Is There Such A Thing As 2nd Shift Part Time Drivers?
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Local companies, LTLs, food service, they'll give you shifts. But, those type of companies dont' really offer part-time work. You're looking at 10-14 hour days. Part-time work in trucking doesn't really exist, especially if you're looking for part-time shift work.
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
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Thanks, maybe I could get a trucking job and keep my Walmart second shift job.
I wouldn't try to have a part time job if i were doing trucking. You're gonna be wayy too tired, never sleep and be an accident waiting to happen.
Probably not. Don't mean to be pessimistic, but like I said, most trucking jobs - if you're in a good location to grab a local trucking job - will keep you working 10-12 hours a day. Part-time trucking doesn't really exist. Not in the way that you're describing it.
Besides that, your hours working at WalMart will eat up your 70 or 80 hour clock. You can not get a 34 hour reset in if you are working at WalMart that day.
Pat, just for clarification in this guys situation, even if he would work at walmart part time (not a driving job as he doesnt have cdl yet) are those hours he works even if he'd be a cashier, counted towards his HOS? So if he did trucking "on duty" for 10 hours, then went to walmart and worked 6 hours, would it count as 16 hours towards the 70/80 or does it only apply to trucking/ DOT regulated positions? I believe all hours worked regardless of job count towards his HOS but just want to be sure.
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.
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I was asking a similar thing when I started looking into trucking: Being able to do some work on the side. The more I learned, the more I agree with these drivers. If you decide to drive, you really want to dive right in. If you are doing the 2nd shift to earn money for CDL training, whatever that other job is, it would be a good idea if it wasn't trucking.
Now I have seen part time bus driver jobs and part time driver/dock worker positions in my area. The bus driver jobs would train you for your class B CDL. The driver/dock worker job they were requiring a class A CDL.
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.
Thanks for all the advice. I'll get the money, go through the training, and see what the possibilities are. The biggest issue is the decrease in income, but maybe I'd just look for my first trucking job in Florida, and get a place to live that is affordable for that income.
Pat, just for clarification in this guys situation, even if he would work at walmart part time (not a driving job as he doesnt have cdl yet) are those hours he works even if he'd be a cashier, counted towards his HOS? So if he did trucking "on duty" for 10 hours, then went to walmart and worked 6 hours, would it count as 16 hours towards the 70/80 or does it only apply to trucking/ DOT regulated positions? I believe all hours worked regardless of job count towards his HOS but just want to be sure.
Sorry in my original post I said 70/80 and it should have been 60/70 hours
If he had a driving job then yes ANY hours that you work and are paid for counts towards your 60/70 hour clock. In addition he would also have to wait until he had 10 consecutive hours off before he could drive again. For instance if he worked from 6 am to 4 pm driving and then worked from 4 pm to 10 pm at another job, he could not go on duty the next day until 8 am.
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.
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.New Reply:
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I'm waiting to hear from Walmart about a second shift part time position to start saving for my driving school tuition.
After I get my CDL , I would like to move from Kentucky to Florida.
Since it appears I would be taking about a $6,000 / year cut in pay to be a truck driver (from the salary statistics I've seen), I'm wondering about truck driving part time in Kentucky for a while to get the experience to make more driving in Florida.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles: