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davenport1
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Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:27 am Post subject: Conway Truckload (Regional Drivers) |
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| I was browsing through Conway's truckload website and notice that they're now hiring solo drivers for regional runs in the south. If I'm not mistaken they use to only hire for teams but now it says that they've got new trucks for solo drivers. Does anybody know anything about this regional runs? I know the teams make good money and have regular home time. I'm not really interested in going back OTR, but it's always good to know, just in case :wink: |
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ben45750
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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| All the Conway Truckload drivers I have seen are teams. See them alot coming in on the weekends and parking at the terminals. Most I have seen are husband and wife. But I dont know alot about them, but I do know they make great money and drive nice Volvo's |
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wot i life
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Location: Edinburghski, Scotzlandizc
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| ben45750 wrote: All the Conway Truckload drivers I have seen are teams. See them alot coming in on the weekends and parking at the terminals. Most I have seen are husband and wife. But I dont know alot about them, but I do know they make great money and drive nice Volvo's i,ve been offered a job in U.S.A by Conway. i,m still very tempted but not at the moment because of personal reasons. |
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Sabine
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| they do hire single regional drivers out of the south eastern states. |
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southpark
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Location: Altoona, Iowa
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| Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| i currently drive for con-way freight (central)and for what i know the truckload drivers are teams due to most of our freight being next day, if there were any solo opportunities i believe our ( con-way) line haul drivers would get those runs ----i could also be totally wrong but this is the way i understand it 8) |
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Ian Williams
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| Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:43 am Post subject: |
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There are some 500-600 runs in the system that would go a bit quicker as one 10-11 hr trip rather than 2X 5hr linehaul runs, with a 2-3 hour delay in the middle to break and make sets. Sacramento CA to Salt Lake City UT for example.
I also suspect that a Volvo with a 53' gets better mileage than a Sterling pulling a pair of 29's.
Replacing contract trailers with out own in house teams makes sense.
That being said as a CWX driver I'm carefully watching this, as it could be a underhanded way to outsource some of the better linehaul runs. I don't want to put up with all the low seniority BS only to find that they have moved to goalposts on me.
southpark wrote: i currently drive for con-way freight (central)and for what i know the truckload drivers are teams due to most of our freight being next day, if there were any solo opportunities i believe our ( con-way) line haul drivers would get those runs ----i could also be totally wrong but this is the way i understand it 8) |
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davenport1
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| Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="southpark"]i currently drive for con-way freight (central)and for what i know the truckload drivers are teams due to most of our freight being next day, if there were any solo opportunities i believe our ( con-way) line haul drivers would get those runs ----i could also be totally wrong but this is the way i understand it 8) [/quote]
that's what i thought too, but if you check their website it says they're hiring regional (solo) drivers and of course team drivers. i don't know whether this is a new thing for them, because i've always known them to be teams only. |
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davenport1
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:13 am Post subject: |
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| well, i guess nobody has really heard anything about this solo regional runs :sad: |
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Tobytob
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:36 am Post subject: |
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davenport1, I know a lil about it. i ran across a female driver out of Memphis,Tn one day, she was solo @ conway truckload. She told me that they usally have her home everyother day and off weekns, she gt plenty of miles and they try and run her to death but she loves it. She said that they give her runs of 700 or less, almost always the next day del. If freight gets slow then she will pull a linehaul load out of the terminal to another terminal, but it rare that happens, or she will do local work, sometimes teams drop load early on yard and she will del all depnds. she likes it say money is great and tah is great. truck is slow 68 but will do if she is home every other day and off o weekns. now she said it differs from person to person some stay out longer but it's all up to u..
I thought about giving them a call, but I have a good thing going and dont want to mess it up..... |
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Mainethang
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:00 am Post subject: |
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| Con-way say's you have to have a exemplary driving record, does anybody know what that means. |
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davenport1
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="Tobytob"]davenport1, I know a lil about it. i ran across a female driver out of Memphis,Tn one day, she was solo @ conway truckload. She told me that they usally have her home everyother day and off weekns, she gt plenty of miles and they try and run her to death but she loves it. She said that they give her runs of 700 or less, almost always the next day del. If freight gets slow then she will pull a linehaul load out of the terminal to another terminal, but it rare that happens, or she will do local work, sometimes teams drop load early on yard and she will del all depnds. she likes it say money is great and tah is great. truck is slow 68 but will do if she is home every other day and off o weekns. now she said it differs from person to person some stay out longer but it's all up to u..
I thought about giving them a call, but I have a good thing going and dont want to mess it up.....[/quote]
thanks for the comeback :D |
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Sarasdad91
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| Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="Mainethang"]Con-way say's you have to have a exemplary driving record, does anybody know what that means.[/quote]
It means PERFECT, You cant have any mistakes what so ever, and to me its not worth the hassle. |
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davenport1
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| Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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well, i got a call from Conway Truckload earlier today. talked to the guy said i would be out 10-14 days and home for 3-4 days (he said this could vary, meaning that i could be home more often) pay would start at .36 cpm and average about 2600 miles weekly. he said my record was excellent and all he needed is for me to tell him when do i want to attend orientation. he did mention that all they have is 2006 Volvos, which is nice, but the pay is not enough. i definitely had the idea that Conway would pay much better than that. i easily make over $1200 weekly and only working 4 days a week where i'm at now, yeah i do have to do a lot of fingerprinting and sweating but i think it's worth it. I told the guy to call me monday and i'll have an answer, to be honest i don't know why i didn't go ahead and tell him no thanks.
i might reconsider them when i get older and can't unload groceries anymore. :? |
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davenport1
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| Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:24 am Post subject: |
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| plus he told me that there would be a lot of LTL involved and a some drop and hook loads |
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