Gonna drive to the Pilot on I75 around 3am till 6am tonight and see who is fueling and running around at those hours and see what going on in my area. Never really paid attention to who was out at that time when I was OTR. Put in an application for a $20.00 an hour line haul job just to have a backup. I would take 15 and the hours I want though.
Looking to go local, need advice...
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Wild Murphy, Oct 12, 2016.
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I work for Jb hunt and work 11-14 hour days mon-Friday weekends off making 50+.....the jobs are out there you just gotta look but there are plenty of terrible $12/hr jobs too lol ,but for me going home and sleeping in my bed beats everything....depends what you really want out of truck driving.
Also we end our day around 5pm and when we fuel the truck stop is full of other day cabs so I wouldn't just look in the morningWild Murphy Thanks this. -
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The schedule you are requesting is going to be the most difficult thing. You can haul fuel, they probably work you about 10 hours a day because the shifts run on a 12-hour basis. If you have HAZMAT and Tanker, that's the way to go.
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I just took a home heating oil delivery job. $25 hr with OT and benefits.
6-6 m-f and some Saturdays.
Those are winter hrs. Summer hrs right around 40 a week. Plus in summer doing some boiler / AC installs as needed.
Small 48 employee company.
Full defined benefits.
10 wheel tanks with mostly autos.
I served my 16 months of mega hell. Made the best out of being at Werner. They did very good by me. If my life were different, I would have stayed with Werner for a very long time because I felt valued.
New company takes care of their equipment. I asked to inspect the equipment during the interview.
They obliged. Right there I knew it was gonna be a company I was interested in.
Older well kept IH and KW trucks.
New tires on all units, new paint, no leaks, clean interiors.
That's the kind of owner I want to work for.
So I took it.
I held out and almost lost my fiancé for it.
But I was gonna be ###### if I was gonna operate junk equipment ( see yrc and abf )
Or have the likes of fed ex or ups micro manage every second of my day...
Give me a truck, tell me where it needs to be, and let me SAFELY do my job.
One thing I loved about Werner. They may not have liked every decision I made, but they let me make it within their guidelines.
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Too many people settle. Including myself. I am on the wrong side of 30. Time for me to grow up lol -
I did notice that Bimbo does have a couple facilities in Tennessee, but the one in Chattanooga seems to be a depot, and not a distribution center. I also noticed that Bimbo still seems to have a private fleet in other states, whereas up in the NE, Grocery Haulers does the delivery for them.
If Bimbo Bakeries has a distribution center in TN close to your area, I'd definitely check them. Excellent income, completely paid benefits, severance pay package, and a pension or 401k. And some only work 8-10 hours a day, but usually in the Bakery industry you have off on Saturday and Tuesday. -
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