con way freight

If anyone is thinking about working at conway freight, I will try and answer questions you might have.

 

I have been running linehaul for a year. I start around 20:00 and end up back at home terminal sometime around 8:00-10:00 the next morning. Yea, 12 to 14 hours consistently. When you start out at the bottom you get the shortest runs and long hours on the dock. There are exceptions to that but generally that's how it works.

 

Oh yeah, about the conflict of interest. I am almost certain there would be. Neither company would want you working for the enemy. And yes, it is fairly easy to get hired. Just make sure you are completely honest about everything you tell them. If they find out you lied about something, they really frown on that. I guess most companies would.

 

I go in at 20:00(8:00pm) to receive my loads I will be hauling for the night. Two 28' pups. A little tricky to hook at first but in time it's a snap.
I get all my paperwork in order and set out on my 90 mile odyssey. I used to run otr so when I say 90 miles it sounds kinda funny. Anyway, I arrive at the terminal where I will be working for the night. Unloading and loading trailers for 5-7 hours. It's almost all forklift work. Very little hand freight. The terminal I am in has 232 doors and it is absolutely freaking nuts. It's like a #### rally race on forklifts. If you like fast pace, you will love it. At the end of the evening you get your loads to take back to your home terminal for the day crew to unload and load. It's just one big cycle everyday.
The two best things are being home everyday and it pays well. Everything you do you're paid for. There's no sitting at the shipper/consignee with your thumb up your ###. I personally gross about $1200/week and I am at bottom scale. The top guys who have been here for years make $80,000-$100,000. You just have to stick it out and take the #### they give you. The longer you've been here the longer runs you can get. And that means less dock time.
And if none of that sounds very appealing to you, you could run during the day. City P&D (pick up and delivery). Hope this helps, gotta run...

 

mlrs270, why are you doing the apprenticeship if you have been driving for 15 years? That's a program to get your CDL.