Should I switch to P&D?

Technically we don't have a virginia route now after the guy retired. They've been giving it to someone on a 48' when the deliveries stack up. The regular guy went down with a pup 90% of the time.

 

Okay. So. At MY old ABF terminal, I wish I would've gone P&D rather than linehaul, because they are completely heartless with their linehaul drivers out of that terminal. It would've been fine if I'd gotten a bid, but...five years of 24/7 on-call and I still hadn't gotten one. Had to quit.

But ABF is a mostly good company to work for outside of Chicago. So have at it.

My OPINION of those companies? I'll rank them best to least:

UPSF
ABF
Fedex freight
Old Dominion
Estes
Dayton
R+L(could be higher, but limited experience)
XPO
Saia
Holland
YRC
Central transport

I have ZERO experience with:

Magnum
Dohrn

Anything Dayton or above in that list is a great idea. I don't have a lot of experience with r&l, but I love that they give their guys set runs from the moment they start. So that's a huge bonus.

Anything XPO or below, I would stay away from. XPO has been run like #### in recent years since they took over Conway. Saia has driver facing cameras and a history of harassing drivers with it. YRC and Holland are going to be in bankruptcy in a few years, so don't even bother. And Central Transport has the worst equipment in ltl history, which puts your cdl at risk. Make sure to get in the left lane when you see that yellow trailer on the shoulder.

 

Solid ranking list. Although, I will say the harassment on the DFCs seems to be terminal based with regard to Saia, BUT... that little green light that flashes red sure does distract you over time. I thought I could hack the "no CB use" and no bluetooth ban there, but as Mack has said multiple times in various ways, it's a slap in the face to drivers to tell them they can't use a CB. Even funnier... "oh, you can HAVE the cb, you just can't talk on it.", which is just like them saying "no bluetooth for any reason", and then buying new Freightliners with bluetooth enabled in the radios AND having controls on the wheel to answer/decline phone calls (which they actually did).

 

I've run the area they've got some fun roads out there! I've definitely learned when to bring it back when I need to.

 

i dunno.