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curious about line haul division

Discussion in 'Con-Way' started by lonelyguy, Oct 26, 2015.

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  1. Oct 27, 2015 #11
    lonelyguy

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    yeah....I have a friend that left my company last year and went to OD....NEVER touched the dock! Told me, I could do combo....but said that's really for all the new guys. I had another friend that went through OD's training(for a driver) had to do 2 years of combo work, then was able to get more driving in.
     
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  3. Oct 27, 2015 #12
    TRUCKEE411

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    Combo work doesn't always include dock work. It could be a combination of city pick up and delivery two days in a row, followed buy two nights of line haul, and a day of shuttling trailers back n forth between terminals. only thing when doing line haul for most LTL companies you need to be prepared to layover in a hotel( payed for by the company), so bring clothes and toiletries.....
     
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  4. Oct 27, 2015 #13
    lonelyguy

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    I'm NOT looking to go home except for atleast once a week! I've talked with some other line haulers......extra board is pretty much what I should be starting out with! Now if only the middle of next month would hurry up(gotta renew my CDL and have my Hazmat added on), I can start going into terminals and putting in apps/talking to companies.
     
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  5. Oct 31, 2015 #14
    lagbrosdetmi

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    Freight is entering the dead time of year, probably not as much hiring going on now. If you can hold off till Feb or March more opportunities will become avaiable.

    XPO Logistics (it's official now, see ya Con way) probly gonna be real hard to get into, no barns in MI are hiring drivers atm.

    And "combo driver" references doing p&d sometime and line haul or regional sometime, not driving and working dock. R+L carriers is a big freight company where drivers do not work dock. When I interviewed at estes was told there'd be minimal dock work.
     
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