So...I figure I know the answer to this but I thought I'd ask anyway. I have heard that some companies hire "Casual" drivers. I'm guessing they would only want a seasoned driver for insurance purposes? Here's why I'm asking. ESD truck driving school in Decatur, Alabama now offers weekend classes to get your CDL. The cash price is $2,000. So, after I got the CDL via the "part-time" basis, it'd be great if I could drive..um..."part-time" as to test the waters before I made the full plunge and perhaps regretted it. However, I do have a full time job but I'm off every weekend and every other Friday as well. I'm guessing I'm having wishful thinking here?

 

It's hard to get the ideal situation in part-time, unless it is possibly local runs only. If you go outside the State, you may not necessarily get back every time as planned. It makes juggling 2 careers stressful.

In my experience, I drove part-time status, which left me without the full-time benefits, and the company slowly inched up my runs, to where they were basically pushing me no different than a full-time driver. I began to add up how stupid this relationship was, and stopped it...and went full-time.

My area has "seasonal" driving during harvest. That so far has been the only situation I have not been taken advantage of.

I am of course talking about Class A driving schemes. It may be much easier finding Class B part time work.

 

Casual driver usually means you are on call in case someone calls in sick or takes a vacation, it's okay for a retiree, or someone with lots of free time.

 

not necessarily anthony. the co. i work for has hired part time weekenders in the past because most of us do our 70 mon. through fri. and don't have the hours to do even a half day on sat. but i think those co.'s are few and far between. good luck finding one. you could also try a ryder rental dealership. they sometimes need someone with a cdl to deliver tractors/trailers to customers or help them reposition trucks. the pay sucks but it'll get you in trucks. :wink:

 

I got out of school and went straight to work as a casual driver. I drive locally, home every night.

I drive generally 4 days a week filling in when the regular drivers are off. If the regular driver wants to work an extra day I work less.

The truck repairs are planned on the days the regular driver is off as well.

This week due to truck problems and drivers working extra days I may only work 2 days, 3 days if the truck is repaired in time.

I only want part-time though and do not mind working less days some weeks.

 

im a casual right now.. i work fulltime but i get stuck on a run someone calls out on. it sucks theres no consistancy at all