UPS Freight "full time road driver"... any advice?

Hey I'm not sure but I would like to know more about UPS freight as well. If you find out please let me know.

 

Might I suggest that you reply to the job posting and get the info straight from them, probably will be more reliable than info from here.

 

I know a couple of guys that pull for UPS they are home every night. Its can be a good job.

 

UPS Freight is what used to be Overnite. I know that, when I worked for Martin-Marietta Materials in Colorado Springs, there was a UPS Freight yard right by our yard, and we'd see the same trucks there every day. I don't know the circumstances of their driving positions, however. Have to concur with the sentiment that replying to the job posting is the way to go.

 

Go Under the LTL forums and there's a thread there called "My experience with UPS Freight" your questions can be answered there... From what you posted it sounds like a lineHaul position...

 

You are attempting to join the dark side. There are no perfect jobs and you can always be disappointed at the treatment and working conditions no matter where you go, with that said UPS Freight is one of the highest paying driving jobs out there, and one of the few that still offer a pension. That's all I'm going to say.

 

They just got another raise. They are around. 70 cents a mile then go on the clock for anything they do besides driving. Not to mention bonuses, gifts, Holliday's, paid healthcare, etc. I think they get $1,000 a month after retirement for every 10 years of employment. So if you figure a little 7 hour trip at 450 miles then breaking a set and hooking a set then fueling your looking at $365 just for an eight hour day. That's over $94,000

 

I wondered how their pension was structured after the drivers voted to withdrew it from the Teamsters and make it privately funded.