Coming Back to Trucking and into LTL?

It depends on where you live Dave I've been at USF for about 8 years now and as long
as your record is clean and you could show our safety guy you could drive, they might just
give you a shot, its hard to find a driver with a clean Cdl try there website just search for
Reddaway jobs. I know we are currently looking for 10 drivers for both in are Reno yard and
Salt lake yard, and every terminal needs at least 1 or 2 drivers right now.

 

Yea whats the deal out of the reno yard...just curious. I see more reddaway sets every night than any other carrier..where is a bottom of the board guy going, sacramento?

 

Yea, im still trying to figure out his reply

 

Alot of insurance companies will demand you take a refresher course,it will be mandatory for you before you get a job.Some of these will put you thru a school for free,but you will have to work on contract for a defined period of time.Any National carrier like swift or england will hose you.If you quit before your contract is up,you will not work for a national company,they all work together and you will be blacklisted.

 

Without trying to sound naive or stupid, isn't blacklisting against federal labor laws and regulations?

 

The reason most ltl outfits will hire young with no experience is that they're self insured. To what extent I'm not sure, and they must have some insurance from a third party in the event of a massive financial disaster type accident, but Con-way Freight is self insured as are most if not all of the major ltl carriers.

 

I don't understand his reply. I am hoping it has to do with the 70's

 

yea we are self insured up to 250k i think. third party covers the rest.

 

I was always wondering,is the equipment as run down for these LTL company as they look,they all look rundown don't matter who's companies they all look run down. What kind a pay do you guys get,hourly milage ? how much?

 

Right now I make 22.96 for hourly and 56cpm. Our top rate is over 25 per hour and 63cpm. There are NY wages though.

yes some of our truck are a bit run down. But there are some that look run down but mechanical wise perfectly fine