Question about ODFL

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Jmelendez1223, Oct 1, 2019.

  1. Sho Nuff

    Sho Nuff Road Train Member

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    I was thinking of Jersey City :oops:. Still close though :D

    Not quite sure what a straight truck would pay...but Class A is around $30 an hour I believe. All the LTL's around that area is around $27-31 an hour for P&D. FXF, Central, Saia, A Duie Pyle, etc, except for YRC. High cost of living usually means higher payrate...and we all know how expensive North Jersey and NYC can be :rolleyes:
     
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  3. Jmelendez1223

    Jmelendez1223 Light Load Member

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    They told me that the company need to request the letter themself
     
  4. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    ok, then tell them what you were told.

    although, i find that to be horse pucky. it is your file, you paid for it, or at least some of the schooling.

    oh well.....can't satisfy Crappy Hall....
     
  5. Jmelendez1223

    Jmelendez1223 Light Load Member

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    hell yea its expensive is hell out here i think that is why alot of people are moving out of this state and ima be open with it dont judge im living with my mom still and my wife and two kids i been through lots of hard times and i finally reach one of my goals was to get my cdl but besides that i try central transport bro and i waited a month for them just to tell me you would have to re apply again even with me telling them i knew someone in there smh and they take new grads and they stay hiring
     
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  6. Jmelendez1223

    Jmelendez1223 Light Load Member

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    Hey guys back again well today i went to the face to face interview with the manager of old dominion well he comes and tells me he honestly wants someone with exp driving a truck but told me that they have a straight truck position but is not open yet and if i was to work for them it would take 2 years for me to start driving a truck with doubles and yes they do fire you for three things he told me rear end someone,being on a hand held device, and driving reckless that you need to be patient because they do put alot of pressure on the drivers and what else oh start time would be at 9 or 10am and have atleast 12 stops... but overall he told me he got 7 guys to interview and he will just let me know which that answer usually i take it as a Yea u didnt get the job but he was cool though ..
     
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  7. Texas_hwy_287

    Texas_hwy_287 Road Train Member

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    2 years to drive doubles? Never heard of that before. o_O
     
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  8. SoCalRed

    SoCalRed Medium Load Member

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    The 3Rs you get fired for are rollover, runaway and rear ending.
    The 2 years to drive doubles is BS. I've seen dock to driver guys drive doubles in less than a month once on their own.
    Just keep applying for local jobs, someone will hire you. Keep your record clean and after a year you shouldn't have a problem getting into LTL.
     
  9. Jmelendez1223

    Jmelendez1223 Light Load Member

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    Yea i also thought it was bs too after he told me that like 2 tears like really bro thats crazy he just kept telling me you meet the requirements but i just need someone that i can just put in a truck the next day but watever i just dont understand why bring a person for a interview if you know your not gonna hire them its just wasting time on both of us and then he comes and tells me yea we want this one guy badly because he gots 10 yrs under his belt but hes not getting back to any of our emails or calls smh in my head im like well that shows you he really dont want it as bad as i do
     
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