Are most local/ city driving jobs going to be labor intensive?

Well not all route are super hard, just depends on the product you are delivering. Food, paper, drinks, general freight prob lots of work. I had a gig picking up and delivering medical supplies in rolling sanitary steel cabinets, very easy work. Had to push about 12-15 cleaned ones out and old ones to be cleaned in into little box truck. Easy easy and great pay.

 

I’m a LTL City Driver. Some stops can be labor intensive. Others not so much. If I have an entirely palletized load the pallet jack does most of the work. But I sometimes haul pipes of large size that I have to strap in. Sometimes have to use a forklift with chains to move heavy things.

So you have to be ready for anything. Usually 10-15 stops per day.

OTR guys used to bumping docks and hiring lumpers don’t usually last.

 

Driving a truck will destroy your body - physical labour is what keeps it together.

 

Where are you located?

 

There are line haul drivers where I work. They have it easy. Usually just a straight shot Houston to Dallas or San Antonio or Corpus or Austin, then a quick drop and hook or sometimes live unload. We bid in December and I have enough seniority now that I’ll get one of those cake runs. But I’m also wary it’ll make me lazy. They run at night too.

 

OK, we're neighbors.
Line haul companies are hiring also.
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