Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

I delivered flooring for 5 years in a straight truck back in the early 90's. I was young, dumb...and you know the rest . I had no interest in going OTR, so I landed a local flooring job that paid pretty decent for back then. Made around $50k, which wasn't bad back then. It's sad that todays driver pay hasn't really gone up, even for some Class A jobs.

Anyways, I gained a lot of experience delivering flooring. The work was no different from LTL P&D. Had about 15-20 stops per day. Used a pallet jack and lift gate for about 90% of my deliveries. Had to deliver to flooring showrooms, residentials and construction site as well. And on the rare occasions that I did bump a dock, even then I still had to use the pallet jack to offload . Forklift unloads was rare. Carpet deliveries we're always unloaded by forklifts with pole attachments. Wood flooring was the worst. Too wide and too heavy for the tuck under liftgate to handle. I had to hand unload those at times. But other than that, a piece of cake job.

There's no shame in the game when it comes to supporting your family. It's their opinion that mattters the most. Class A or Class B...doesn't really matter

 

I see what you did there.

 

How I spent my day:





3 1/2 hours to go 30 miles.

 

Me too!

 

i can't back up a straight truck worth #### either.

Sometimes, you're doing a ton of backing for days on end. Then come back to the yard and unhook. And go back the bobtail in.
20 minutes later you're still trying to back the bobtail in

why won't this thing turn the right way?