Fresh out of school...Budweiser Dist?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by tom73, Jan 24, 2011.

  1. TankerYankr

    TankerYankr Medium Load Member

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    I just can't get my mind around a volume based payscale, what are you supposed to do, hand out chips, pretzels, and extra salty nuts to get them to drink more?
    You do't have any control on the volume.
     
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  3. cincy dude

    cincy dude Bobtail Member

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    That job will make an old man out of you soon.
     
  4. crfingnutz

    crfingnutz Light Load Member

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    Local Budweiser Dist. drivers here in Long Island NY bring in between 75k-85k a year after 5 years!! But your not working there unless daddy gets you in!
     
  5. Marksteven

    Marksteven Road Train Member

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    You hit the nail right on the head. you are exactly correct. LTL local peddling can also be physical but there is very little turn over rate.
     
  6. mogan2006

    mogan2006 Light Load Member

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    Ltl would be great. But fright hasn't been reliable in south fl for about 2 1/2 years. I wish it was good. I haven't seen a now hiring ad in a long time for ltl down here
     
  7. mogan2006

    mogan2006 Light Load Member

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    In FL its all about the season. You work long and hard hrs but you get paid for it. In the dead summer months (depending on what route you have) you will make less but you will also be going home early.

    A route that delivers to gas stations and drug stores down here will get about $100-$110 a day plus .05 cents a case. Usually between 600-1200 average but can range from 400-2000. On a 2000 case day you will have a spare truck with a swing driver delivering about 600 of those cases and you still getting paid for it. After he is done he will come help you.

    A route that delivers to restarants will do between 150-350 cases and 40-100 kegs a day. the pay works like this : $95 a day, 11 cents a case, .25 a keg, and .75 for ever empty keg you pick up.
     
  8. o.m.d.

    o.m.d. Heavy Load Member

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    i deliver milk, little different but if you arent a baby you can do it. some of these posters here talking about it being so hard are probably afraid to sweat or something. i run double stacks of milk crates on my dolly, everytime i see a different rep from the company i work for they are always amazed at it because i will run with 380+ pounds on my dolly at once. so if you're a hard workin guy, take it. the thing about driving locally is once you get some good experience if you wanna move on you can get into regional, ya know just wait for a nice gig to open up where you arent movin lots of freight, say like stop and shop for a example, a grocery store chain up here those drivers usually just have pallets to unload, and they use a pallet jack and just bring them in. pretty easy if you ask me cuz i've unloaded whole tractor trailers by myself.

    maybe check out some milk jobs too, i know garelick here starts out at like 17 an hour or something but the milk routes are really stable, just an idea. good luck
     
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  9. Pmracing

    Pmracing Road Train Member

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    Craigs has some great info, but also many scammers. Keep personal info tight. Set up a new gmail or hotmail address that can be closed if needed.

    I have seen lots of local jobs advertised on career builder. Kind of crazily (if that is a word) more CDL jobs listed under my bus driving resume than a CDL search.

    One company told me, in school, if you do not ask to join them within 90 days of graduation then forget calling them. I'm not sure why that was. It was not one of the lowest rated companies, in fact it was in the top three.

    or try:
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    100 COMPANIES


    2. WWW.CDLHUNTER.COM
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    3. WWW.BIGRIGJOBS.COM
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    4. WWW.TRUCKINGCAREERSOFAMERICA.COM
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    5. WWW.CDLTRUCKSTOPS.COM
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    6. WWW.NEWTRUCKDRIVINGJOBS.COM
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    7. WWW.TJUSA.NET
    25 COMPANIES

    9. WWW.ONLINETRUCKDRIVINGJOBS.COM
    20 COMPANIES
     
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  10. queensboi

    queensboi Bobtail Member

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    Hey. How are u im thinking about driveing for budwiser they said if I get. My cdl permit they will train y which I think is awesome and cheap
     
  11. queensboi

    queensboi Bobtail Member

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    Wassup boss im thinking about driving for budwiser they said if I can get my class a permit. They would train me for the cell any info u couldgive me
     
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