I currently live in Northwood Ohio near Toledo/Perrysburg. Have my CDL since 2019 and I have all endorsements, manual, etc. and have been looking at LTL and fuel. Dayton seems to have decent pay and medical. I see they are hiring for both Local and Linehaul.
How many hours are the local guys getting right now?
Is Linehaul only during the night?
What are their start times?
Do they have a good retirement plan? A 401k match?
I don't want to work the dock so do the drivers have to work the dock or just drive?
They say they have new trucks and if Im not mistaken they don't have single axles but I don't know. What trucks are they driving?
Im researching some companies in the area looking for a good fit. So any info is appreciated thanks.
Few Dayton Freight questions
Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by runner332, Sep 6, 2024.
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I worked at Dayton Freight from 11-99 to 8- 2013, so my info is a bit dated.
401(k)
Linehaul is mostly nites, they were just starting some daytime Linehaul, the last couple years I was there, but since it’s bid by seniority, don’t worry about that for now.
Daytime P&D hours vary by terminal, some terminals bid start times, some due not. Most terminals, the P&D drivers will do some dock work. Linehaul some bid runs do include dock(not a lot of them tho).
Trucks were Navistar or Kenworth. By now, probably all auto-shifts(BOOO!), Linehaul will be twin screw, P&D will be single and twin screw.
The pay is competitive with the industry, one thing about Dayton Freight, there is no pay differential depending on location. All driving positions pay scale is the same company wide. Meaning a driver in Wisconsin Rapids gets the same pay per hour/mile as a driver Chicago, or Indianapolis.
Medical insurance, I really can’t say, it was always free, up until the last couple years I was there, but I imagine competitive with the industry.
If I had the choice of LTL freight, or fuel, I would choose fuel every day of the week(I’ve done both).
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From my understanding At most ltl companies Line haul is done at night and P&d is mostly days . Start times could be all over the place . Remember your the new guy at the bottom of the totem pole and will get the worse runs
From my research hauling fuel you could be working days then switching to nights every couple weeks and working weekends and holidays. i would pick line haul first personally
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