I'm a city driver now but ran linehaul but not out of China Grove. I have a thread entitled Some Linehaul Rates on this forum that can give you some General ideas about linehaul. I will answer some of the basics then hopefully a China Grove guy will chime in. Our linehaul is lifetime bids. They pay flat rate per run,(this is where the other thread I mentioned is relevant) no extra pay for fueling or breaking a set. Most linehaul guys will share a tractor with a city guy, if you're lucky you're both assigned to the truck so it's not a different guy everyday in your truck. Our equipment is good.
401K martches first 3%. Two weeks vacation upon completion of first year, 3 personal days. Theee weeks at 10, 4 at 15.
All our linehaul is out and back unless you sign up to be a team or a system driver, not many system drivers as far as I know. You will either go to another terminal or meet a switch driver at a predetermined point. No overnight unless it's weather related. Our extraboard is called floating. You will float by seniority until you get a bid which only opens when someone retires, leaves, or they add lanes to a terminal. Trucks are mostly Peterbilts with 12 speed auto shifts. We are governed at 68 and the trucks have adaptive cruise and Bendix wingman system for the Nanny state. We have LYTX cameras that are forward facing only unless you get enough warnings they will turn on driver facing. Driver facing camera is physically blocked by the cover unless they switch it because if warnings. Most trucks are assigned but there is a No Truck Shuffle at some barns .
Pups vs Long box on linehaul is 50/50 for a floater. Some runs get long box every night, some get twins and some get a mix. So if you did get a bid you might do exclusively one or the other but as a floater your going to see both. They've purchased a lot of new pups and dollies and they are pretty easy to move around. R&L is good about safety. I've never been hassled when I've brought up legitimate safety issues. If you're a prima Donna or a whiner you may have trouble. The linehaul rates overall are not great compared to other LTL's but the environment is laid back. Mind you, there are some really good paying runs as well. We've a couple out of my barn that are a tad over 100,000 per year, all legal , all on ELD of course. We run Samsung tablets in the trucks for logs.
They do have some nice resorts you can use free of charge as well. They're a good company overall, I've been here 10 years but have been around LTL a long time. You might find more money elsewhere, but if you want to come in, do your job, go home and get paid, this is a good place to do it. Of course we have Drama Queens, but unless you insert yourself into it, it's not a big deal