Local driving for new cdl holder

Knock on some doors about local tanker work. CTL may have local gas/chemical work. CCC isn't so good because concrete doesn't pay well at all.
One new CDL grad posted she found a good local job with Indian River Transport doing local work.
Try Southeastern Freight Lines and Con-way LTL; can make a decent living with either of these and not kill yourself. Long hours, but OK.

 

If you mean "somebody else is paying for it" as Social Securtiy Disalibilty; you paid for that yourself by paying premiums deducted from your paycheck your entire working life. We all know there's freeloaders milking the system but someone that's worked for years isn't a freeloader.

 

No, I mean I another insurance company is paying for it, just not the company I paid premiums to.

We'll see how tough it is for me to get ssdi as one who actually needs it. I have degenerative scoliosis with a 28 degree curve in my lumbar spine and severe spinal stenosis, both are listed as qualifying conditions. The surgeon is recommending a 4 level spinal fusion with a 12 inch incision front AND back. I can't do it, there are no guarantees and it could end up much worse. Thanks.

 

After 6 mos. experience Heyl Truck Lines has local work.
Sunstate Carriers - home weekends
Dartco - Southeast regional
Knight Transportation-may have dedicated runs out of Lakeland.
Con-way LTL
Southeastern Freight Lines

 

Sharno, I live in the Dallas area and work for Sysco now for 19 months. HOWEVER, I only have a class B license and now it's starting to bite me in the ###. I worked A LOT of overtime last year, generally 60-70 hrs a week. The main boss who came in 1 month after me started changing a lot of things though. Now to the point where my hours are being cut and talk of "dip" pay in July. At Sysco, all or most tractor trailer guys get paid on "dip" which is BY THE CASE, plus a straight time anything over 40 hours. There is a "premium" pay for cases of .26 cents a case if they have to go downstairs or upstairs or extra far deliveries. I have had my class B for 20 years now and should have bumped up to an A license years ago. Many more opportunities like what has been said here. As far as Sysco goes in N. TX. most of the guys who have been there for years are earning a decent living eg. 1000 cases a day or more, set route, able to get daily routes done and stay within 55-60 hours a week. The newer guys however tend to be getting less cases on some days, maybe more on others but when averaged out for the hours being put in per week, well not so much well off. Honestly it depends how much buddy buddy you get with managers who are all former drivers usually. The work is hard, especially when they bury the Fcn cases because of bad loads, bad routing etc. If not for bad loading, routing it makes the job not as bad. For me, I'm at the limit. If they want to try and dip me in a straight truck it's not gonna pay out as I will be working 60 hr weeks but taking home less than if I stayed on hourly. Can't fit as much in a straight truck and when they are loaded they tend to suck to work out of, just no room, causes a lot of delays stop to stop. I have been inquiring into truck driving schools locally myself to aquire my A licence if I'm gonna keep driving a truck for a living. Just don't want to go otr. I see a lot of city driver positions open but asking 1 yr exp. class A. So I have been checking local LTL carriers about student training programs as well, Con-way, ABF, etc. I have applied at a few dock positions within these companies just to get my foot in the door and than see about a driver training program too. Sygma is a part of Sysco, but it is otr with a team driver. For instance, I was making a produce delivery to Schlotzsky in downtown Dallas and Syma drivers were there same time pushing in about 500 cases of food. They were out of OKC and heading back that afternoon after being out all night. Best of luck, at least your in class and working towards tour A. I'm still checking on school tuitions and who's most reputable within Dallas. Continental and TDI so far from what I have come across, however just joined this forum tonight to get advice from the pro's.

 

Look around here and ask. Friendly people.
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ms/ltl-and-local-delivery-trucking-forum.396/

 

Thanks Shaggy, a lot of good reading on this forum!