My Experience as a Line Haul Driver

Monday:

did the South Hill, VA run, my trainer got in an accident on his way up there, a ####### asian guy that didnt speak a word of english was pulling a Uhaul car trailer with a huge plastic thing (about 8'x8' square) and heavy and had NOTHING holding it down as he drove down I-85 we were headed north, this jackwagon was going south, thing fell off tumbled down I-85, a car tried to miss it, clipped another car, lost it, came slideing across the median and head first into the drives of my trainers truck, truck had to be towed back to the terminal (60 miles). The guy in the car was lucky a few feet further back he woulda been decapitated by the trailer, a few feet forward and he would have been T boned by a 70,000lb truck going 70mph. Anyway after we got back we worked 1.5 hrs on the dock and went home

Tuesday:

Did the Burlington, NC run last night, got back at midnight and worked the dock till 6:45am.





American Trucker

 

last night was a longgggggggggg one. Got to work at 5:30pm as always, first shift drivers too forever to finish loading my truck normaly im out of the terminal by 7:10pm, i didnt get out till 8:10pm, I went to South Hill, VA again. Got back around 4:30am and worked the dock till 8:15AM!

thats 3 LONG nights in a row, hopefully tonight will be shorter, i like to be out by 6am (1st shift starts comeing in at 5am)




American Trucker

 

Overtime whats that? Lol i havent had a job that paid overtime in years : (

Alex was kinda right, the city drivers get OT after 55 hrs road drivers do not



The over lap is because line haul drivers dont work the dock at the begining of thier shifts so we cant leave till there trailers are ready for them to take

My week starts monday night at 530PM and is over by 0900 saturday morning the lateest




American Trucker