First Month Of New Local Job.

I started driving with a small local company (30 drivers). It's a contracting company that pulls for Dean Foods. We deliver mostly milk and things like that. The best part about it, no logs! Since it's a local delivery service it doesn't require them. The trucks are nice. I was given a brand new ProStar, only 100 miles on it. The trailers on the other hand, not so much. I have had a trailer issue 3 times. All of them needing on site repair and many hours lost. I have done most of my driving in the city of Chicago. It is a whole different world compared to my experience OTR. We deliver to various types of stores. From jewel size, to the tiny little Spanish stores and everything in between. We unload our own trailers. Some of the stops we need to deliver from the alley out of the side door on the trailer with the lift gate. It's a good workout. Other times we use an electric palet jack, either unloading off of the docks, or getting the pallets forked off the of back. Getting into the alleys with a truck is quite the challenge. Sometimes you need to back it in from the street. Blocking traffic and not hitting any of the millions of parked cars Lining the streets. Other times "jacking" the truck into the alley works better. I enjoy it more then my previous OTR job, though I am glad I started with that. They both have much different challenges. We get paid by the load. Minimum pay is $200-$400 per day. Longer routes with more stops pay more. I start around 3am and get home sometime between noon and 5.

Good to hear you reare happy . ;)

I started driving with a small local company (30 drivers). It's a contracting company that pulls for Dean Foods. We deliver mostly milk and things like that. The best part about it, no logs! Since it's a local delivery service it doesn't require them. The trucks are nice. I was given a brand new ProStar, only 100 miles on it. The trailers on the other hand, not so much. I have had a trailer issue 3 times. All of them needing on site repair and many hours lost. I have done most of my driving in the city of Chicago. It is a whole different world compared to my experience OTR. We deliver to various types of stores. From jewel size, to the tiny little Spanish stores and everything in between. We unload our own trailers. Some of the stops we need to deliver from the alley out of the side door on the trailer with the lift gate. It's a good workout. Other times we use an electric palet jack, either unloading off of the docks, or getting the pallets forked off the of back. Getting into the alleys with a truck is quite the challenge. Sometimes you need to back it in from the street. Blocking traffic and not hitting any of the millions of parked cars Lining the streets. Other times "jacking" the truck into the alley works better. I enjoy it more then my previous OTR job, though I am glad I started with that. They both have much different challenges. We get paid by the load. Minimum pay is $200-$400 per day. Longer routes with more stops pay more. I start around 3am and get home sometime between noon and 5.

Joseph, are you running out of Harvard? I see you guys all the time. I drive a flatbed for Stark out of Marengo. We are all over the Chicago area too. Last week I had to deliver a load of block to the corner of Lake and Franklin downtown. Getting a flatbed in and out of there makes for an interesting day! LOL I too am loving the local gig. I start anywhere between 3AM and 5AM and get home anywhere between 4PM and 6PM. What's your truck number? If I see you I'll hit the airhorn. LOL

Nice man! I have seen Stark trucks around. The Company I drive for is called J. McMahon Dairy service. White trucks yellow letters.#124

I'll keep an eye out.

I just put my truck in my avatar. I'm #53