Conway driver apprentice program ?

I just got hired with Conway in Feburary 2010...and my take home averages any where from 750 to 850 per week and i am at the bottom with the shortest run in the barn...I wont make what jakegrake makes ..but it wil be over 50,000...

 

No triples for me - certified but where I'm at now I'll never run them. Takes 5 years but top rate is in the mid .50's and around 23 an hour - FedEx is about the same but you get there a lot quicker. Up till two weeks ago, I was basically on 12 hour turns using about 11.5 or 11.75 hours per night on a 60 hour log. We just went to 70 hour logs last week, and I'm using about 13 or 13.5 per night with some extra dock time. The 12 hour turns were good for about 1730-1750 per week so I'll do a little better than that now with the extra time available.

 

Thanks. Do you have to work that many hours? I spoke to a management guy yesterday and he told me he was there daily from 8am-8pm. So I started wondering what was expected but wouldn't want to ask yet.

 

On night line-haul it's hard to work much less than 11. I could get away with about 11-11.5 per night but most of the time I'm now between 12 and 13 kinda by choice. On days where all the pay is hourly it varies by how busy the operation is that day/week. I had a P&D route here for about 4 years and remember working 12 hour days and struggling to get 8 hours the next week. Just depends.

 

Thanks jakebrake.

 

So what are the hours for "night" haul, what times do you generally start/end ?
And are you home daily as an apprentice/LTLer ??

 

Linehaul times vary ,,,In Gary In where i work i start at 8.00 pm and usually punch out a little b4 8 am next day...i average just a hair under 12 hrs per day...As an apprentice yu would be home every day...kinda of a rough schedule though...the terminal i go to every night (132 miles round trip) they are about 4 partimers there who just go into the apprentice program,,, They work at night from 9pm till about 7am then they have to go to class for 4 hrs 8 am to noon...five days a week for 3 months...so they are all verry tired after working all night...So it can be a very grueling schedule..but i think it is better to go this route than have to pay out of pocket and then end up over the road and wont make any money...

 

Question for Jakebrake...

What should the max weight be in the nose of a pup of the first 2 skids..2500??? and then after that yu can go heavy....

And the same question for the nose of a long box....

I dont really load right now..I just break.... but i am sure i will have to start loading eventually...

 

6,000 in the first 8 feet on a 26,500 pup if it's loaded perfectly.. 2050 in the first two skid spaces (4 feet) would be OK.. Keep it at 4,000 in the first 8' and you'll always be fine.. Even though my job last year was to load long boxes at the FAC I ran, I really don't know what the max would be. I'd stuff 60 bills in a 53 but it would only weigh 35K since I was dealing with lighter freight. I always found I'd end up being too heavy on the back of a long box and not the nose if I was over though..

 

THanks for the info jakebrake....guess its better to be heavy in the rear than the nose...wouldnt want to have to strip that long box..