dumb question regarding LTL

Dude your in the same boat I was in. I started on a local milk route with Prairie Farms. Got the hang of driving something big, they let me play around with some tractor trailers after awhile and once I turned 21 sent me across state lines and I did OTR in the summer while the schools were out. Who are you haulin for right now if you don't mind me askin?

 

Any size truck can be a vendor. Pepsi, frito lay, oreo, etc etc are all vendors and some drive tractor trailers, some drive straights, and some drive bread trucks but they are all vendors.

 

i basically do what they do except i never touch anything in the stores, i bring it into the store and leave it. i'm not involved with rotating anything.

 

i bring hood milk out. i'm hoping when i upgrade to my A i can get my boss to get a tractor trailer so i can make more money, maybe even go get pallets of stuff whatever the case is, i'm after the mighty dollar. i love working at my job and dont wanna leave, if i can do it and drive tractor trailers when i get my A that'd be ideal!

 

You are a company route driver. You haul product that belongs to your company.

Whether you have a straight truck or pull a trailer, if you dont have PRO number stickers on your freight, you are not an LTL driver.

 

I see, ya being in the milk industry is not a bad gig man. I should clarify I was with Siedhoff Distributing and we had a contract with Prairie Farms. It was the best job I ever had I hope it all works out for ya bud.

 

what if i put a "#3" sticker on my box??

ok stupid joke time is over. what are pro numbers??

 

no its really not, i love that i'm out by myself all day, i have 2 routes i do a week, monday wednesday friday is one, tuesday thursday saturday another. its nice because you build up relations with the customers, yet you get to get back in the truck and get some peace and quiet. plus its a pretty stable job i'm not really worried about a bad economy. i'm gonna be stickin around at this place for a while thats for sure.

 

LTL acronymn could be understood to meanl ess than load, like someone said less than a full Truck load.
If you had a route with a local pick up and delivery, instead of dropping off milk you would be dropping off crates, pallets or even small boxes, and picking up similarly all day. Then returning to the dock and. In a way very similar , just different stuff. And not the same stuff
I have seen it from the dock side of it, another thing that can be just as nice as some would say bad, is that you get to interact with people at the companies and docks some more, which can break up the day somewhat.

 

yeah i like the interactions with people, i have a lot of fun with the people on my route.