Wish I knew this before I did Linehaul, governed at 62 mph.

Well then, that's a horse of a different color, I wouldn't drive a truck today unless it was by the hour. While P&D has some advantages, it's a high stress job, and not near as regular hours as linehaul. In P&D, you just come in from rush hour at 4:55pm, thinking, almost done,, dispatcher says, you have to get this one pallet on the other side of town,,guess what, there goes dinner with the family. P&D paid by mileage? I've heard enough of that company. You are wise to move on. Try the post office, they are literally BEGGING for drivers. For example, a PO run came up in my little town, private company, 1 load per night to Denver, about 3 hours in good weather, new Mack, starting at $31/hour, with overtime, that job went unfilled for MONTHS! It's a drivers game, today, I say go for it.

 

@jameswood --

Your request is extremely difficult to answer, without more specific location info.

Please give us a city/state to which you are closest.....

--Lual

 

Well, that's risky business. The company I was leased on to, had strict rules on hauling anything on your own. I pulled rail wagons, many times empty, and knew of guys that would haul something on their own. The boss found out, and shixcanned them on the spot. Something about insurance, naturally. The hassles involved didn't pay.

 

Has anyone used a hammock or one of these specialty loungers? Does it make the doors sag?



$65 buck for the Day Cab lounger.

 

Tye a knot in each end
The one I have is like a net
Shut the knot outside the doors.
They work well and can be found at REI cheaper
Hand under landing gear for warmer weather
I found it great for waiting on breakdowns..

 

Have a question kind of related to this. I've seen some ads for Warehouse to Warehouse or to Drop Yard, but the ad refers to these as Shuttles. Is Shuttle meaning something like short quick turn around Linehaul?

 

Probably running trailers between warehouses.

 

I drive for a company that has their trucks tied down to 67, once in a blue moon I might latch on to one that will run 70. I run 295 miles to my "turning point" , it usually takes me around 4 /30 or maybe 4/40 . The times I happened to have latched on to one of the fast 70 mph trucks, do you know how much faster I got to the "turning point"? 8 minutes, I can "hammer down" with the 70 mph truck and I might save 8 minutes. Don't get me wrong, there are times when I wished I had a "fast" truck, but in real life, you ain't saving too much time overall.