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If I were to get a road position is it true that abf has a 3 day policy to bring the driver back home? My friend just got in there and informed me of this. By the way I have 1 year experience.
 
OD on OD said:
If I were to get a road position is it true that abf has a 3 day policy to bring the driver back home? My friend just got in there and informed me of this. By the way I have 1 year experience.
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Someone who knows for sure should come along and have a definite answer for you but I do not believe that our road drivers stay out long unless they request it and then it might not even happen.
 
OD on OD said:
So your normally out 1 day home 2 or three nights?
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I think he meant you could be out on the road 2 or 3 nights but not often. Unless it's slow ABF works their road drivers to death and the only time you get off is what the law and the contract demands. I am not familiar with much of the road language but there are times when they have to give you a certain amount of time off after you have worked a certain number of days in a row.
 
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I think he meant you could be out on the road 2 or 3 nights but not often. Unless it's slow ABF works their road drivers to death and the only time you get off is what the law and the contract demands. I am not familiar with much of the road language but there are times when they have to give you a certain amount of time off after you have worked a certain number of days in a row.
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Ok thanks :1036316054:
 
There are so many ways to burn hours 40 min for a drop and hook an hour to build and break a set take a hour nap log it as driving time hour lunch on duty work smart work slow waste aunt judys time and money
 
Once you learn the system and learn how to play the game you can get all kinds of time offmy guess would be a first year driver 65 grand I don't work that hard and I make 80,000
 
Kernersville (051) is not in the same conference as Atlanta so the layover rules are a little different but I can tell you that in our conference (southern) you can only be kept out 4 beds or the company has to pay you extra. BUT there are a couple of rules you must follow in order to return home or receive the extra pay. First, and most important, you must tell dispatch at your second laypoint (bed) that you want to be home on your 4th dispatch. You also must write “home on 4” or something like that on the IN sheet so that other dispatchers (not just the one you told) know you want to return home. The reason for this is because there are a lot of drivers (especially low seniority drivers) who want to stay away from their home terminal longer than 4 beds because these drivers make more $$$$$ that way. Also, my salary was $71,000 last year (2014) and I take short bids, a lot of time off, and I try not to work extra. My 7% pay cut was actually a 9% pay cut from last year.

Good luck!
 
We don't have short or long runs. All runs are (supposed) to be offered based on seniority. And yes, there are several drivers who make 100k a year. I am friends with a low seniority driver who has less than 2 years seniority and he made 78k last year. He was at full pay less than 6 months last year. If he had been at full pay all year, he would have made over 80k last year.
 
:greedy dollars::gorilla::greedy dollars:
When you get hired do you join the union right away or is it a timeframe? They also will be offering me a road position, how long does it normally take to become p&d. That's my main goal
 
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