Queston about Local jobs (They are "8 to 5", right?)
#21
09-22-2007, 05:35 AM
We run two shifts, two people assigned to each truck. Work 12, go home, return in twelve.. repeat until you get ten loads in. Go home for the rest of the weekend. Start all over on Sunday night. Monday Morning. This is the easiest but near the most boring trucking gig there is! lol
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#22
09-22-2007, 06:42 AM
in my experience Local is no different than OTR as far as hours worked. Because truck drivers can work 70 hours they very much expect you to. After 70 hours you need to fill out logs so most of my jobs will cut you off at 70 no matter what. a 9-5 trucking job just does not exist anywhere near where I reside.
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#23
09-22-2007, 06:49 AM
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After 70 hours you need to fill out logs
Try after 12 hours you need to fill a log out for the day and/or if you travel more then 100 air-miles from the yard. OTR drivers must fill one out every day for all hours worked. And after 70, you must regain hours BEFORE you can drive again. One more thing. Not all local companies push thier drivers to work 70 hours. We work on a 7/60 cycle(we don't operate on sunday's anywhere in the country) and only one route comes close to 60 hours. The rest run between 47-53 hours a week.
#24
09-22-2007, 08:29 AM
Originally Posted by ColdFrostyMug
This is why you want to get your foot in the door of a good-paying LTL company and build your seniority.
For P&D, we bid on start times based on our seniority. Right now, I've got a 0800 start time and I usually work until about 1700-1800 every day M-F depending on freight levels. There's other guys who come in at 0700, 0800, 0900, 0930, 1000, 1100, and even 1200. For next year's bidding, the TM is going to offer some 4 ten-hour day schedules. So you would work 10 hour days Mon-Thurs and have Fri, Sat, and Sun off one week and then alternate Sat, Sun, and Mon the next and vice-versa. They do this to control overtime, so you would only get 40 hours per week. But since top-rate is $22.00/hr, that's still a good paycheck. About $48,000/year getting a 3-day weekend every week and home every nite. There's guys working OTR making LESS than that doing 70+ hours per week, sleeping in a truck, and working weekends. :shock: That's why OTR is such a rip-off. There's also opportunites to run weekend line-haul if you want to make some extra $$$$. Every Friday, you sign your name up on a sheet in the dispatch office and they will call you by seniority and available hours if they need you. The runs are about 450 miles round trip and pay about $250.00 with mileage + drop/hook pay. Do one of those every Saturday and that's an extra $12,000 per year in your pocket.
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#25
09-23-2007, 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by pothole
in my experience Local is no different than OTR as far as hours worked. Because truck drivers can work 70 hours they very much expect you to. After 70 hours you need to fill out logs so most of my jobs will cut you off at 70 no matter what. a 9-5 trucking job just does not exist anywhere near where I reside.
I only work about 8-9 hours per day because I bill my company time-and-half after 8 hours. In that case, overtime does what it's intended to do: puts a brake on the amount of hours my employer is willing to work me. That way, I can have a life outside of and away from the truck. Consider a 24-hour day: 8 hours for sleep, 8 hours on the job, and 8 hours of free-time. If an employer works you over 8 hours, then he is cutting into your free-time and should rightfully pay a penalty for doing so. That's why you want to stay away from trucking - especially the over-the-road segment. So many burn jobs and chuckleheads who give their time away for $0.
#26
09-23-2007, 05:49 AM
Originally Posted by ColdFrostyMug
Originally Posted by pothole
in my experience Local is no different than OTR as far as hours worked. Because truck drivers can work 70 hours they very much expect you to. After 70 hours you need to fill out logs so most of my jobs will cut you off at 70 no matter what. a 9-5 trucking job just does not exist anywhere near where I reside.
I only work about 8-9 hours per day because I bill my company time-and-half after 8 hours. In that case, overtime does what it's intended to do: puts a brake on the amount of hours my employer is willing to work me. That way, I can have a life outside of and away from the truck. Consider a 24-hour day: 8 hours for sleep, 8 hours on the job, and 8 hours of free-time. If an employer works you over 8 hours, then he is cutting into your free-time and should rightfully pay a penalty for doing so. That's why you want to stay away from trucking - especially the over-the-road segment. So many burn jobs and chuckleheads who give their time away for $0. It is not limited to trucking though. Many factories and packing houses around me also work 12x7 per week. This is the price for not staying in school I guess. Problem is these companies have waiting lists to get hired , people cant wait to work 70 hours a week. OTR is actually like a vacation for me.  Much easier than Local. You pay a steep price to sleep at home each day. I work casual for a few guys here and still get 40 hours minimum. But I can also say no I dont want to work today.
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#27
09-23-2007, 08:40 AM
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Re: Queston about Local jobs (They are "8 to 5", r
Originally Posted by Fredog
Originally Posted by Douglas
Say I do my 2 yrs. over the road, then try to find a local job. Will most of them be 8 to 5? And I do mean that LITERALLY. If it's a job where you get there at like 6:00 A.M., and don't get off til about 10:00 P.M., every day, then IMHO, having a local job is no better than being OTR. It truly defeats the purpose of getting a local job in the first place.
Now, I know you'll make a fortune with all the overtime, but what good is being able to afford a nice house and car if you're never around to enjoy any of it?  I worked a couple of local jobs in SW FL.....and I gotta tell you..... you would have to look really hard to find "crappier" hours than the two "local" companies I worked for had. Promised the world in $$, and delivered :dung: and expected you to work weekends as well :x I make more money, get more sleep, and spend more time at home doing OTR!! Go figure, huh :?
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09-23-2007, 11:31 AM
#29
09-23-2007, 12:18 PM
I work 6am-4pm, 5 days a week now, time and a half after 40. Winter time, it is more like 7am- 3pm or earlier. Suits me just fine. :wink:
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09-23-2007, 02:57 PM
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7:30Am-3:30PM or 3PM-11PM when working in the warehouse(if we don't work over). Time and a half after 8 hours
 . M-F with an option to sign up for overtime on friday(if working daylight) and saturday overtime. 11PM to 5AM start times when driving. Depends on which route I cover. |
