Part-time gigs.

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  1. Sublime

    Sublime Road Train Member

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    Postal Contractors definitely can use part-timers. The pay is good and the work is easy. Just takes a little research to find a good one in your area.
     
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  3. Sho Nuff

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    Penske or Ryder sounds perfect for a Part-time gig. I don't think Foodservice hire Part-timers because they put in long hours, but you may start off on Extraboard or as a Helper if you wanna go that route. Beverage I'm pretty sure doesn't hire Part-timers either. @Mike2633 is our resident Foodservice expert and he's done Beer Delivery as well, so he may be able to answer your questions.

    Delivering Mail is an easy Part-time gig as well. Around my area Veltri has 3-4 hour runs paying around $27 an hour and you get to pick and choose which days and time slot you want to work with. LTL Part-time Dockworkers work around 4-6 hours a day and you may occasionally do a P&D run since you have a CDL. UPS Parcel hires Part-time Sortters and it may be a way to work your way up to a Feeder Position. And as a last resort, you might wanna try Uber or Amazon as well, but companies using Independent Contractors are being sued left and right for misclassification of job titles.
     
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  4. slim shady

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    Work while your young, between yours and your wife salaries keep at it, retire younger
    401ks and iras.
     
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  5. Mike2633

    Mike2633 Road Train Member

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    Riders and helpers usually *usually* you get done earlier, but there is no such thing as a part time food service or beer driver it doesn't exist. Once you sign on and leave the yard with that load and that route, that route is yours to get done and some routes run ABC 123, but others still can put up some difficulties there is no such thing really as part time in the food and beverage world there is only full time and over time full time.

    Friday I ran my entire route, 20,000 912 cases got back to the yard dropped my trailer then bob tailed out to a place to pick up an empty trailer we had dropped and bring that back to the yard with me.

    There maybe a van driver position somewhere, but even those can tend to run into long days to because your the clean up man when you drive cargo van for a food company and your essentially out all day cleaning up all the lose ends.
     
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  6. mpd240

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    I worked part time for a truck dealership for several years. Moved trucks and trailers around for them. Drove them to get serviced or delivered them. Was real flexible. Got paid 17.50 per hour when I left.
     
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  7. halfassdriver

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    I've been doing containers part time 15 + yes.
     
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  8. metallifreak10

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    I'm fine with 12 hour days, just can't work more than 3 days. I did a search for part-time beer distributor jobs and actually found some scattered around the country, none in the Chicago area. I used to work for Pepsi, so I know they didn't have part-time relief drivers. Neither does coke or 7up by me. My brother has delivered beer for a Miller distributor for 13 years and they don't hire part-time guys, but he told me that they have been pushing to hire a couple of part-timers down the road.

    Overall though, Truck driving is usually an all or nothing industry. I was thinking maybe some distribution centers for large retailers might hire part-time yard horses.
     
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  9. Sho Nuff

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    Amazon has Part-time Yard Jockey positions (that's if there's a Fulfillment Center near you). I had a lot of co-workers Jockey for them on their days off when they first started. And they're pretty flexible on the schedules too.

    Temp Services might be able to get you a Yard Jockey job as well.
     
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  10. Mike2633

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    Mail is your best bet for part time, if you ask me.
     
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