I'm not loco for going local am I?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Hawkeye212, Jan 6, 2018.
Page 5 of 5
-
faux_maestro, Western flyer, Hawkeye212 and 1 other person Thank this.
-
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
-
It takes 15 minutes to load, Calportland
mojave Im in and out of the plant under 15 minutes to load, unloading between 20 to 30 minutes.
lrave the house at midnight to runs into Burbank and parked t home by 10am. Off weekends. Pay averages between 52 to 60 per years.
I drive a new pete.
Why run otr for less money. And local running the ELD becomes your friend instaed of your foe.bottomdumpin and JReding Thank this. -
Yep. The money the local was offering with the hours of 50-60 hours a week turned out to be what the current company would pay me running 2300-3000 miles a week, which is what I run anyways. I hate sitting at the docks for hours. An hour... Fine. But 3-4. No way. Maybe it's the fact that I am thinking about the unloaders taking their sweet time and not caring.
Like I said before, it was a very hard decision but one that I'm really excited forJReding Thanks this. -
-
It's always there.
Local job falls thru, need some extra money,
Divorced,kicked out the house, no place to stay.
One phone call and your gone.faux_maestro, GhentSaintPeters, Hawkeye212 and 1 other person Thank this. -
-
dwells40 Thanks this.
-
I've been local most of my driving career. I got my CDL in 2016. I much prefer to be with the wife and kids at night. I live in western NY and we traditionally have had a very strong agricultural industry.... Lots of milk and farms. With agriculture comes trucking. If my current job with Walton fell through there is probably more then a dozen other haulers I could drive for...... But if this industry completely collapses all bets are off. There is dump truck and trailer work but the majority of that type of work is seasonal in nature.
Funny as this sounds my intention when I went to trucking school was to haul milk locally. I had worked as a plant reciever in my past so I knew how much work exists in milk hauling around here. I'm doing what I set out to do and so far this year I'm already at 49k.
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
Page 5 of 5