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Originally Posted by Double R
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Originally Posted by storm172666
Hi there. Any one have any info on the family dollar dedicated account? Running from Virginia up to Maine and in between. Supposedly they pay to unload and for stops. Weekends off. Is my mind being toyed with. I'd really like to get off OTR and spend more time at home and also make a more steady paycheck.
I hope that you are REAL GOOD at backing a trailer into tight spots. Most of those stores where not made for big trucks. I have seen and talked to some driver that do Family Dollar and Dollar General and lot of them say that the money is not worth it. Everything comes off the trailer by hand and onto a roller belt. When your HOS are up at the end of the day you may find yourself sleeping in a store parking lot and no where near any place to take a shower and after unloading inside a hot trailer all day, you would want to take one.
If you are intrested in a job like that, then may I suggest looking into a Foodservice company such as PFG. Not sure where in VA you are at but PFG has a big place in Richmond(Virgina Foodservice). The hometime, benifits and pay are worth it and it is easier then retail deliver.
Either way there is alot of physical work involved.
Dollar -G and UN-Family dollar suck the backing horror stories mostly come from rookies who have no idea how to back b/c DollarG and Family dollar are easier to back than most Pilot truck stops ...what does suck is there are no docks to unload from , so you end up either with a lift gate ( family dollar) or a ramp and roll tainers (Dollar-G) ...You will be carrying stuff across icy lots in the winter and unloading vans that reach 150 degress in the summer heat ...These accounts are where the majority of Werners Workmans comp issue origionate from slips,trips ,And falls .
on a funny side not I knew a driver that was on the Dollar General account at Werner that was un-loading at a store he was at the bottom of the ramp moving stuff around ,and a roll tainer rolled out of the trailer he couldn't stop it ,and it hit the side of the building ...no damage ...but the store manager reported it , and he was charged a preventable accident on his dac...And the man wasn't even driving .