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To open, I am not an R&L employee. That said my company, A Duie Pyle has positions called swaps. Not at all terminals. Drivers start anywhere from 0900 to 1600. They do just that. Maybe a volume, or a small 2-3 stopper then do the swaps. The later guys will take empties, do swaps. When swaps are done , they may do a short linehaul. Seems to work out
 
White said:
Visitor here. I can only assume swaps mostly get done by the guys with volume stops, fewer per day. If your mgt is worth a darn, they (unfortunately) give less work to those that accomplish less. The smart lazy will do swaps ev’day to avoid being questioned on their productivity.
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We’ve got 16 to 25 year seniority drivers coming in at 7 to 730.......running their routes in Fort Worth.....getting back to the yard at 530 then getting sent on swaps. 99%of routes are your average working route. Lift gates. Inside delivery type. You know the norm. Most of the REAL hubs employ the swap. Shadow works at a facility that isn’t the norm. Those employed at that facility and some other R&L facilities should consider themselves lucky. I am not complaining just stating a fact.
 
xeastend said:
To open, I am not an R&L employee. That said my company, A Duie Pyle has positions called swaps. Not at all terminals. Drivers start anywhere from 0900 to 1600. They do just that. Maybe a volume, or a small 2-3 stopper then do the swaps. The later guys will take empties, do swaps. When swaps are done , they may do a short linehaul. Seems to work out
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Not the case at MOST hubs but terminals like Atlanta have a staff of guys who just do swaps. They use to have 150 plus swaps every day
 
nobodysboy said:
Dallas has 125 p&d drivers of which 45 to 50 get that delicious swap after doing their route. Lots of turnover in Dallas especially. I think Atlanta has about 150 swaps each day. That must be a real madhouse.
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Atlanta can be a madhouse at times, but I kind of miss it. There’s pretty much always a good choice of runs to bid on if you want something different. I live closer to Chattanooga anyway and don’t miss the ATL traffic.
 
Recap Slinger said:
Atlanta can be a madhouse at times, but I kind of miss it. There’s pretty much always a good choice of runs to bid on if you want something different. I live closer to Chattanooga anyway and don’t miss the ATL traffic.
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How is the Chattanooga terminal to work at? That is at the top of my list of places to move to.
 
xeastend said:
To open, I am not an R&L employee. That said my company, A Duie Pyle has positions called swaps. Not at all terminals. Drivers start anywhere from 0900 to 1600. They do just that. Maybe a volume, or a small 2-3 stopper then do the swaps. The later guys will take empties, do swaps. When swaps are done , they may do a short linehaul. Seems to work out
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Sounds like easy work...
 
shadowr434 said:
Wish that was the case. Sadly, at my barn and many others at R+L, the first back is forced to do the swaps so the really crappy drivers who are coddled by the TM just stay our longer and end up not doing anything.
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You can fix that if you all decide to do what the slackers do. Tm will have to find a solution then. He’s not going to fire all of you and maybe get forced to send a slacker out on a swap
 
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