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<p>[QUOTE="HalpinUout, post: 2856084, member: 72714"]I went from being an OTR driver to working with conway freight and I would say that was a huge mistake...Plan on working on the dock 80% of the time and driving if your lucky 20% of the time....You start out at your home terminal at nite working the dock then when the floor is clean you go out and hook your set up then drive to your terminal assigment for the nite which will change daily being the low man but it will change between the terminals that are the closest to your home terminal then when you get there you unhook your set and dock both trailers then you work that dock for a few hours and then when its probabaly 4 or 5 in the morning you go back out and hook your set head back to your home terminal unhook your set put them in the dock doors fuel your truck and go home... On a rare occasion you will get a longer run being the new guy....will take many years to move up the ladder and get a decent set run....Plan on working 14 hours 5 days a week and sometimes 1 of those days youll use the 16 hour rule...I dont mind working on a dock but for me I would rather drive all nite or work on the dock all nite not doing both....Plus if you get a Via which is after you leave your home terminal youll go to a middle terminal unhook and hook to another set and then go to you destination terminal only to unhook and hook again is a pain in the butt...I dont know much aout Old Dom but I would definently choose Fedex over Conway I know they get paid more...Alot of guys who worked for conway work for Fedex now,,,Ive never heard of someone who was with Fedex working for conway...Good luck man[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="HalpinUout, post: 2856084, member: 72714"]I went from being an OTR driver to working with conway freight and I would say that was a huge mistake...Plan on working on the dock 80% of the time and driving if your lucky 20% of the time....You start out at your home terminal at nite working the dock then when the floor is clean you go out and hook your set up then drive to your terminal assigment for the nite which will change daily being the low man but it will change between the terminals that are the closest to your home terminal then when you get there you unhook your set and dock both trailers then you work that dock for a few hours and then when its probabaly 4 or 5 in the morning you go back out and hook your set head back to your home terminal unhook your set put them in the dock doors fuel your truck and go home... On a rare occasion you will get a longer run being the new guy....will take many years to move up the ladder and get a decent set run....Plan on working 14 hours 5 days a week and sometimes 1 of those days youll use the 16 hour rule...I dont mind working on a dock but for me I would rather drive all nite or work on the dock all nite not doing both....Plus if you get a Via which is after you leave your home terminal youll go to a middle terminal unhook and hook to another set and then go to you destination terminal only to unhook and hook again is a pain in the butt...I dont know much aout Old Dom but I would definently choose Fedex over Conway I know they get paid more...Alot of guys who worked for conway work for Fedex now,,,Ive never heard of someone who was with Fedex working for conway...Good luck man[/QUOTE]
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