Is there such thing as weekend only trucking jobs?

I had a co was going to let me drive weekends in a dumptruck. seems they always had at least one driver who would call in or ask for a weekend day off.

 

Has nothing to do with driving. If you are a driver and have a second non driving job, all time WORKED at the other job is considered ON DUTY and counts tword your fourteen hours for the day and twords your seventy hours for the.week and needs to be loged in your logbook

 

There's temp agencies, I'm actually thinking of doing that since I work in management now. I talked to a few companies but they don't take rookies, you need 18 months verifiable class A

 

You don't have to log your commute to and from work unless you're commuting in a big rig. For example...say you drive Monday thru Friday and flip burgers on Saturday and Sunday. Technically you'd have to log from the time you clock in to the time you clock out as "on duty". You would not be able to drive on Monday unless you had 10 hours off from the time you clocked out on Sunday.

It has everything to do with driving. If you weren't a commercial driver you'd never have to log anything. Also your 14 hour is irrelevant if you're on duty not driving. You can be on duty for 20 hours so long as you don't drive without taking 10 hours off duty.

 

I meant it has nothing to do with driving at the second job. I thought you could only be on duty for 14 hours per day. But I will take your word for it since dont log, I am local.

 

Keep checking Craigslist. Many companies only advertise open seats there.

 

Any work you do on a "non" driving job must considered as "on duty" it must be logged as such. Ex. if you work 40 hrs at your primary job ,you have only 30 hrs left to log as a driver on the weekends....

 

Yes there are. My previous company hauls bottled water and they would have you load them and bring them back to the yard and/or deliver (drop and hook) to one of three Wal Mart DC's. The shipper is 24/7 365 and they would be more than happy to put you to work whenever you wanted. These jobs exist but usually aren't advertised and you'll need to find them yourself or through the help of a current employee.

 

You might also try a distribution center near you if there is one. They often need yard drivers to move the trailers around. You'll get absolutely no over-the-road experience but you'll get all kinds of experience backing trailers.