Food Service Companies That Are No Touch?
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Hey Everyone, does anyone know any companies that offer, home daily or weekly, refridge trucks, no camera in trucks, no touch and that pays decent? im in the Detroit MI area. Thanks
Hay, Kol ~ welcome to Trucking Truth!
Do you have your CDLA? Sure would be nice if you PUT the Detroit, MI location in your profile, so people don't have to read each thread. You'll get more replies, for sure.
Any reason you are looking for 'food service' specific? There's TONS of opportunities in the Detroit area; YRC has free training with no contract/commitment going on currently. That'd be doubles & LTL , eventually...with generous home time. LTL is usually no touch. You'd need the endorsements before they'd touch you, probably. Might be dock work and P&D first; you'd have to ask. Look up some recent threads by Pacific Pearl; he's got a LOT of great links, re: YRC and then some!
Rob T. is our 'food service' by default .. moderator and driver. He's started out and been successful in the industry for many years; he's got many threads, just don't know about any 'food service/no touch' in the same sentence.
PapaPig has some threads, doing Dollar Stores for Werner, as well.
Here's Rob's links: Rob T.'s Food Service threads, diaries, training, etc.!
Now, if you mean REEFER haulers and NOT food service specifically, there are PLENTY! If you DON'T yet have your CDL , I'd suggest starting here:
Apply For Paid CDL Training. Many will actually PAY you, while in training. Again, this is 'REEFER' (Refrigerated) and NOT Food Service. I'm sorry if I've misunderstood your title.
Best to ya! Stop back, update, and clarify as you can;
~ Anne & Tom ~
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
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.
Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
It sounds like you're looking for LTL. Not many LTL reefer companies though. Does it need to be reefer or would dryvan be ok? Old Dominion, Saia, Fed Ex Freight and others you'd run to another terminal to drop your set of doubles , grab another and go back to your initial starting point the same day/night.
The company I run for does LTL reefer but it's main purpose is to help with expenses of our return trip to the DC after delivering to retail stores.
DOT foods also does reefer work that has SOME no touch runs. I am unsure if they're in your area though. Not to come across as a jerk but have you looked on indeed.com? Tons of trucking opportunities post their jobs on there, atleast in my region.
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.
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
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
Dryvan:
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.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
I ran shuttle for PFG, singles and doubles. Two round trip runs per night. It was no touch on the freight, but does require the driver to build and take-apart the doubles set.
Doubles:
Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.
OD has outward facing cameras now in almost all the trucks, my terminal got ours last week.
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.
Cameras… so tired of reexplaining how they operate, their intended purpose and how they can save your a** in the event of an accident.
NOT a good reason to pass on an opportunity.
Cameras… so tired of reexplaining how they operate, their intended purpose and how they can save your a** in the event of an accident.
NOT a good reason to pass on an opportunity.
Exactly, G'Town!
Here's a perfect example of why oftentimes, these 2 way cameras actually better explain the situation a driver may encounter:
Driver Protects his "ASSets" With Dual Cameras, as Bike is Hurled into Highway!
Another, with a self driving truck, we were NOT supposed to see.. but very explanatory as to how the 'attendants' (ie: NOT drivers,) were NOT at fault:
TuSimple Crashes into Median ~ Leaked Video!
Those cameras facing inward are oftentimes a saving grace. Granted, some U.S. companies have 'done away' with these, due to the guffaw from drivers, but the ATRI is still obtaining data & opinions, here:
I'm totally NOT trying to dig up an old subject, guys & gals; just supporting G's post.
Hope the O/P stops back, lots of good info in this thread!
~ Anne ~
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.New Reply:
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Hey Everyone, does anyone know any companies that offer, home daily or weekly, refridge trucks, no camera in trucks, no touch and that pays decent? im in the Detroit MI area. Thanks