How to be faster at J.B. Hunt

I recommend he get the tanker/hazmat endorsements & TWIC, then he can make way over $52K and be home every day or night. Intermodal is too hit & miss with pay. Tanker/hazmat is pretty consistant with pay averaging over a grand a week.

 

wow i thought intermodal with jb hunt was actually good? darn. maybe he should go to a jb hunt dedicated account. i know they have a meijer account. or if hes making more than go back to crst. but honestly if hes gonna go otr. let him to tanker then look for local tanker stuff. better $$.

 

I don't know if there is anyway to be much faster at hauling containers. Railroad yards you usually end up hunting for the trailers, or waiting till they get there. He must be doing about a 50 mile del radius if he is doing about 300 miles per day; in Chicagoland traffic that probably equates to 1 1/2 hrs of drive time each way. Then you are at the mercy of unloading docks that take up more time.

He is having to spend a lot of time just getting to the terminal and then back home it sounds like. Even though he is getting to come home and spend time in his own bed, he is not getting much time to relax and enjoy it.

Keep him nutritious food to take with him to eat during his day; he may not have to take a break if he is just staying in the city limits. Yogurt, something in a cup with a straw down the middle can be easily used as a snack; I did yogurt this way years ago in between 2 part-time jobs I had. There's nothing better than a peanut butter & jelly sandwich which can be fixed on pumpernickel even.

Did he do otr when he was with his other job, or was it just site to site?

 

Wow $600 a week for 14+ hour days? Ditch JB Hunt and to work for a decent company doing local dry van. There is no shortage of work in this city.

 

That is not much pay for the hours worked and the extreme stress of Chicago driving. It is many times more stressful than OTR.

For pay reference, I also pull Chicago intermodal. I work Monday-Friday and weekends are by volunteer. I get paid $200 every day I work no matter how many miles or hours.

Mikeeee

 

That's correct... I have my Hazmat which I do not mind pulling this type of freight but just not everyday; yanking tanks, oh but NO! and I do have my TWIC (since 2006/7) and only have had to use it 4-5 times since. Most of the Security Guards and MPs on US Base/Post act as if it is not a relevant document and you still find yourself still in the same predicament as those not having a TWIC: that is having to sign in and get a escort and wait and wait and wait.

 

understand dollar amount is important when taking care of family. I have heard the only way u make money off rail yards if you own your own trk. it sounds like your husband don't want to be over the road anymore if he is staying with jb hunt like that. have your husband tried working for those companies like Sysco he would have to unload the truck. though im sure jb hunt have some dedicated accounts have he checked into them. are there any trucking companies close to your home where yo husband can do day cab. look into companies like Estes, Conway, roadway, ups, fedex, companies that deliver gas to local gas stations don't know if your husband have endorsements if not it would be good investment it will open more doors I have a friend that work for Estes he make $22hr since u did the post u will most likely doing leg/finger work for your husband. research it u will find what your husband really want to work if u live in large city u may have depo's like walmart, walgreens, freds, Tyson GOOD LUCK!!!!

 

Don't know anything about UPS but Old Dominion in Des Plaines is hiring drivers. If he has Haz-mat he is in a good position for that. There is no reason any driver should work full time for $600.