R&L or Dayton Freight?

Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by TinMan89, Jun 15, 2018.

Where would you go?

  1. R&L

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  2. Dayton Freight

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  1. TinMan89

    TinMan89 Bobtail Member

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    Thanks for all the replies fellas, I get started with my week long training starting this Thursday at 8:30pm. Pretty excited to get this going and get out on my own. I honestly can’t believe how quick the process went from applying to start date (1 week and 1 day).
     
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  3. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Where?

    It wasn’t in this thread.
     
  4. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    What better way to shaft a driver, or just the ones not on the “favorites” list, by keeping them in the dark. :rolleyes:
     
  5. speedyk

    speedyk Road Train Member

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    I saw somewhere they hired a guy that ruined Yellow, that was enough for me. That and the vacation spots thing.
     
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  6. De Trucker

    De Trucker Medium Load Member

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    R&L was recently advertising sleeper positions on Facebook. It showed up on my timeline a few times. They were claiming $2k a week.
     
  7. TinMan89

    TinMan89 Bobtail Member

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    Yeah, they have been advertising on Indeed also claiming $2000+ a week also. My buddy called about doing it and it really didn’t seem like a bad gig, just something didn’t feel right when Interviewed. It just feels like one of those companies that wants a warm body and that’s it.
     
  8. Buckeye 60

    Buckeye 60 Road Train Member

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    2000 a week would be easily do able from what they are paying us to do them ( landstar ) the Norwalk terminal is about 10 miles from my house and I get tired of those guys pulling out in front of me and then turning on to 601 next store ... I guess being next to the drag strip gets em all fired up
     
  9. jtaran06

    jtaran06 Road Train Member

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    I have a buddy out of Norwalk yard. He runs night line haul. He clears around 1000 usually runs 2 Youngstown’s turns a night.

    My other buddy at Dayton Evansville is p&d and only can get about 45 hours a week. Linehaul gonna take a few years to get looks like for him.
     
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  10. Bob Dobalina

    Bob Dobalina Road Train Member

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    I was fortunate to only work 1 year in the city before getting a linehaul spot, but some people are hired from the street when nobody jumps from the city. There were 3 guys hired from the street under me because around 35 city guys passed on it. Then again, some people interested in linehaul spend many many years in the city before they can jump over. It all depends.

    One reason it's harder is that we're a smaller regional company so most terminals have much smaller rosters than the big nationwide companies do in the same city. But considering our growth, it is getting much easier to get some guys under you at Dayton these days.
     
  11. Redtwin

    Redtwin Road Train Member

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    There is another R&L thread where that info is available. Linehaul runs pay a flat rate that covers everything, mileage, hooks, fueling etc. It was a husband and wife team, cant remember the thread title. Pretty sure it was in the favorite companies to work for sub-forum.
     
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