Looking For A Local Job That Gets Me Home Each Night.
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First off, check out this thread.
Location is going to dictate your opportunities. Your assumptions are pretty much correct, but even P&D drivers can work 12+ hour days. Most dump truck jobs do not pay much. If you want daylight local, look into P&D, perhaps food service / beverage distribution, maybe waste management. Of course LTL linehaul is probably the better paying local gig you can get, and the easiest, but it is usually night shift. Typically, in LTL, linehaul is night and P&D is days. A lot of fuel tank gigs operate on seniority too and the daylight gigs get taken by drivers who have paid their dues. You'll have to check your area, but I'd guess that you'll have most luck with daylight local by looking into P&D and food / beverage service. You might find something surprising though.
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
P&D:
Pickup & Delivery
Local drivers that stay around their area, usually within 100 mile radius of a terminal, picking up and delivering loads.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers for instance will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.
Linehaul:
Linehaul drivers will normally run loads from terminal to terminal for LTL (Less than Truckload) companies.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning them to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.
Check into companies like Coke and Pepsi. Depending on where you live they may have options for you.
Intermodal might also be a good option to consider. Most of the larger carriers have intermodal divisions that typically have you home every day as long as you live close to the carrier's terminal.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
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.
yep , intermodal will have you home everyday especially running the train yards ....... pick up a container and drop off the empty ones
Intermodal might also be a good option to consider. Most of the larger carriers have intermodal divisions that typically have you home every day as long as you live close to the carrier's terminal.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
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.
Guys, I appreciate all of the responses! 6 String, I'm glad to hear my assumptions were correct and thank you for linking me to the 'local thread'
I live in the Shenandoah Valley which is the northern part of 81 in Virginia. No real big cities around with a rail yard to my knowledge.
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Hey guys, it's about that time in my career where I start looking for a local job that gets me home each night. I know most of the member on here seem to be OTR but thought y'all might have knowledge on the local side of things as well.
In my neck of the woods we seem to have a lot of dry van freight with LTL companies. I was considering a P&D position with on of those carriers because I thought it would be mostly day time operating hours. Please correct me if my assumption is wrong.
Another option I was looking at was a straight truck or something of the like. I was thinking along the lines of dump truck. I really know nothing about this type of driving job and It only caught my eye because 1) looks like it would be as close to day time operations as I could get and I thought it would be less manual labor than P&D. Again, if my assumptions are wrong please tell me haha
Obviously, working normal day light hours is a big thing for me. I'm no stranger to working third shift but my reason for wanting to go home and get a local job is to spend more time with the family. For me, working third shift or running my 14 each day would sorta defeat the purpose of going home cause then I wouldn't be left with my family time. I'm currently an OTR driver so I understand the long hours trucking requires but like I said, I would like to maximize family time with a somewhat 'normal job'.
If there is something else you thing would fit my desires feel free to share them with me.
I hope this isn't me just wishful thinking haha
Thanks guys, Jonathan
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:
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.
P&D:
Pickup & Delivery
Local drivers that stay around their area, usually within 100 mile radius of a terminal, picking up and delivering loads.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers for instance will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.