CON-WAY FREIGHT (LTL) Teams??

To the best of my limited knowledge the answer would be no. The freight side only uses daycabs that I have seen.

 

ive heard both yes and no. I once saw a single axel sleeper truck pull a set into my yard. i asked someone there y did a sleeper have conway freight, someone said they r used as teams for runs that would consist of the drivers to go over 11 hours to a far away place.

i also heard that maybe i didnt c it correctly, since sometimes a truckload truck will be donated or passed down to freight as another truck, i heard back in the day my terminal had one, which my old instructor misses (wouldve been good for training us all at once on the road)

 

Yes they do. They use for linehauls to the Pacific NW from the south. Forward air which is not LTL also uses for airfreight .

 

Well, I stand corrected and got to learn something. Thanks.

 

john v u beat me to it lol. tonite during my linehaul training, we went into the shop to get his truck looked at, and i saw a conway freight sleeper truck(pictured below). i asked y do we have that and he said wut u said, but saying that they r used for longer hauls. one guy brought one back to my terminal once and they werent happy. but going bck they do us teams for freight, i just wont see it where i am

 

Con-way Freight has team runs but it's a home daily run bid by seniority just like any other job or work assignment here. Here's how it works - we call them ESL or extended service lane runs. They are used when an important night hub for next day service lanes is pushing the limit or exceeds what can be done in 11 hours of round trip driving. Clearfield, Pa to Columbus, Oh is one I know of - it's like 640 total miles which is too many total miles the way our operation works so one drives down and the other drives back. I did it for a few weeks years ago on another run and it's not half bad once you adjust to the sleep. Your mileage is like .72 or .74 per mile for your leg of the trip plus drop/hook, dock, and fueling. It's an easy way to make $250/260 per night only working like 7.5 hours if you can sleep when you're not driving.