Loving my job at JB Hunt Intermodal.

David,
Would you know if JBH has a terminal in Detroit Mi, and would you know if they are looking for Owner Operators? The job sounds great and easy going.. I hope its as great here in detroit as in your area. Thank you so much

 

That will be the next thread.

 

Good deal David. I work local intermodal in Atlanta. Im glad ur happy with ur choice to join the team.

 

You know I just got home and saw a JB intermodal day cab. Made me wonder if I can pull off a local gig out of Orlando and have a life again lol

I will look into their website.

 

Oi - Look into their website if they openings it will be on there, but local drivers is gonna be hard to get in, sometimes you have to go regional first but there can be options for day jobs, I got lucky and found a local job 10 years ago. so the hope is there

 

Anyone else tried the Power Only there?

 

Thank you for being a jb hunt driver that speaks english.

 

JB Hunt has a small terminal with a shop and drop yard west of Detroit in Romulus MI. The shop people there have always been friendly and efficient with any repairs i've needed, and theyusually have a company car available during the day, which drivers can use to go to local restaurants or stores.

The money for JB Hunt drivers is to be made in their dedicated (DCS) and intermodal divisions. You can go to their website and look at their quarterly and annual financial reports. (Same applies for any publicly traded trucking company, by the way) JB Hunt lists the profits by division, and in som cases they break that down by average number of miles per truck, or miles per load. The math gets a bit fuzzy with miles per intermodal load, as only a part of each trip is by truck, with the remainder by train--so don't expect to get 2000 miles on an individual intermodal load!

If you are close to one of their intermodal lanes you should be able to get 2100-2200 miles working 5 days. I like my time off, and I'm not above taking the occasional moment to relax and enjoy the scenery. If you want to make more, work a full 70 hours. My board averaged 25 people, and the dispatcher kept a printout of the weekly mileage for everyone by her desk. about 30% went over 2500 miles on a regular basis. About 20% of the drivers went over 2700 miles a week. A few guys would regularly top 3000 miles. They would run out their 70, do a restart and get in another day's work in a week. personally, I can't work like that, but the loads were plentiful and usually preplanned. Most of the time I knew what direction to head in for my next load at least an hour before I delivered the current load.

 

Glad you like it and I agree with you in that the money and hometime are made in the DCS and intermodal accounts. You didn't post how much you make. Are you paid per mile?
I recently switched from otr to a job running the yard switcher at the local mill. My company has the contract to run it and provides the switch truck. I work 2cd shift, 3 - 1100pm M-F. I take a short load 2 or 3 times during the week before I start and run a very short load which is a drop and hook and takes 45 min after I get off. I avg around $850/wk or so. Not bad for a job where I get every weekend off and days during the week if I want.