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McLane?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Chase05, Jul 11, 2013.

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  1. Jul 13, 2013 #21
    Chase05

    Chase05 Medium Load Member

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    Thanks for the feedback Onadetour. The load length thing is something I realized recently, lol. I've heard refrigerated tends to have longer hauls. I was considering Stevens just because they said they have 1500 mile average hauls, but thier CPM is a bit on the low side. Getting on with Crete would be great, haven't heard much bad about them. I'm thinking it would be better to get on with the Shaffer side, but I'll just be happy to get anything decent, lol

    The APU thing, that's important to me. I can't sleep in heat, I have to have some AC in the summer. I've heard about Clean Idle lately and some of the companies I'm looking at have that instead of APUs. Does C.I. work better, the same, or is there something about it that makes it less desirable than a truck with an APU?
     
    Chase05, Jul 13, 2013
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  3. Jul 13, 2013 #22
    Onadetour

    Onadetour Medium Load Member

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    If you're living in your truck an APU is a big plus. Kind of have to make choices and look for the best fit. For myself, I liked Crete because they took the training part seriously and had a reputation for running legal. I needed to get to work right away and needed experience. But if you have a family, OTR is tough on you and on them.
     
    Onadetour, Jul 13, 2013
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    Chase05 Thanks this.
  4. Jul 13, 2013 #23
    TruckDuo

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    Check out Eby Brown. Similar job but in a straight truck. Similar pay & less work
     
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  5. Jul 13, 2013 #24
    Chase05

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    Thanks duo, its about time I started lookin for the smaller local places, lol.
     
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  7. Jul 25, 2013 #25
    steve mongeon

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    hi i work food service for chambers and owen. its awfull hard work going up and down a ramp with up to 150 lbs of freight it is ok for a young guy orif you are dumb. it can ruin your back etc. i broke my arm once going down the ramp in the rain and fell. customers treat you like a dog and there is no moveing up the latter. straight truck to boot. better off going over the road for two yrs getting some good experience and no tickets etc. then try and find a local gig that pays 20 bucks a hr. good luck. mongoose
     
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  8. Jul 25, 2013 #26
    Chase05

    Chase05 Medium Load Member

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    I've decided against guys like McLanes or Sysco. I'm too worried about getting some kind of back injury. Talked to a 30 year sysco driver over the weekend, said he saw guys get hurt all the time, doesn't suggest it. I did just see a presentation from DOT foods though. Similar pay, but no handcarts and dollies, just pallet jacks and sometimes breaking the pallets down on the dock. Don't love the idea of fingerprinting my freight, but if it gets me an extra 10K to 20K a year, I'll live with it. I still really wanna try OTR though.
     
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  9. Jul 26, 2013 #27
    Matts155

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    If you happen to go with Dot Foods, you will be breaking down freight most of the times on various docks, you might have all the room you need and you might have hardly any room to break down your stuff. Every item on the delivery have to be counted and the receivers want all the same items together on a pallet so you will be hunting for the last 1 or more items to complete that item. Worst thing about working there is waiting on receivers to count your stuff you broke down and do the paperwork, I have run out of hours so many times waiting on them, not much you can do about it. Oh yeh, wait till you have delivery where a company uses combination of small and large pallets. You only make money when you have large case counts which usually means lots of break down. They also have STC (subject to count) which means only money you make will be mileage cause you don't have to break down those loads, like delivery to Sysco foods.
    They should be paying more cpm and layover pay, most time you will run out of hours because after your delivery, you will probably have pickups for backhauls.
     
    Matts155, Jul 26, 2013
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