Truck driver b.s.

Same here.....

 

Good morning driver's be careful and have a great day today.

 

HUMPDAY!!!

 

Good morning driver's be careful and have a great day today.
Applied for a job yesterday we'll see if they call.

 

Fingers crossed.......

 

Hope it works out for you.

Y'all check out my new addition to my signature. Just gotta be a smartass!

 

Howdy drivers,…..after 22 year at the same job i find myself looking for a new gig……wanna be home every night and want to keep local. Anyone have experience working for companies like Central Transport, Saia, Estes, Duie-Pyle? All places i have put in applications……been driving since ‘93 fully endorsed, TWIC.

 

Drove for Sygma for several years, then got a job with LTL freight company A.Duie Pyle, and was their for over 10 year until I got knocked out by a illness. I peddled freight typically in Mass, NH, ME, taking a twin screw and 53 into Boston always sucked lol

 

I tried the ltl thing, it wasn't for me. .ostly due to poor dispatch and crappy hours. I now work for a company that has trucks, not a trucking company. It has its own problems like any driving job but I'm 6 miles from home and I'm home everyday. I make decent enough pay to keep me there even though I've nearly quit a few times because of the bullshit.

 

I got new steer tires on my tractor yesterday.

 

LTL certainly had it's pitfalls, as you said poor dispatching was one, the pay was really good though, vacation time and 401k was also good, and of course being home every night and weekends off was great. Once I got my own route and some seniority it was much better as well, I covered the Newburyport/Salisbury/Amesbury area in MA. If your a newbie with no seniority just starting out, they pound you into the ground, I lost count of how many times I went into Boston in my first year, I hated that.

 

I know guys who drive for SAIA and ESTES, both are happy with their jobs. No info on the other two.

LTL can be rough, you'll run your ass off, and as @woodtickgreg said, dispatch can make the job a bitch. I don't know where you're located, but also give Old Dominion, R&L, T-Force, and XPO a look. I don't know if any of them are hiring at present, but all are decent, stable companies. One downside with XPO is having to break your trailer after peddling all day.

 

It all depends on where your located. Did LTL for Averitt Express for 15 years, long hrs and hard at times. I really don't want to go back to 12-14 hr days so looking at other options.

 

It occurred to me the other day that for the first time in 13 years, I have an equal tan on both arms!

 

Funny.

 

It's FRIYAY!!!

 

Yeah!! going to the park and walk around and play with Mal this morning before it rains.

 

Truck broke down, air dryer is loosing air. In a rental truck.

 

Damn! Your employer sure spends a lot of money on rental trucks!

 

It's here almost all the time.