Can you do part time trucking?

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  1. pavrom

    pavrom Road Train Member

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    Dont be too pessimistic ...
    You asked part time jobs - i provided
    Its yr fault lacking these skills :) to have part time job
    Same reasons you can find pretty much for any job not to be in specific field
     
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  3. pavrom

    pavrom Road Train Member

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    I mentioned these cause i personally know friends working in noted fields and they make over 6 figures
     
  4. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    I know several people all women that make really good money doing part-time sales. I know a guy that works as a plumber and only works maybe 4 months out of the year. As to stocks? Right now I am just under 60 days from my 62nd birthday. I have been fully retired since Dec 2012. I still have not taken a dollar of Social Security of any form. I do qualify for disability. I am living off my stocks, mutual funds, and other investments. @Chinatown is doing much the same. Also, I am adding to the corpus of those investments and not depleting them. Anybody that tells you it's automatic you will lose money is a bit daft!
     
  5. 201

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    I wouldn't say there's NO p/t work, it's just in trucking, it's hard to come by. Every driver here, I bet, had investigated doing a p/t gig, and it never works out. There are seasonal jobs, drive 'round the clock shuttling trailers for a harvest for a month, or something, but it's all about economics and having to be efficient. For example, and it's happened to me, I did a p/t gig for a friend, one load of cheese from Marshfield, Wis to Pa. "come right back", he said. Well, after that, he wanted me to just "swing over to Wilkes-Barre PA" for some stupid back haul, that may or may not have existed, I was the only one in the area, you know. I came right home empty, and that was that.
     
  6. Av8torcrj

    Av8torcrj Light Load Member

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    Copy/paste craigslist:

    This Over-the-Road part-time truck driver position features flexible scheduling - work as little as 7 days per month - and earnings up to $0.48 per mile* with a weekly performance pay up to $0.04 per mile. Truckers in this CDL driving job will haul 95% no-touch freight, mostly drop-and-hook, and average 2,400-2,800 miles per week traveling east of the Rocky Mountains. As an Over-the-Road part-time driver in Schneider's Van Truckload division, you'll enjoy excellent work-life balance - the freedom of the open road when you want it and home time when you need it. Start a trucking job with a schedule that works for you!

    Part-Time Truck Driver Pay and Benefits

    • Up to $47,000 per year* with a new pay increase
    • $1,000 sign-on bonus per experienced driver
    • Performance pay up to $0.04 per mile more, paid out weekly
    • Potential accessorial pay for detention, layover, hand load/unload
    Part-Time Truck Driver Qualifications

    • Valid Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
    • Automated transmission CDL restriction allowed
    • Hazmat endorsement preferred
    • Passport, FAST card or Enhanced CDL

    • worked great for me for 2 years. Loved it.
     
  7. FoolsErrand

    FoolsErrand Road Train Member

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    Go to the truckstop and youll see plenty of limping, bent over 300+ lb disabled drivers who can barely get to the nacho dispensor without peeing their pants. Youll be fine.
     
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