Fedex freight

Sounds about right. Bear in mind, that's starting pay. It goes up from there.

It really depends on the yard. A smaller city--in my experience--will usually have more work than a large one, because they don't have 17 million extra board drivers to take up the slack. Understand, however, that it's really going to be feast-or-famine.

As for dock time, once again, it depends. You might be in a position where you drive 90 miles and spend 7 hours a night on the dock pretty much all the time. Or you might be in that position in theory, but you're constantly being called to run to other yards and run cleanup for all the freight they need to move, and you'll rarely plant your butt on a forklift. There's no concrete answer here. You pay your money and take your chances.

I guarantee you, you'll make WAY more money for WAY less hassle going to LTL, regardless of anything else. I've been through four yards and ten years at FXF, I've had the best and the worst jobs possible at this company, and I wouldn't go back to truckload for anything.

 

I have with fedex going 14 years, 20 door terminal small, 10 city drivers 5 line haul, no layoffs starting pay 22.oo high pay 25.88, over time after every eight. Never been microed. Great job.

 

As @Gearjammin' Penguin said, it all depends on the terminal and how much work you're willing to do (keeping in mind the conditions of working on an Indiana dock in the middle of winter).

My terminal just hired 2 guys from FedEx Freight, and we have several others including guys who worked for American Freightways when they were bought out by FxF. I don't know the exact reason they all left to come to DFL, but the 2 recent ones were sick of short linehaul runs out and back with many hours of dock work in the middle. They were working out of a small barn and that was the kind of runs they had to choose from.

When you interview, be sure to ask how much time you'll be driving a forklift vs. driving a truck. These guys were on forklifts more time than they were rolling down the road. Also, Dayton Freight has an Evansville terminal. You might want to check if there are any openings there (no dock work).

 

I was with FXF for 10 years and 2 years with Watkins before FedEx bought them. Line haul at a small terminal means that you will be low man on the totem pole. That means a short shuttle to the hub and dock work at the hub until your loads are ready to go back home. City work is great but it is hard work, definitely not a steering wheel holding position. PAy is excellent benefits are on the lower end of the good side.
Do not go into management as that was the end of my long career there and be ready for mega corporation politics. If you keep your head down and do what is asked it is a really good job.

 

Dang man, you hit it right on the nails head! I could not have said that they way you did. Good job. I run country petal route its been good for me.

 

Exactamundo.

 

I worked there for 17 months, it's a good job but every terminal is different depending on local management which is subject to change at any time. I would go city based on your description of it being a small terminal, you'll probably never see days on the road board.

And on a side note city work is not hard, if you've done any work in your life it's child's play.