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Originally Posted by wimpy
Hello all, I found this job and called about it, it's otr for Fedex. Article says it's for team drivers 100% drop/hook, terminal to terminal. Guaranteed 1000 miles per day all miles paid. Now I know I can probably find out most of this stuff from the recruiter but she sounds like she's never even been near a big rig so I'm almost worried to ask cuz she probly wont know. So has anyone any experience or friends with experience doing this? Is it true 100% d/h, what kind of trucks, benefits?
From the gist of it...sounds like either FedEx Ground or FedEx National LTL. Ground is a real lowball outfit, unless you're that
edited jedfxg who thinks .28 cpm is top dollar for pulling wiggle wagons. The only bennies you'll get at Ground are through the contractor you slave for...his lordship might toss you a couple of uniforms out of the kindness of his heart. FedEx National is close to LTL scale as they hire O/O teams and company drivers. That's where I'd hitch my wagons to - but only as a company hand. Forget the O/O rent-a-truck/lease BS...9 times out of 10, you end up as a company driver with a truck payment and no bennies.
As a general rule of thumb, terminal to terminal drop & hook is the only way to go. No stops, no deliveries, no pick-ups, and no monkey business to waste your money making hours. No breaking your back lumping freight after eleven hours of driving, either. Just drop, hook, and go. And when you're out of hours you hang it up for the night -end of story.
You hear a lot guys whining and crying about driving all day and lumping freight all night. I never could understand why they do it in the first place. As far as I know it's still a free country and you can still make your own choices. And that's the real key.