First off, welcome. The truth about our produce? It's for teams only, and the extent of us chasing around California for it is entirely in Colton at the Walmart produce center. All we do is either live load it at the produce center or drop and hook. As a solo driver you won't be seeing produce, you might grab a load of it and swap out with a team, that would be it.
You might hear about the lack of west coast solo freight from others, that's not my issue. I've had my share of west coast freight, I've also had just as many LTL runs out of Richmond that had more paid miles than running to California. Those I'll take any day. I've had 3200 mile runs and made it as far as Idaho. I've also had 2600 mile runs and wound up in Edmonton Alberta. These loads are here. You will get them solely based on your performance. When I started here, you had to be here six months before they sent you west, now it's being in Richmond the right time of the week.
You can do 10/4, but it will hold you back somewhat with those runs. The best thing for me is the fact that we are paid every 2 weeks. It allows one to grab an extra day at the house and come back out, and run a little harder to make it up. I just had one of the best loads since I came to work here, it was a load home, 1095 miles and 14 drops, all the drops came off in one day and I was home that afternoon.
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Well, he is just running with what the recruiter told him... Why should someone doubt what a recruiter from such an upstanding company tells them will be possible once they are on board and running hard... Surely the recruiter would not implement such tactics as misleading a possible new driver.
As to your last comment, bit harsh don't you think... If he is excited about coming to our company yet has responsibilities at home and is left with the impression that he can have both, I don't see directing it to him as being in the wrong field but rather towards the one that lead him to believe it's possible.
Because of similar comments and a few other observations since being here, I have opted to run regional until my wife can join me over the road as a Team Couple... But I bet soon someone here will be telling me there is no such thing as a regional driver with options to be home every weekend... LOL ...
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