Sound like a good job?

Your best bet is to find the guy you're replacing and ask him why he left. Job security is a concern here- although job security at the moment anywhere in trucking is not a safe bet. Sounds like you might be spending your day in the Railyard, they can waste your whole day doing nothing- then you have to run a load to a customer before he closes, or to find out you missed an appointment. If you leave at 04:00 and come home at 18:30 it's not worth it.

If you like independence and the freedom of NOT working for a Mega- Carrier it could be nice.

 

There are ups and downs to any job out there. If you believe it is right for you then go ahead and give er a shot. I can tell you one thing about driving for an O/O, there are no sick days or days off. I drove for an O/O hauling sand and got paid 26% of every load. The thing about it was that there were no other drivers to fill in or take over if I wasn't there so being sick or taking a day was never an option. If that O/O has a truck down for a day he is going to lose a lot of money and won't be a happy camper. If this is something that maybe a problem for you then you might want to discuss this upfront.

Overall it doesn't sound like a bad deal. Like I said though, just be clear of all the details before committing.

 

Sounds like a local job. (which will not count as otr time) Sounds pretty iffy to me. especially if the are paying by the mile

 

Yea, those weird looking container trailers, you see them in port cities a lot, some are really funny looking.

But try it, if it doesnt work, you can always head over to a larger OTR carrier. Try it out, can always quit if it turns out its no good.

 

Well you could try the local job for a week or 2 and see. Whats a couple of weeks choosing a possible career?

 

Hauling containers sucks. Here in canada it was always a big rush to load, unload and bring the container back. I only had to do it a couple times and hated it. I miss local work but I don't miss being stuck in traffic lol. I'm going to guess its paid by the amount of containers you do in a day?

 

Containers and rail is called intermodal, There are a lot of big companys that have a regional div for this kind of work. Schiender, jb hunt,swift to name a few