JRayl Transport

Call and talk to Richard Hayworth, or a recruiter and tell them you're interested in the refresher course.

 

No. Not if you're no-touch... The company pays for lumpers if needed.
If you want to handle freight, it's your choice when you hire on... but you either handle freight or you don't. You get paid extra for handling freight. The company has a lot of Joann Fabric loads, which are light weight, but are for drivers that want to handle freight. You get paid extra based on the number of tires... for example, $125 to unload 1,000 tires took about 3 hours.

 

I wondered the same thing when I first went to salary... but I don't run any harder / more / different than I did when I got paid by the mile... I probably average around 2000-2400 miles in a 5.5 day week (though I haven't done the total / average calculations for awhile). They don't run you like a dog though... it's a pretty good mixture of drop / hook, live load / unloads... and I'm 'No-touch" too... so I don't fingerprint freight unless it's an emergency and they need me to handle it (which is rare).

Most loads are done during the day - on rare occasions, you might need to run all night. It's trucking - it's gonna happen. It's really up to you though... if you think it's going to be a safety issue - and you've been awake all day, sitting and waiting for a load - then they give you a load that picks up late and delivers early the next morning, talk to your dispatcher and see if they can come up with something else. Otherwise, let them know what you think your ETA will be - or see if they can reschedule the load / relay it for another driver to take in on time. Communication is key - talk to someone if you have a problem with the planned load or making delivery on time.