Combo line haul/dockworker

I'm sorry to hear you can't make it on $16 an hour, after 3 years, you should be in the $20 range, heck Walmart is paying $21.50 for overnight stock crew. I believe "Over Dose" is non-union company, and I think is all by the hour. There may be a different rate for dock and driving, but linehaul is incredibly boring, and dock work is a welcome change of pace. Linehaul/ dock work aside from a dump truck, is about the most "normal" hours you'll find in trucking,, they just may be from 7pm to 5am, but it's way better than an OTR gig. There may be some hand work, but 90% is forklift. I actually enjoyed that job. OD , I heard, is a great company, been around a while, and I'll tell you, if they ever loosen the regs, to get drivers that smoked a joint 2 months ago back in, it's these jobs that will fill up 1st. I wouldn't dawdle. Good luck.

 

Good luck with the 2 hour round trip commute to work. I did that for 3 months, nearly working 14 hours everyday, couldn't take it anymore.

 

Sadly, long commutes are a normal thing. As businesses close left and right, people need to travel farther, and with the cars today, it's not like you are driving a Ford Falcon. I had a newer Mustang and it, for me, was kind of relaxing before I got home to whatever THAT entailed. The biggest problem I see is the cost of gas, and maybe, a good company like OD would help with that. An hour one way was about the limit.

 

That sounds to me like a line-haul job where you might have to switch your own freight at a cross-dock somewhere on one end. P+D and Regional guys do that #### all the time. A little odd but not unheard of for a line-haul. They may have a “terminal” some where that’s actually a shared facility with no staff.

 

I'd jump to Old Dominion. Wouldn't even hesitate.
@blairandgretchen worked there for a few years.

 

No idea about seniority and all the Twilight Zone foolishness at those big freight outfits. I was just pitching a scenario that might fit the job description. Who knows with those guys. Their goal could be trying to cut OT off the dock and cover a 1 or 2 times a week scheduled truck with the same body. No way to know without talking to them.