100% no touch freight, Home on weekends: Any jobs?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by DDOC, Nov 27, 2013.
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What the heck are you talking about?!?!?! There have been plenty to say that they don't like trucking or their trucking company because of the amount of time they have to sit and weight for their trailor to either be loaded or unloaded. I'm saying that it does not bother me. Your comment would make sense if I said something like, "I would be a trucker but I don't like the wait time, so I will pass on all the companies that make you sit along time waiting for dispatch."
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I live in northern Middle TN, and I started to make contact with Ozark, but wanted to see what other companies have 100% no touch freight.
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Why settle for 12/hr, thats chump change
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If you live near Goodlettsville, look at Associated Grocers. Last time I checked, Greatwide had the contract for their transportation/logistics & it's customer unload.
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Be President and play golf & delegate the work part.
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Reread your original post...one could interpret it that you expect to get paid while being loaded/unloaded...while not touching the freight...and having fun time.blairandgretchen Thanks this.
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I'm gonna call BS on this threaf , DDOC .
Reading through your previous posts, it seems you were at Averitt on a cracker barrel account. Therefore, you had a trucking job. So, what do you mean - "having trouble finding a job, looking at getting back into trucking" ?
You also said you got a large ticket for blowing a coop on your first day out of training. Were you fired for this? Are you still with Averitt?
You also asked about Roehl.
BTW, if you find any company paying $12/hr while you wait to be unloaded, tell us all. I may take out radio ads to advertise the phenomenon.
There's a lot of helpful folks out here willing to give you pointers in the right direction - but I suggest you come clean and give at least a clearer picture of what you want, because it sounds like a job that involves driving and unloads is either what you have and don't want - or is what you had and lost/ quit.
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as a truck driver, your attitude should be "all in". What I mean is, not only do you drive the truck, you also monitor the loading/unloading. You take care of the equipment, do paperwork, correspond with dispatch etc. If all you want to do is climb in the sleeper and play video games when you should be on the dock tending to business, you should find some other kind of work. How do you explain to management your load was 5 cases short (because the lumpers stole them) if you were in the bunk goofing off ? Same with a live load .should be counting it on. It's easy to short the load a few cases, especially if you're playing video games in the bunk. You sign for 1800 cases, better be 1800 cases at the consignees dock. Not trying to offend you, and I know tons of drivers do what you are talking about, but, there's a big responsibility for you, the driver.
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You might have luck finding the job out there, the one where you "don't touch" anything and get paid to sit. But please remember this: EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON OR COMES OFF THE TRUCK......"YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR". You are also responsible for all of the equipment, you are responsible for all of the driving. You are responsible for getting the load to the receiver in good condition.
Getting paid to sit is nice, but there are lots of times where if you get off you duff and help out (loading or unloading) you will find that you can make more money in the long run by moving on down the road to the next stop/pickup, verses a few dollars an hour to do nothing..........
You might want to look for Intermodal jobs (no, come to think of it, they do have to get out and lock pins in to chassis and open doors), terminal to terminal runs ( no, come to think about it, it is not uncommon for those guys to work the docks), stuff like that. You probably would want to steer clear of flatbed, rail decks, tankers, car haulers, reefer, towing/recovery, livestock, lumber, coal hauling, etc.
Try a taxi, those guys are paid to sit and then drive. Good luck in you searchblairandgretchen and misterG Thank this.
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