ABF or FedEx Freight

Gearjammin' Penguin · Jan 14, 2019

Would you rather do dock work and make money, or take a day off making nothing?

McUzi · Jan 14, 2019

yankatank said: ↑

ah...so FXF you have to do dock work. Ok, makes sense. I haven't used a forklift in 9 years. haha Looking for more driving and not so much combo. But, I'll wait and see what happens.
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Dock is based on a mileage threshold which my run doesn’t meet. I hostle in the yard instead of work the dock.

That being said I love the company.

TruckerFit · Jan 14, 2019

yankatank said: ↑

I recently got an interview with ABF. Been looking into this company for a while now. Everything seems to be fine for that one. However, I was told I'd make around 60K my first few years(which is fine by me. I'll take a small paycut)...but am hearing/reading more and more guys are saying I'll be making close to 40K a year. At the same time, everybody is saying ABF is an awesome company so if offered take it. I have a wife and 2 little ones to take care of. I currently make around 65K a year and live fine off of that. 40K won't cut it(this is the NC term). I did do a brief 'stint' at Estes, had personal issues and had to move on...but made around 25K in the 4 months I was there(and LOVED pulling doubles). So, I found out fedex freight is looking for road drivers as well, so applied with them. I'm sure I won't hear from them for about a month or so(applied last night). But, I would probably make more at fedex extraboard as opposed to abf, right? All insight is greatly appreciated! As far as ODFL goes, they are not hiring and know some guys there. Not too big on all of their rules. Sure they pay the most, but they sound like they are becoming SAIA(no smoking/vape), cameras on you(although not as STRICT as SAIA). I don't mind cameras on me, just don't want to be bothered if I drink water, change radio station while driving.
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Your tripping homie, OD has no driver cams and is chill as fuq

Texas_hwy_287 · Jan 14, 2019

@Fuelinmyveins works at FedEx too, hope he comes thru to give his insight.

yankatank · Jan 14, 2019

TruckerFit said: ↑

Your tripping homie, OD has no driver cams and is chill as fuq
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there are 2 main concerns with OD, 1 I'll do ALOT of northeast and 2 I cannot vape in truck or my car on company property. I'm not interested in OD anyways.

MACK E-6 · Jan 14, 2019

yankatank said: ↑

there are 2 main concerns with OD, 1 I'll do ALOT of northeast and 2 I cannot vape in truck or my car on company property. I'm not interested in OD anyways.
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Old Dominion wants to dictate whether or not your smoke in your car???

I’d say it sounds like they are becoming Saia.

Coover · Jan 14, 2019

MACK E-6 said: ↑

Old Dominion wants to dictate whether or not your smoke in your car???

I’d say it sounds like they are becoming Saia.
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Tobacco free workplace, helps keep the company property cleaner and free of cigarette butts

Sadly the cul de sac has seen better days

yankatank · Jan 15, 2019

Coover said: ↑

Tobacco free workplace, helps keep the company property cleaner and free of cigarette butts

Sadly the cul de sac has seen better days
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tobacco free yes....but you can't even VAPE! I quit smoking and now I vape. Nothing like a good flavor and an ice cold liter of water(helps inhance the flavor).

Texas_hwy_287 · Jan 15, 2019

@yankatank I worked at OD and the reason behind banning tobacco products. its to promote wellness among drivers. Also about the cameras it must be just in your area. Here where I worked at cameras are facing the road. OD is nothing like SAIA or southeastern. Im not one of those yahoos who drink the khool aid but I must say OD really treat its drivers well.

Good luck on abf and FedEx you cant go wrong choosing either one.

yankatank · Jan 16, 2019

Texas_hwy_287 said: ↑

@yankatank I worked at OD and the reason behind banning tobacco products. its to promote wellness among drivers. Also about the cameras it must be just in your area. Here where I worked at cameras are facing the road. OD is nothing like SAIA or southeastern. Im not one of those yahoos who drink the khool aid but I must say OD really treat its drivers well.

Good luck on abf and FedEx you cant go wrong choosing either one.
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The cameras, subject, came from 2 drivers that are out of NC terminal. Not mentioning names. 1 is a very active user of this forum....anyways, he told me about the tobaccoless policy. You're right, it does make sense. I did quit smoking about 4 years ago. However, I only vape when I drive, since a good cup of coffee and water always goes good with whatever flavor I'm smoking. Plus, as I have stated before, ALOT of guys I have met out of what I would be applying for all say the same thing, all they do is the northeast, until they can make a bid run. My first 4 years of driving was spent in the northeast and I'm pretty much done with that. NO MORE for me! haha

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