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IN YEARS PAST I REMEMBER READING ON HERE ABOUT COMPANYS THAT OFFERED SOMTHING LIKE SEVEN DAYS ON SEVEN DAYS OFF OR 14 ON AN SAME OFF ANYHOW SOMEONE SHOULD KNOW WHAT I MEAN. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE LIST THOSE COMPANYS FOR ME. THANK YOU. PS IF THEY STILL ARE OUT THERE :D

Roehl Transport offers 7 on - 7 off. (I think :|)
http://www.roehl.net

I THINK YOUR RIGHT AN THANK YOU FOR THAT ONE. :D ANY OTHERS WOULD BE HELPFULL THANKS. :lol: :o :D

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Schneider's Home Run Program

Roeh- 7on/7off
Transport America-7on/7off or 14on/7off
Schneider- homerun program
CRST Van Ex- 20 on/10 off.

I have a hard time understanding why someone would want to do that. I mean sure all that time off is great, but you are only working 1/2 the year. In other words if a trucker working 14 and 2 or whatever made 50K a year.....you would be making around 1/2 that. By all means, Im not trying to talk someone out of it, hell...I recruit for a company that does it.
Maybe Im missing something here, but doesnt that plan equate to a part time job with part time pay?
Wouldnt something like Celedon be more attractive with their 1 week off PAID every 30,000 miles? I mean at least you are being paid 1000 bucks for the time off.

Folks have different financial goals. Not everyone wants/needs 50k a year. Time off is worth something, too. I made just over 30k when I ran Roehl's 7/7 and was able to play a lot of poker during my hometime...even traveled to a few tournaments. I only netted about $3600 from the poker, but damn, what a fun year. Another guy I worked with ran a bed and breakfast with his wife and had too much to take care of with the business to do the two weeks out, 3 days home thing.

People always get so confused though when you tell them you work half the year. It's like "hey, I have to work full time, you should, too!" Ha. To each his own.

I wrote a big long speel about my whys only to have preesed the wrong button and lose it all.

sheep, when did you come back? Are you still with jb?

Ive been back for a week or so. No I dont work for JB anymore. Im now recruiting independently for about 15 companies.

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sheepdancer pm me. I don't have enough posts to initiate a pm.

knight trans from phoenix is always advertising in the tacoma news for part time drivers 7 on 7 off.

14 on 7 off sounds freakin awesome to me. :D

Watkins & Shepard has a "3 person team" you drive (team) for 14 days then take off 7 days while the other 2 drive. You get team miles and 17 weeks off per year.

I think your just looking at "days" not hours. I only " work" half a year. I work Sun, Mon, Tues and everyother Wend. I work 12 hr. shifts. 36 hrs one week and 48 ( 8 @ OT ) the next. That's 84 hrs every two weeks or an avg. of 42 hrs. a week. Many of our plants that run 24/7 work like this:

Work Mon and Tues. , off Wend. and Thurs. , Work Fri., Sat, Sun. THEN the next week they are OFF- Mon., Tues. work Wend , Thurs. Then off Fri. , Sat, Sun. 36 one week 48 the next and have a three day week-end every-other week.

When I worked in Law Enforcement I worked 12 hrs a day for 7 days then off for 7 days. I was paid every two weeks for 84 hrs.

I guess it's just at how you look at it. :wink:

Just wanted to add; The shift I work now has a counter shift that works: every-other Wend., Thurs., Fri. and Sat. A lot of the guys ( and Gals ) that choose that shift do a lot of outdoors stuff. Their first day off is Sunday and when they are heading out, 90% of the people are heading home. I worked that shift for almost two years and I'll tell ya, you have your pick of any hunting, fishing, camping, ect.... spots. :wink:

Not everyone needs 50K or better a year. Some people want a life outside of work. I was in IT for over 20 years, I worked 70+ hrs a week, on call 24/7, traveled 250,000 miles a year and made really good money (well over 100K/yr). I never had time off!

Now. I'm 48, kids are grown, house is paid for, cars are paid for and I want to do something I've always wanted to do, drive big trucks and operate heavy equipment. Not everyone going into trucking is looking for a "job", some people are looking for a "life-style". (Didn't you just talk about that in another thread?)
I would hope, as a recruiter, you would understand that, in order to match companies and drivers.

Reb

Wow, I might be into that. How would that pay I wonder?