What are yalls opinion on this job

give me an "amen , brother"

 

You test the milk?

That is not gravy.

And it lays you open for legal action.

 

I'm always home, but the location changes.

 

1400 every other week is an average starting pay for local work. You aren't going to find anything better regardless of how much OTR experience you have. OTR experience only gets you in the door. It doesn't dictate what you'll be paid.

And I would also not work for a family member. Too many things can go wrong. You'd be better off finding something else with a larger carrier. Preferrably through teamsters.

 

Let us look at this job offer. With years of hauling milk behind me, let me ask a few questions. You stated that you would be off by 1400, what time do you start and how many farms do you pick up at, will you be pulling a "farm pick up trailer" or a "transport trailer", big difference. On a farm pick up trailer, you have a pump and hoses that you pump the milk on with, a transport trailer the farm has their own pump. If you have a farm pick up trailer, you will be required to clean the pump and hoses at the dairy, but no big deal. You might get off by 1400 but that all depends on Mayfield and how many trucks are ahead of you when you arrive at Mayfield. I have sit many a hour at a dairy trying to get a load off.

The company that I worked for had drivers picking up milk and delivering to a dairy some 125 miles, the pay for the farms was $55 and for transporting to the dairy $80, so they were making $135.00 per day and most of them worked a 12 and 2 schedule. If you are going to make $700 for 5 days, that comes out to $140 per day and that is about the going rate. Getting into the farms in the winter and during bad weather can be a challenge, but then you are probably down south since you are going to Mayfield.

 

I grew up doing that same thing Jackknife1016...only had an uncle teach me the ropes. Can't say too many bad things about my experiences hauling milk , except those that are gonna come with the job anyway. I'll say one thing though had it not been for that uncle I would never had the chance to drive though...best guy in the world to be around , other than my Dad of course. Good Luck...

 

What Mayfield location are you going to be delivering to?

I can say one thing about milk hauling, although the pay is on the low side, I enjoyed it probably better than anything that I have done. 99% of the people that you deal with are very nice and helpful.

One piece of advice, when you seal the trailer, make sure you pull the seal real tight. Mayfield will reject you in a heartbeat if that seal is not pull real tight

 

I know what happens with some other rejected tanker products but what does one do with 6 - 7,000 gallons of milk?

 

If the milk is rejected because of high bacteria or being a little too warm, it usually goes to a cheese or yogurt plant. If it is rejected for some reason like the seal not being pull tight enough, you probably take it to another dairy. I had a load of milk rejected at Mayfield in Brasleton, Ga because the seal was not tight enough, I took the load to Pet in Spartanburg, SC Nothing wrong with the product, it was just Mayfield stupid rules.