FedEx Freight Diary (ala Russian Rabbit)

Moving and ending up at the bottom of the board would suck, but you can be strategic about it and talk to drivers in the area you are considering moving to about what your best options may be. I know a driver who transferred to a small EOL terminal in the south and it turned out exactly like he was told it would. Steady amount of outbound freight to the hub, with high potential for VIAs and kickouts. If you can find a location with steady runs, being at top pay in a lower cost of living area should help ease the stress about money.

I plan to move to the northeast at some point after I hit top pay, and my strategy is to look mostly for openings at hubs. That way even if I don’t get a run, I can work the dock all night for $30+/hr. And when I do get a run, it should be to another hub or a meet, which should be some decent miles (as long as it’s not one of those where the nearest hub is 50 miles away). I’m thinking ROC would work out pretty nice if I can get on there.

 

I made a note of all of the hub locations so when I’m ready, I can just keep an eye on job postings and decide from there. Also made note of all of the relay yards too, just in case lol.

 

i’m FXF linehaul at a satellite, looking to go cryo as well

 

Don't blame ya--satellite yards don't tend to have a lot of miles for their line drivers.

 

Another pretty typical week with 17.5 hours on the clock between meetings, dock work, and delays, and an average amount of miles as well. Unfortunately I pulled a lot of rail vans, so I lost out a bit on task pay with all of those TOs instead of Hooks and Drops, and this actually caused me to make slightly less than last week when I was on the dock for longer and got less miles. Doesn't really bother me too much, because I still prefer it 10x more than running freight on that freezing cold dock all night.

I ended up with a lot of delay, most of which was from a breakdown at a dark terminal. I just had to call central and wait for the shop truck from the hub to come out and get me rolling again.

 

Yeah I transferred from a city driver in Phoenix to a road driver in Flagstaff AZ. I’m kind of in the same dilemma. Wife and kids are down in Phoenix still and I’m up here Mon through Friday. It’s not busy enough now to move my family up here and I’m thinking is this really worth it not seeing my boys football games or practices etc..... When our city drivers call in I fill in for them so I been basically been doing city for the last couple of months now cuz I run days with that and with our road it’s days and nights being on the extra board. You could transfer to the city job if you decide to move and have normal hours and still keep your insurance and stuff. Yeah not as much pay but you could still clear 900 to 1200 a week. Just depending if that yard has ot or not. That’s also another problem Fedex has pretty much slashed all of their ot now for hourly employees which pretty much sucks ha.