A Woman's Load....
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My experience is 10 months of driving with Swift. They do what is called drop and hook , and the driver never has to touch the freight. The hardest part of driving is cranking the landing gear up and down.
"Inside" dry van you might be able to get onto a shuttle. You take a trailer maybe 200 miles to a meeting point, swap your trailer with another driver and return to your starting point the same day. But you may be leaving or getting home at 2 am.
Search for Little Syster on TT. She has recently gotten into flatbed work and posted some of her experiences here. Send her a PM for possibly more detailed information.
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.Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.
Another thought is to check into the LTL (less than truck load) companies like Old Dominion, Southeastern, YRC, R & R. Some have training programs for new drivers, but I don't know which ones as it's not something that interests me personally. They run from terminal to terminal usually pulling double trailers. One downside is the drivers typically start their day about 3:00 AM. According to what I read, the money is very good in this category.
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
Search for "LTL Trucking" in the search box of of and you will find 6 string rhythm, an LTL trucker.
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
Another thought is to check into the LTL (less than truck load) companies like Old Dominion, Southeastern, YRC, R & R. Some have training programs for new drivers, but I don't know which ones as it's not something that interests me personally. They run from terminal to terminal usually pulling double trailers. One downside is the drivers typically start their day about 3:00 AM. According to what I read, the money is very good in this category.
Southeastern is 2yrs experience. They are just down the road from me.
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
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Lolllll it's all good. I *do* have to learn the trucking English jargon, nobody is going to spell it out in French for me!!