A little concerned about changing from OD to Usf Hollan

We have a lot of drivers at my yard been doing night linehaul for 15-20yrs+. When you get a bid it makes it a lot easier cause you have the same scheduled days off weekly. I get two days off a week, partial weekends. During the week between runs I average 12-16 hrs off when I'm at my home terminal. Some companies will turn you on your 10. Which sucks cause you still got to drive home and drive back. You can end up only getting 5hrs of sleep between runs. Now, I couldn't handle that for that long either. So it really depends on the company you work for.

 

Thanks for the reply radman, but I'm not following you when you say turn on your ten. Are you saying that the company wants you to go to a terminal a great distance away and send you back home all within a 10 hour period?

 

No, he means they want you back and rolling again after ten hours off. So it does make your off time pretty short, particularly if you have any kind of a commute to and from your home. It is a bit different than the OTR driver who is already in his bedroom when he shuts down. (OK that may be an exaggeration, but you get the ideal.)

At least they don't usually expect you to do a "short 10" most of the time. Back when the required time off was only 8 hours, it made it really rough on a lot of folks.

 

Ah, that clears up a lot. Thanks rad man and Big Don.

 

Yeah, a lot of that turning on 10 happens on extra board for a lot of companies. Places like Conway Freight from what I read like to work people 14hrs and have them come back in 10. Even after they been there awhile. So that's why a lot of people burn out and wash out at night linehaul. Got to find the right company that fits you but it's not gonna be perfect by any means in LTL. If you try to find the perfect schedule in LTL it will only frustrate you. It's still trucking when it comes down to it.

 

This has been a very enlightening thread. Thanks to all of you who contributed. I frequently haul freight for LTL companies, many different ones, and many questions that I had are answered here. Thanks again.

 

ive had cake P&D jobs that were fun and an easy paycheck, and I've had lousy ones (Brooklyn, NY for instance) that were absolutely not worth the daily stress and aggravation for the money. Just depends on the area you serve.

 

not in my experience but YMMV. My last P&D job was 0800 shape and I was usually off by 6 or maybe 7 on a long day. P&D hours will vary with the seasons and how heavy the freight is. Some days are 12 hours and some days you'll pull an "8 and skate"

 

Sorry Indiana Mike but you get nothing as far as monetary value from that 25% pension deal.

It is bad info like this that keeps you voting YES.

If that is the case then you get to work 100 yrs. for 25 yrs. credit if I follow you and your misinformation.P.S. I am EX TNT Red Star /Roadway/YRC/New Penn employee and I asked about that at a meeting and was told point blank you get credit but as far as money into your pension Forgetaboutit!!!!

Go to ABF if you already have a Teamster pension they pay full contribution.

Or UPS freight they have UPS pension that will always have the dough.

 

i think it will depend what pension fund you belong to as well.