Burned Out Local LTL Driver - Need Advice

Does fedex ground pay double time? I held a local P/DC job for 4 years that paid double time after 48 hrs a week. Needless to say, I rarely worked more than 45 hrs a week.

 

Gas hauling isnt bad work. It would be alot more forgiving on your body and the loading and unloading part is easy to learn. Given your choice of tanker companies in Maine I do think you would take a pay cut from where you are now and most likely forget about your weekends off though. I think the whole money for your life thing could be said for the transportation industry as a whole for the most part. Your health and sanity are far more important than that job if its becoming that unbearable.

 

You tanker yankers sure are great at talking up your jobs. If I wasn't happy on the LTL gig, No doubt would transfer,
Yall are paid recruiters !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Really not a big issue with surge in a gas tanker.

 

Gas Tankers are baffled almost 0 surge

 

I do LTL p/d here in California, I usually work 10.5 to 11.5 hour days and even that feels like too much to me

 

Very possible, I thought I had it made after trucking 30 years I was making more $ than ever and A ruptured artery in my stomach, and quadruple bypass later, I am left with 2 aneurisms and a carotid artery that can not be fixed now I'm jumping thru the Social Security hoops now. Don't get me wrong I'm not blaming it all on trucking but 70-80 hrs. a week, week in and week out, I'm sure did not help. DO NOT trade your health for $ trust me it is NOT worth it.