And also; Anytime this guy says; “it might happen” Just know; that it always happens, so not only do you gotta be okay with a bit physical labor, you gotta be compassionate and understanding Neither you or them want to be unloading that truck. It sucks for everybody, but working together will always make it go by better

That’s smart or a load bar.

Do you think this account is a good idea? I also worked for Walmart so I know how the unloading stuff works but I've never unloaded one by myself. I'm still a new driver.

Facts!!

Oh my gawd. I hate going to the Northeast. Oh my goodness. The North East is a pain for Semi Trucks Every time I get a load I always pray it’s in the south or Midwest😂😂😂

Walmart

From my experience, I'd say Dollar General since you'll have a lift-gate and the freight is in those fancy carts. Family Dollar you're doing it all by hand. Sysco is in the middle because - at least from what I hear - you can use a hand-cart / dolly....then again, you'll be in tighter places with Sysco, potentially. The Family Dollar is the most difficult of the three, and the most thankless - make sure you have a damned good reason to be on that route if you choose it.

😂 definitely not Dollar General..

Lol DG pretty simple except deal with the toppers.. for an 800 piece stop 45mins

​@@Scott_Terry In the Chicago area, Sysco guys do not haul 53's or even 48's.

Me my checks be looking real good

It’s not as bad as they make it seem

Same!

Same

One company offered me up to $2k/week or $3k/week if you go out Saturdays and home daily. I don't see it though---no way someone is doing this job consistently in one day(or at least while having a life). All it takes is one employee going extra slow unloading your stuff onto the pallet off the rollers or a late manager not opening on time and you're behind schedule and screwed for the day. I saw one lady's video who did this and she showed up at 6am for unload and the manager was late and didn't show up til almost 9am. She wasn't even able to get into the back door til almost 10am. Now she was OTR so at least she had a sleeper... I can't imagine doing this home daily.

@Hunnid P Yeah, that's pretty much all the Family Dollar managers. I would usually just imagine them getting struck by lightning and smile.

DG is easier than this?

@@nadiyah7071 DG has rolltainers, so in that manner yes it's way easier. The comparative issue with DG is that rolltainers can be VERY heavy at times if full of water/dog food(up to 1000 lbs) or milk(on the reefer side). Also there are toppers(the toilet paper products mainly) on the dry side trailer above the rolltainers and some loaders are not so helpful when it comes to this and you'll end up digging them out to get all product to proper stores. That means either moving RTs for other stores out of the way or climbing on top to get them dug out.

@@droptozro Is it hard backing in and out of DG's stores? Do you think this account is good for a rookie and is it worth the pay?

I have a guy on Craigslist saying he will pay me $600 here in April 2024. I was finding it difficult to believe him, but now after reading your post from the green years ago.....

It’s alright. You just gotta take your time I’d rather take a turn 1000 times too slow than ONE time too fast I’d rather have cars curse me out and beep at me than to hit something or hit someone

i think they are between 400 and 700 unless seasonal but thats my store i cant speak for others..

I know one store got 2,000 pieces. That’s an all day job, lmao There’s also some that are as low as 200 pieces. That only takes an hour to unload You don’t pick and choose. It’s random. So from my experience, it could range anywhere from 250-2000 pieces per stop

Thank you

Youre not wrong, but i also doubt you understand how grueling it is unloading 38,000lbs of freight is by hand.

@@wgist87 back before I got my CDL I worked at FedEx unloading trucks. I only got $12 per hour to unload trailers for 8hrs a day. People are lazy and want hard work pay for zero effort

@@coreybutler7668 i did the same thing in high school. But now that my skill set and knowledge affords me better paying work, my price to do bottom barrel work goes up. Unless I am in a situation that dictates otherwise.

@@coreybutler7668and I’m willing to bet that you’re not doing that job anymore You most likely have a comfier job that pays more now; don’t you?

How much you are paid to do it?

⁠@@abdellatifminouch703nowadays most of them get paid 1.8k-2k a week to do that But I’ve been trying to figure out how much you’ll get paid if you got that load as an Owner Operator, but I still haven’t found anyone to talk to that will tell me; but I’m assuming it’s probably $1000-$2000 a trailer. That’s just my guess tho If a company driver could make 2k a week then my assumption is that an Owner Operator would get paid 4-6k a week

My GF and I are starting this Sunday! Pay is $1k/day.

@@vinr6867 1k for each of you a day?

@@wgist87 we got 2k per trailer. You pick up Sunday and drop Monday, pickup Tue Drop WED and pickup TH and drop off Friday. Your only day off is Saturday. We put in two weeks and quit, too many variables to overcome; 1. You have to fight for good rollers and lock them up with a thick chain so they won't get stolen. 2. Zero training, you have to figure it out on your own. 3. Tight back ins. 4. You never get the same store twice, so you have to study your approach every time. 5. Stores differ is speed and quality of their employees, so if you get slow people at your first drop you will finish late or have to finish up the next day, you do get $1000 extra for that though. 6. If there is an issue you are on your own, broker will not respond in a timely manner and all they care about is you unloading the trailer at whatever cost. 6. Some stores you have to get out before a certain time or else you will get trapped by cars! 7. It is back breaking work! The reason we quit was because a manager did not show up for our first drop and so we could not do the other drops, my broker did not get back to me until 14 hours later.

@@vinr6867 yeah i was offered 2k, im not interested but thanks for giving insight to the process. Sounded rough. What location were you out of?

@@wgist87 We were out of San Bernardino, with 2 people its doable but like I have said too many things that could go wrong for you. We're talking waking up at 1 or 2 AM and not being home until 5 or 6 PM if things went right. We were going to stick out until January but that manager screwed it up and made it a mess that day. People quit all the time WITH training. No problem man, stay safe.

How is it

@@fours4421 It was terrible for me.