JB Hunt Final Mile
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First of all, are you speaking with JB Hunt directly? You said you applied for a local job that doesn't require a CDL. Well that's doesn't describe many JB Hunt jobs that I know of. I know they're heavily into intermodal freight but I didn't know they were actually delivering appliances.
JB Hunt definitely has the jobs to get you home regularly but you're going to need some schooling and you might even need some experience to qualify for some of them. You have to decide if you want to commit to getting your CDL and getting into this full time or not first. That's the biggie.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Intermodal:
Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.
In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.
Thank you for your response. Yes I am speaking directly with a recruiter. JB Hunt delivers Whirpool appliances. I think its pretty new and it takes a few months to get hired. Supposedly you start out in a 24ft box truck doing residential and its possible to get trained for you cdl a for large orders for apartments and condos. The recruiter said I would be out during the week and home on weekends for the intermodal and home depot account. My wife loves her job and being gone during the week would make it hard for her to raise a two year old and an eleven year old by herself. That is my biggest concern. Perhaps I do it for a year and I could make the switch to LTL.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
Intermodal:
Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.
In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.
Yeah, see that's the biggest hurdle a lot of people face when they first get started in trucking. They want to run local but local work is often times really difficult. You're doing a lot of backing in very tight places and a lot of driving on busy highways and tight parking lots. So local companies normally like drivers to have a little OTR experience first so they can hone their skills a little bit before trying to tackle the grind of local work.
If you can get a little OTR experience you can certainly find local work after that which gets you home every night, assuming you live near a metropolitan area anyhow. There are some drivers that come out of school and find local work right away, but it's a pretty small number. Most people have to get some OTR time in first before the local companies will give them a shot.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
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FYI, Recently I applied to JB Hunt Final Mile (veterans only) position in Cincinnati to install appliances. I feel like It's a bait and switch job posting because the recruiter said their really picky and my fender bender I was in 3 years ago that resulted in $1100 in damage was a red flag. So the recruiter called me up and tried his best to sell me on a Home Depot account running out of Monroe, Ohio and driving within a 400 mile radius. 37cpm.
Also he said he could set me up with intermodal running out of Chicago. I would use my GI bill to pay for school along with a few more months of benefits for the apprenticeship too. That paid 42cpm. I told him I can't be gone overnight and if I was interested in that lifestyle I would've applied for class a cdl jobs not a local no cdl needed job. So anyway that's where I'm at. He really stressed the fact this is usually only open to experience drivers I guess they let veterans do it since they have automatic financing. Your thoughts?
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Intermodal:
Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.
In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.