How does the extra board work for p&d and road drivers?

I'm on the flex (aka extra) board at Conway and that is part of it. You'll start off at the bottom so you'll be seeing a lot of the dock for a little bit. On heavier freight days you'll go out and swap trailers or pickup volume shots at shippers. Once you gain some seniority you'll start getting the runs for guys on vacation.

 

Im a city p/d guy and ive had steady 10-12 hour workdays for the last 9 months from day one

 

Varies from company to company and even within the same company it also varies from terminal to terminal.

Where I work I'm not even part of the "extra board". I'm below them because I was hired right after the bid was done. Technically I'm a dockworker but if everyone on the extra board runs and there is an extra load I can take it. Guys on the extra board run every day sometimes double turning loads. I usually run 2-3 times a week. Any time I don't drive I either drive the yard dog or work the dock. 10-12 hour days all the time.

What companies do you have in mind?

 

Besides covering for vacations and call-ins, you will run any where there is an overload of freight that wont fit on reg. drivers trailers including pulling a trailer loaded with volume freight for 1-2 stops or as they put it at our place
LX loads (extra loads not covered in an area)

 

Those are the best ones that operate nationwide. You can also look at your regional LTLs depending on where you live.

 

Then you can add Southeastern, AAA Cooper, R&L, Saia and Wilson to your list.