From tankers(Superior) to ltl p&d (odfl)

so coming up on 90 days at my new gig I thought Id do a review. Got my first driving job February 2017 started at Superior Carriers ran otr never was out longer than 9 days mostly 6 days out or less. Work could be a little physical and dirty often.Every driver in the company makes the same regardless of experience which is good for new drivers. Made 59k in exactly one year burned through my 70 almost every week. I had a total of 12 weekends off the whole year 6 if those were in the training period. Did a 34 almost everytime I went to Cincinnati, pedrickstown (philly) or markham (Chicago). Health insurance was 43 a week for single the plan was no copay you got billed afterwards I think I payed a discounted rate until my deductible was meet which was 500 so two doctor visits over a year cost me about $130 each. No vision insurance and dental was ok never used it. Overall I give them a C. March 2018 I started at Old Dominion as a p&d Driver. Been working an average of 53 hrs a week and run linehaul whenever I have no Saturday plans. Will make about 65k this year at the lowest pay rate, probably be close to 80-90k by time I reach top rate. Health insurance is two options for singles free or $10 a week plus about 16 a week for disability vision and dental. So I pay $16 for all the insurances. Home every single night and all my weekends off unless I choose differently. Work is not hard at all I run a route with a lift gate about 60% of the time still easier and cleaner than tankers. So far they get a B if they ever change to paying us ot it might change to an A.

 

In Atlanta, 22.70 starting raises every six month, raise every sept. 1 top rate now is 27.85 I believe. 401k is pretty decent if you plan on staying around for a while. My tm doesn’t want anybody to clock over 55 hours. Other terminal city guys say they can Work as much as they like I guess it’s all terminal manager based.

 

59k before tax I always post before tax figures because everyone’s tax situation is different. And yeah you can stay out pretty much as long as you’d like but the trucks aren’t comfortable enough to make you want to do that

 

Glad to hear. Superior is really decent I would always recommend them to anyone that isn’t interested in ltl work. And when did vision become a part of the package? I just left in feb