by seniority, don’t worry about that for now.
Daytime P&D hours vary by terminal, some terminals bid start times, some due not. Most terminals, the P&D drivers will do some dock work. Linehaul some bid runs do include dock(not a lot of them tho).
Trucks were Navistar or Kenworth. By now, probably all auto-shifts(BOOO!), Linehaul will be twin screw, P&D will be single and twin screw.
The pay is competitive with the industry, one thing about Dayton Freight, there is no pay differential depending on location. All driving positions pay scale is the same company wide. Meaning a driver in Wisconsin Rapids gets the same pay per hour/mile as a driver Chicago, or Indianapolis.
Medical insurance, I really can’t say, it was always free, up until the last couple years I was there, but I imagine competitive with the industry.
If I had the choice of LTL freight, or fuel, I would choose fuel every day of the week(I’ve done both).
Hope this helps.

 

From my understanding At most ltl companies Line haul is done at night and P&d is mostly days . Start times could be all over the place . Remember your the new guy at the bottom of the totem pole and will get the worse runs

From my research hauling fuel you could be working days then switching to nights every couple weeks and working weekends and holidays. i would pick line haul first personally

 

I second this. I am now at AMAZON TOM TEAM. Amazon's own truck driving department. Can you give me an idea where to start my fuel or hazmat job that i can start? I may be looking at the tanker or hazmat job as my career department. Thank you.

 

Pilot or Love’s may be a good place to look into. Love’s gave me my start in fuel after only having my CDL for about 6 months. Although, I did have all endorsements and a TWIC before being hired.

 

My only problem with these guys Loves and Pilot is cameras. I thought Saia was camera crazy but from what I’ve researched these guys are the same. My buddy who’s been fuel hauling for 15 years said pilot is pretty bad with the cams. These companies have cams on the side of the truck on the mirrors so it records every time you cross the lines. Saw a YouTuber who went from Saia to Loves and he said there’s cams on the sides. He
Likes it more then Saia but for me not my cup of tea of stress I want. I can deal with drive cams but anything more than that nope. Saia doesn’t have mirror cams like these guy do. I’d try KAG fuel hauling before these guys personally if I was a newer driver.

 

loves just pays the best.

time and half at 8 hours and at 40.

id deal with the cameras for that

 

You are only about an hour driver to Findlay, Marathon, Pilot and Love's all pull fuel out of there.

 

Driver facing cameras are a ####ing #####. I worked one place that had Lytx and lasted about 6 weeks. I'm very high strung so I bite my nails and fingertips till they bleed daily.

Hands near mouth = handheld phone use to the #### AI system.

I'd get popped about 100-200 times in a single say typically. Recorded audio too so my endless ramblings to myself that would make a sailor blush didn't go well with the safety lady. I was gonna get fired and just quit.

I'd never work for a place that had driver cameras again. If I get in trouble for saying c u next tuesday in a truck by myself and nervous tics, I'm not working for your stupid ####ing company. Choke on a fat ####.

But then again, after this recent layoff, I'm probably done with the trucking world. This industry is utterly ####ed and it's only going to keep getting worse. 5 years from now a camera will write you up for not holding 10 and 2 for 8 hours straight and you'll get .40cpm to do it.

 

Get into audio books, or podcasts.

You can talk to yourself, but if you start answering yourself - I’d fire you