Mr. City Driver

I work about 10 to 12 hours a day but my routes area is about 70 miles from my terminal , i sure do like being home every single night tho, also most of my stops are within 2 to 5 miles apart but some can be over 25 miles apart. Ive had many days when i had 3 stops on the same street but they were loaded in the nose, center of the trailer and the tail

 

I was about to answer, but wait... whats your avatar for? <--you love him so much get a job in Cuba!

For everyone else wondering what that is about, look up Che Guevara, and not using Wiki, they've tamed his story there. That is all I have to say without going all political, I will not be responding to this thread.


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GOD bless America.

 

I have been doing Local P&D for about 18 years, 15 1/2 years in the same city. VERY RARELY do i work over 9 hours a day. Yesterday a dock foreman joked with me "your late" I got back to the terminal at 4:30 instead of 4pm. If you need a job where you need to be home at specific times, like routine work and like to Socialize and B.S. with everyone you meet every day then this is the Ticket! However, i think your backing skills need to be in the top 1%. LTL ers that need pullups to get in a dock look out of place. By the way , 95% of our local drivers start between 6-8am and are on their way home by 5pm. 2nd shifters.... thats another story.

 

Its embarasing to have to pull up when your backing in off the street in front of a hundred cars waiting for you

 

Our JR guys start at around 10-11am get done around when I start at 1030pm. When Saia was gonna hire me for P&D it was 11am til 8pm. Most likely you'll be starting out late as a bottom guy at most LTL's getting done at night. Can't just jump right in a get a perfect shift. If you can deal with that then you'll be alright. P&D usaully is daylight specific cause your going to shippers and customers that are open during their business hours. Our guys work M-F home everyday. P&D is far from kick back its a go go go atmosphere. Bumping docks and pallet jacking all day. But since you have a night driving issue P&D can work for you. I know a driver who wants to do line but he has the same issue. You only need a year at most P&D jobs. If you can hack a 2am-3am start time and don't mind hand unloading might try foodservice US Foods, Sysco. Home daily too off by 12pm-5pm usually. Nights there are easier cause your doing less driving and more unloading moving around at those type of places. Hard work but pays well and also home everyday.

 

LOL, and annoying

 

I believe everyone cares, you don't?
Its just a hair style to you?
It is much more than a High school thing to me, and is why I call you out in public... rather than some cowardly act behind scenes where no one hears the truth, but gets to see your che glorified in a avatar.
I'm not being political, truth only <--and that has NO agenda.

Search him and see for yourself


GOD bless America

 

I've worked at three different yards and two different LTL companies. In all of them P&D drivers start showing up at around 7 pm and usually their day ends at around 6 or 7. Of course they got guys that start earlier than that to help on the dock or guys that start later than that to take the late trailers. All in all you will barely get any night driving.

Linehaul isn't that hard. Yeah, night shift kind of sucks, but it's easy, no traffic, easy terminal to terminal loads, no dealing with customers, no having to back in tight spots, good money.

P&D also has its very positive side, some guys that have a set run always hit the same docks, know the area pretty well, know the people they deal with on a regular basis, it's extremely easy if it's that way.