Plains Transportation Group out of Amarillo.

How is the pay and days off situation for them? I almost got on with them last year and am now reconsidering it after experiencing some more burnout with the dairy loading. I see them making multiple stops at mainly Allsup's and that regional "Lowes" chain in eastern NM and west TX. I was told by the hiring manager last year that I would have to relocate out to Amarillo if a job offer was completed. My thoughts on Amarillo are mixed. But if the pay and days off are alright, then I could deal with a "Texas" move for the sake of getting some sort of store delivery experience under my belt.

PTG is just one of my options at the moment since Sysco has been hit/miss, and McLane and B.E.Keith have yet to get back with me. Four years of loading the dairies and the different start times each day, along with the god complex of the dairymen and herdsmen, are a few of the things killing the joy.
I'm quite aware of the attitudes of individual store managers and the possible difficulties the store deliveries will face, but I'm ready to change things up regardless.

 

.......crickets.......

 

Well, some dairymen are quite all right and understand that drivers have the hours-of-service to adhere to. As long as they're not spilling milk, they won't bat an eye when the truck arrives behind schedule. Then there's some dairymen out there that completely lose it and always ask why we're late. Hey, if I'm pumping off four tanks in six hours at this dairy and then have to drive two hours back to my yard, I've still got to take ten hours off before I could come back out here. Some of these guys just can't get that through their head.
Nonetheless, I don't complain, the dispatchers at my current company are cool. It's just that if we don't have like 3-4 loaders on these distant, 100+ mile away from the yard, dairies, our company simply gets dropped in favor of another company that supposedly has the man-power to make sure each tank get picked up on time.

Again, no real big issue other than "please don't shoot the messenger", or in this case, the loader/driver.

As far as the delivery driver thing goes, I've got an interview with McLane down in Phoenix next week. It may come with its own set of challenges, but it will definitely beat being exposed to the nastiness of the farm environment. Hives, don't want to deal with that repeatedly.

 

Talked to one of their grocery delivery guys and he said they bring in about $205/day. Not bad for what they do I would think, but at the same time, I've got to touch base with one of the foodservice guys with PTG and see what their hours and days off are.
I'm also kind of split between McLane in Denver or Phoenix, repeated attempts to get on with an LTL place like Estes or Saia, and then there's this dropyard-to-milk plant shuttling thing in Portales with a 4-on/3-off schedule.
Time off is pretty good, but after doing this Clovis-to-Perryton-and back run with IRT for nearly a year, I've come to like those long runs where it feels a little like long haul. But you're home almost every night and if you do stay overnight some place, it's usually a motel room.