Committed with Werner now.....

It means that you will be ran through the house to get a fresh shower, meal, & possibly a night of sleep

Hell if I know! I'm a flatbedder!!

See the answer up above!

Nope!

You will be assigned a garden tractor with a pintle hook attatched to a little red rider wagon.

 

"Home weekly" for most trucking outfits usually means enough time to get a 34-hour reset in and re-load your hours. Weekends are not guaranteed and even if you do get home for the weekend, it would most likely consist of arriving Saturday morning and leaving out Sunday evening.

These Dollar General accounts involve alot of hand loading/unloading via rollers or pre-loaded totes on wheels. Could be using a liftgate. The stores are mmostly located in narrow strip malls which are unfriendly to 53' trailers and sleeper trucks. You could have anywhere from 1-3+ store stops loaded on your trailer.

$800-$900/wk for this kind of account is probably not worth it. However, it's a steady job and in this economy you can't be too picky. If you have other options, I'd look into them, tho personally...

 

Good luck with that...

Werner draws people in with the "dedicated" accounts, and then wears you down and sends you OTR.

I bet you were told that the Dollar General run has been open for a while, and they can't see it getting filled by the time you do your 6 weeks in the trainer truck.

 

Sounds a "store delivery" run to me. I got burned by that BS from another company years ago. Never again. Lots of work and not much pay, but I guess you do have a job when so many are out of work, so that's good.

I wouldn't' count on it being very easy, as that's why no one wants those runs.

I very much doubt you will take the tractor home. What the others told you is spot on, AFAIK.

 

The money quoted is about right for that account. Most on that account get home friday night saturday morning and go back out once they get thier 34 hour restart. It is hard work. You will be pushing giant "rolltainers" they are basiclly a big cage on wheels. The doller general trailers have lift gates. So push to the lift gate lower it down push it into the back door. You will have your own truck and depending on distance from the dc will depend on if you take it home or leave it at the dc. Most are happy with that account unless they are not licking the physical work. then they are pissed and go otr because closing doors is to much work for them let alone have to push a cart around.

 

And some of are just too #### old to be doing the kind of hard work this kind of stuff is, at our ages. Been there and done all that when I was younger
and I'd rather retire, with my knees and back, still functioning.

Like Dirty Harry said: "A Man's got to know his limitations".

 

What "smart arses" and "haters" are you talking about? You asked for the truth and you got it. The job you have is "young man's" work, not for old-timers with lots of safe miles under our belts.

I have seen too many good drivers in their forties and even fifties, get busted up trying to do work like that, and that, driver, is a fact you can take to the bank.

BTW, good luck in your new gig!