Ferraro foods or Ports

Everytime I pass a port or container yard I'm glad i don't have to sit in big line up for free every day over and over again .. As a new driver personally I'd go where additional training is offered

 

Ferraro would be my choice.
If Ferraro doesn't work out then look at Watkins-Shepard or NFI, both with terminals in NJ.

 

Ask anyone involved, food service is a tough job. Multiple stops , up and down the ramp, narrow cellar stairs, etc.
I'm going intermodal.

 

I'm with you on that; I wouldn't do either.

 

Delivered meat to stores in TX, NM, AZ, and CA and it was brutal. Had 1 route called Phoenix east. It had a drop at the truckstop where the crew transferred it while you slept, then 30 stops all the say to Apache Jct. We used 2 wheelers and had 70 lb boxes of fresh meat, some 1/4s and boxes of ribs. Good pay and I was in shape. Not an ounce of fat. Go with food.

 

depending on where you live,,Letica a plastic manufacture has 5 plants around the country,,the are a private carrier and they hire rookies,,look the up on the net,,head quarters are mich,,look up Letica transportation at www.safersys.org get their number speak with mike or chip,,good equipment and starting pay is around 42 cents/mile, if you have a cdl get on the road and get some safe miles,,look on craigs list for jobs,,if you have to relocate for a good job

 

I've done both, I would choose the Ports. You're in Jersey, think about this, you will be unloading food, by hand truck on a ramp. You'll deal with snow, rain, ice, sleet, slick, slippery surfaces. Odds of injury, better than 80%. That doesn't take into account the overall wear and tear on your body. I've done beverage side load deliveries, and delivered for a McD's supplier. The beverage work was a long day, start at 4 am, rarely done before 3 pm, physically exhausting. McD's, driver unload of a 48' to 53' trailer by hand, tossing boxes stacked floor to ceiling onto rollers going into the store (the store workers put it away). 3 months in, damaged my right shoulder, something popped, 17 yrs later, I can tell you when the weather is going to change, it still acts up. Your pay will probably be a combination of mileage, hourly and piece count. Typically it's mileage and piece count.

I've done containers for the last 17 yrs, 99% of my work is out of the rail yards, rarely either Houston or Tacoma. I can see where the Ports would be a PITA. You don't say what and how you'll be paid, is it by the load, hourly, mileage, percentage. You'll be probably 96% drop and hook, where the hardest thing you'll do is cut a seal or crank landing gear.