Yeah I hate the 605! My mom still lives in south El Monte, which connects the 60, 10 and 605 and roads there are a pain in the butt. A few years ago I ran over a deep pot hole and it sliced my tires up lol. Anyways the company that you work for now did they train you or did they just throw you into the wolves?
Thinking about running local, intermodal, or regional
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@BigpopperRunner get on with an LTL company such as Old Dominion, Estes and Saia. These freight companies will give you an opportunity to gain your cdl.
I know OD will send you to school after 6 months of you working there and you will have to work for at least 1 yearto fullfill your contract, if not you will have to pay the full amount.
My humble opinion you can make great money working for an LTL and be home daily. The best thing you have option to run city P&D or linehaul, @Chinatown will tell ya a linehaul driver makes great money.
Here goes the starting pay for OD just to give you a rougly idea. These numbers are based on a big service center, it might be a slightly different if you work from a small yard.
After school you will get started at $25dls an hour
Then you get a 30, 60, 90 days review
It takes 3 years to top pay, if im not mistaken pay scale for OD is $29 dls and some change an hour.
After you top out if the company is doing good everyone gets a raise, therefore OD has drivers making 30dls.
OD pays OT after 60
Benefits are pretty top notch and cheap(united healthcare)
You get your bday off and pay for.
As far as backing take you time. Being city P&D you will have more miles backing up than anything.
Good luck and choose wisely.Last edited: Mar 5, 2019
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Anyone tells you there isn't much money local compare to otr dont know what they talking about, it depends where you live, how you work, do you know what you are doing and the company you are working with. And those factors are for local regional and otr
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