Driving for Local Movers - Good or Bad?

its some real back-breaking work captain

 

Had an exbrother in-law who worked for and later drove for North American. He told me the company on the delivery end always got blamed and sued for any damages or missing items. It didn't matter who was to blame. Any time there was a trailer going long distance, it was hauled by anyone they could get if there was not a driver available. Word your contracts wisely. It might be worth it to have a lawyer look them over before you start. Good luck.

 

I applied At one of those outfits. The idea of unloading one of those things after you have driven it all day was not a good one. I ain't 20 years old these days.

 

Those outfits will eat you alive, if you let them! I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole.

 

i worked ONE DAY..that was enough. the helper was drunk, showed up to work drunk. damaged the ceiling coming down some stairs, when the bed post dug into it.

here i can say that movers are busy only at certain times of the year, like summer time, when many people move. during the year, i can see many trucks parked.

if you want to provide any service, why don;t you GO IN PERSON to the moving companies..???

i highly doubt you're gonna find any better help then they can. can you offer work 5-6 days a week...?? benefits..?? high pay..???

a bottle of booze for the drunks..?????

best to shelf this idea.....and move into a more lucrative service, like opening up a liquor store on skid row instead.


then all the drunkard movers helpers can liquor up before they stagger over to the job.

 

There certainly are places for hotshots, but I wouldn't think household moving would be one of them.

 

most of the reputable movers have a good source of daily workers. i was actually hired on with an Allied Van Lines, local agent. i had wanted to go OTR for them, but was told only o/o's do that, not company drivers, this was way back then. how it is now, i do not know. then the trailer driver (o/o), would call a local agent near his delivery point, and that agent would call in his workers.

tell you the truth, i wasn't built for the constant heavy lifting anyways......

so i was glad i had one day's worth of this to chalk up to experience.

 

i worked for a moving company we handled high end furniture delivering to peoples homes, they pay pretty good but after your first day of carrying furniture up and down stairs you'll see their aint no amount of money to make it worth while, something broke? no problem call dispatch and catch hell from both ends over something the warehouse people did, i worked up north in a foot of snow and down in tampa sweating so much i changed my clothes 3x a day. glad those 7 months are over.