Day in the life of P & D driver? ODFL, US Foods, Sysco?

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  1. BrandonA24

    BrandonA24 Light Load Member

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    What is a typical shift for a new driver getting hired into one of these local delivery carriers?
     
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  3. BrandonA24

    BrandonA24 Light Load Member

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    Can you describe your job duties and work?
     
  4. truckdriver31

    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    well lets see. start off maybe as a extra driver calling in. checking too see if you got work.
     
  5. BrandonA24

    BrandonA24 Light Load Member

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    How is the pay? Avg weekly gross?
     
  6. truckdriver31

    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    dont know. i did the linehaul for 3 months and said screw that. i was making $.050 mile 14 hours a day 3rd shift with 34 off.
     
  7. BrandonA24

    BrandonA24 Light Load Member

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    Which carrier were you with? Too much work for too little pay?
     
  8. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Well, US Foods and Sysco vs the likes of Old Dominion is not really a fair comparison. They’re very different animals to work for.

    A freight line will always beat food service IMHO.
     
  9. jgarciajr40

    jgarciajr40 Medium Load Member

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    PD is realtively stressfree as long as you're in your normal route/area. You clock in grab your delivery receipts, gear, hook up, and go on about your day.

    The hardest thing is probably doing a delivery or a pick up for a new acccount you never been to, but that's when I just call other drivers. It's also a pain in the ### when everyone wants to close early and needs you to pick all there #### up in a matter of an hour.

    My terminal tries to average 2.8 deliveries an hour so roughly 22mins per delivery receipt.
     
  10. BrandonA24

    BrandonA24 Light Load Member

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    ODFL has P & D as well
     
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  11. ObeySteezy

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    odfl i think compared to us foods and sysco is way better
    if you do PaD u work monday-friday start time vary but no later then 10pm but mostly all start at 8am
    i know there linehaul guys with a few years/top pay they easily make 100k a year easy
    us foods and sysco never worked for them but i did work for golden state foods and a couple guys came from there and compared to sysco work/unloading they thought gsf way was a peace of cake
    in my personal opinion do what you like to do
    me personally just gonna save up a couple grand buy my own truck and be my own boss im tired of working for companies there all the same at the end of the day ur just a number to them !
     
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