No touch freight local or food service local. (Need good advice and. Opinions

Well, it wouldn't make you any younger. But it might make you lighter, and get you into better shape. That is if your body didn't give out completely. . .

 

And that's probably why you're not in better shape. Easier to sit on your butt and whine about it.

 

I'd go for the better paying job either way. It'll be hard work at first learning the job but it would be worth it.

 

If you are younger a hand truck won't hurt you. I think we've all done our share. Go for the money and benefits. You never know where the job will lead at them places.

I had a fellow driver at CocaCola after 7 years they promoted him up into management. Now he makes the big bucks. Worst case scenario, you'll stay in shape.

 

What do you want to do? Benefits are a wonderful thing to have. But lots of people, myself included, worked a good portion of their youth with zero benefits and never had an issue because of it. Its a gamble to be sure. But if you're young and relatively healthy, its a gamble with pretty good odds.

In my case, things worked out extremely well. I was fortunate enough to marry someone who had excellent benefits (though it wasn't at all the reason I married her). And now I'm lucky enough to work for a company that gives me an extra check every quarter because I opt out of their benefits package (my wife's benefits are better).

Benefits are important. But as a guy with no kids and a wife who is covered by her own employment, I don't think I'd leave a job (especially a no touch job) I liked simply because someone else offered a benefits package I didn't have access to otherwise. But that's just me.

 

I have faced this multiple times and will go for no-touch when I can as "local" ( for me ) is often competing with city-traffic and backing on-street where "no-touch" should have the backing done in a yard most of the time,....nothing puts me in a bind like backing on city-streets though for starter it is really good as one sees the benefit of long hours OTR ...

for $13 / hour on no-touch I would not be eager to move, the "food-service" would have to be like 15-18 to even consider it unless the "local food service distributor" is some really good place to work, I never consider "benefits" to be of any benefit as those result in participation in programs rife with people who's first and sole goal is to avoid work with the result that dock-foreman or floor-supervisor places me in a position where it is needful to move on

hand-trucks wont hurt you but add a risk of dropping product in retail area where customer or something is in the way - if it is in-warehouse then might even be good for you as doing no-touch 100% results in insufficient grasp of what is really going on

 

Temp. hire driver agency - flatbed. OR specify no touch. Temp guys usually get gravy work. At least that was my experience.

 

I tell you what if you go foodservice and then go back to P&D you'll be like this is easy and look at your fellow employees funny when they whine about pulling a pallet off with a pallet jack. I wouldn't work at foodservice for no less than 19hr that's still under paid for the amount of work. Sysco and US Foods starts around there. It's physical work and demanding time frames. Your driving Skills will definitely improve with where you got to park your truck too. No docks. You'll get in great shape with all the walking you gotta do. It gets easier as you get more exp cause you'll have a system down. Start times are early 2-5am but you won't see 5am cause that's seniority guys time so plan on very early start times. Foodservice pay will make your 13hr look like peanuts though so it does pay very well. There are alot of no touch freight that pays 15hr+ might want to consider that too. I did foodservice but coming back to no touch freight after a year is kinda nice but gotta keep that 40lbs I lost off on my own now lol. Good luck with your choice.

 

You mention the early hours on food service, and I see this when I'm out and about at 0 dark thirty. Which always makes me wonder, do these restaurants give you guys keys to their business, or do they make some poor slob get up at that time of day to meet you there. I see these a lot at places that don't open up until 11 AM so I doubt that they are there prepping for the day at 2 AM.

 

You took the words right out of my fingers Big Don more than once!