need some good advice!!!

Well, it would depend on what kind of miles you would get on the line haul as to which would pay more.

Other things to look at:

Do you like being home every day, or do you like time away.

Do you mind doing the constant shuttle and drop and hook.

How do you feel about running sets. You didn't specify but most of the line haul (at least in my area) runs sets of different types, depending on the amount of freight on any particular run.

If you are running sets, are you comfortable with putting them together and breaking them down. Also, are you payed for doing this, or is it considered to just be part of the job.

It is pretty much just up to whatever you are most interested in doing.

 

Stupid question time: What is "running sets"?

 

Is NFI an hourly paying job? If it is then I would stay with them. That's just me. I prefer to be home everyday and pretty much know what I am going to be making. To me it's also nice to have somewhat of a set schedule. With linehaul work you never really know what time you will be leaving or if they have a load for you.

 

Doubles trailers. Pulling twin 28 foot trailers, vice pulling a single 48-53 foot van. Take a look at UPS, Fedex, Roadway, Yellow, etc to see a set of doubles.

 

Not at all stupid. Sets can be two or three trailers in different combinations. Depending on where you are located. Here in Utah, we can pull tripples, but only triple pups. You will also see sets of "Rockies" which are a long box and a short box (pup), or "Interstates" which are two long boxes.

The tractor pulling anything longer that double pups needs to have special overlength permits and they are limited on where they can go.

 

i seen across the NY turnpike , walmart, budweiser, ups and some others pulling double 48fts , it was something to see a walmart never knew they did anything like that


Far as companys cant help ya , a duie pyle out of west chester and where are you working out of for NFI? that would be a help for me i hate driving my own 4 wheeler to get to work...

i always laugh when i see A DUIE PYLE just reminds me of somethin

 

Thanks, guys... for the explanations of running sets. "Putting them together"... "breaking them down"... it all makes sense now.

 

Duie Pyle moves alot of Lesco and Scotts freight. Fertilizer and such. I have delivered some of their freight and pulling pallets weighing over a ton to the back of a 53 foot trailer isnt exactly fun. You need to find out if Pyle unloads their own trailers or is it all drop and hooks or customer unloads. The pay comparison is also very important. How many miles will you be driving on average and what kind of truck will you be asigned? Can you take it home when you go home or is it a slip seat operation? You need more information from both companies to make a fair comparison.

 

Yeah, I have a Duie Pyle yard just down the street here, and right across from them is a Lowe's flatbed distribution center. There is also a Souther States, but I don't know what they do. It used to be an Agway warehouse. But I always get a chuckle myself everytime I see the A. Duie Pyle too. I guess it's the 5 year old that still hangs out in the back of my head.