Got my Class A CDL Ya'll!!!!! Yes!! - Official Truckers Thread

[Milk N Cookies]

Question:

Would you rather take a job paying $26 an hour (running relays) with overtime after 8 and working about a total of 50 to 55 hours a week, home daily

Or

A job paying like $30 (or 0.72 cpm depending on distance/route) an hour at around 50 - 60+ hours and you're kind of on a swing shift (days and nights) until you can get something assigned to you permanently via bids and also required to do some hours of dock work from time to time. also home daily.

What company do you work for cause the second one is what I have to basically offer my drivers everyday. The other is the local drivers who I don’t deal with.

 

[Milk N Cookies]

Rates are horrible right now.

Cheap freight and oversaturation fukked up the game.

Contractors have really suckered company drivers. My drivers hate when I have to get a load contacted out vs something they could have moved. But it’s out of my control when it’s due Frieght for the next day that needs to get super far that my guys won’t have the time to make.

 

[CW_1991]

That is a great job, hold on to that for dear life lol. Trucking jobs that are local with predictable consistent routes are a gold mine

Yeah, feeling pretty blessed. We strictly haul John Deere freight.

 

[CW_1991]

What company do you work for cause the second one is what I have to basically offer my drivers everyday. The other is the local drivers who I don’t deal with.

CPC Logistics/John Deere.

It's all intermodal

 

[CW_1991]

Last thing u wanna be doing is unloading your truck and having to load it on a different trailer, especially when it gets cold out

I almost got a job with US foods but I got this instead. I only have about 14 months of experience. Started off OTR and then got this a couple weeks ago.

 

[BrothaZay]

These dry van rates are terrible. Atleast on Schneider board

 

[Milk N Cookies]

CPC Logistics/John Deere.

It's all intermodal

If y’all have remote work plz inbox me info, I’m tryin get out

 

[UpAndComing]

Rates are horrible right now.

Cheap freight and oversaturation fukked up the game.

Oversaturation of Truck Drivers?

 

[Jean Jacket]

Oversaturation of Truck Drivers?

Oversaturation taking cheap freight.

There is no trucker shortage. It's bullshyt.

 

[UpAndComing]

Yeah, feeling pretty blessed. We strictly haul John Deere freight.

Nice. So John Deere parts you haul or the heavy equipment machine itself?

 

[UpAndComing]

Oversaturation taking cheap freight.

There is no trucker shortage. It's bullshyt.

Interesting, why do you think the Trucker shortage is bullshyt?

I see alot of Trucking owners/companies begging for Drivers to come haul freight for them

 

[CW_1991]

Nice. So John Deere parts you haul or the heavy equipment machine itself?

So far it's just been parts. Transmissions, seats, things like that. Haven't seen any fully put together machines yet. Those intermodal containers are only so big. Every now and then we'll do a live unload where a forklift guy will come pull out stuff. But it's mainly just drop and hooks and port stuff with those giant ass cranes lifting the container off your chassis.

We also only pull 20 footers and 40 footers

 

[UpAndComing]

So far it's just been parts. Transmissions, seats, things like that. Haven't seen any fully put together machines yet. Those intermodal containers are only so big. Every now and then we'll do a live unload where a forklift guy will come pull out stuff. But it's mainly just drop and hooks and port stuff with those giant ass cranes lifting the container off your chassis.

We also only pull 20 footers and 40 footers

Wait you got a local job with dedicated freight only pulling 20 and 40 foot trailers?

You hit the jackpot breh

 

[CW_1991]

Wait you got a local job with dedicated freight only pulling 20 and 40 foot trailers?

You hit the jackpot breh

Yeah and our daycabs are governed at 70 mph as opposed to the standard 65 you normally get.

I just got a 2022 Freightliner assigned to me last week. Bring the keys home with me.

 

[UpAndComing]

Yeah and our daycabs are governed at 70 mph as opposed to the standard 65 you normally get.

I just got a 2022 Freightliner assigned to me last week. Bring the keys home with me.

That's awesome breh. So I'm guessing John Deere getting parts from overseas and you haul the parts from the ports to the warehouses?