Carpet or Mattress delivery pros and cons

I've done Tempur Pedic loads, but it was drop/hook... If your talking about local delivery I'd say it would be a nightmare...

 

Done em both.
Don't necessarily pay better than any other freight.
Carpet unloaded w a pole truck and mattresses usually have to be tailgated.
Maybe more stop pay for mattresses but both will find you going to stores/docks that are difficult.

 

Ohhhh yeah ....but probably one of the best jobs I've ever had and was 20 years ago .
Worked for a foam company that made carpet pad and got into the damndest places ...all tailgate unload .
Hot as hell in summer and freeze in winter .
Upside :
Private carrier out and back .
Paid for everything I did including down time , meals , motels .
New full service lease trucks every 4 years .
Home every other night and weekends.
All they asked was take care of the customer.

 

What, are you nuts?

 

Yeah at that point in time it was a great job .

 

Did a mattress load a while back pays like crap.

3 hours before detention starts and it’s floor loaded which means about 4 hours of Loading and another 4 hours to unload.

Now look at this for an example.

400 mile run with 4 hours or more lost to loading and then unloading Another 4 hours which eats into your 14 on the next day isn’t worth it because most likely your appt time will be around 8-9am by the time they are done it will be 12-1pm and finding a load at that time is a bit more difficult.

 

I should talk, I've had some doozy loads I had to unload myself, and my route jobs were all finger print. I found, there's easier trucking jobs out there.

 

Shoot your self in your foot it will hurt less.nothing associated with household moveing good

 

My experiences were before new HOS rules.
Every stop was 15 on line 4 and appt time was when you showed up.
Unlike today the consignee was happy to receive their freight