Short Runs

Fedex Freight has very short runs with dock time in the Chicagoland area. Hook set, drive less than 50 miles to hub. Work dock 4-5 hours, sometimes less. Hook set and drive back to your home service center. Usually around 8-9 hour day. Sometimes you can get back in under 8 hours. When I get stuck with one of these garbage runs I’m typically in my car headed home between 4-5 in the morning.

 

I’m sure there may be one out there somewhere, but linehaul runs are typically a 10+ hour day between your route and some have you work the dock.

 

Try working the dock for 5 hours overnight then look at the paycheck at the end of the week and see if you still find it tough to call it a garbage run.

 

We got one at our barn that pays 199 miles each way. Driver hooks set, leaves at 19:30, arrives at terminal at 22:45, breaks set and hooks departure set. Leaves around 23:15 and arrives at home terminal at 2:30. It’s our retirement run and actually pays pretty well with all the breaks and hooks that you get paid for.

 

Sounds like a good job, do they hire new CDL grads ?

 

They require 6 months of experience. You can check out SEFL.com for job listings in your area. More than likely you will have to start P/D and try to get a line run when one pops up. Like with most LTL jobs it goes by seniority and a run like I posted about at our barn stays with senior driver. That’s why we call it the retirement run.

 

Yeah, Estes has these also at most terminals. Usually less than 400 miles, some as little as 6-7 hours a night. Some with dock work some without.