Thanks for taking the time out of your day to do video. Really helps us newbie’s. Today is my first day out with a trainer. He does DG out of San Antonio. I’m set up to do Dollar Tree when done with training out of Marietta. Live in Central Tx. Hopefully that works out. I look forward to more of your videos. Thanks!
For one if you can get a hold of the blue crates take all the extra that you can. 2. Don’t setup rollers in the middle of the truck unless it’s packed and you have too! Meaning if you can lay them to the side do so. That way your first stop you’re not unloading racks to make room for the product. You can unload right away. 3. Always keep them on one side as you unload and keep the hooks pointed towards the doors of the truck. This will make it easier when it’s time to add more rollers and crates. Be safe bro!
So they load it based on your route. Pretty much first store to the back of the trailer. You have stickers on the boxes with the store numbers. When that stop is complete you will start to see stop signs on the next stores boxes. They build a wall and put red stop signs on all of them so you know you’re at the end
Wassup bro do you have to leave out on Sundays or do you get good home time? And so after you finish let’s say 3-4 stops on a Monday; so that Tuesday you will go pick up another load; then that Wednesday you do another 3-4 in a different area; is that how it works?
So everyone is different based on your living area, DC, and manager. Myself I do a load that I pick up in Oklahoma on Sunday and home by Sunday night. Monday and Tuesday off. Drop my load up Wednesday. Spend Wednesday night home and then back on the road Thursday to go get another load. My second load usually drops off Saturday someowhere different. Then back to the DC Sunday to get my load to come home. Hope that makes sense. I’ll do a video about pay and home time this week!
@@rajohndavis1123 they shouldn’t promise you Saturday and Sunday off unless you’re staying local… because the way things fall they can only make sure you’re home weekly. Not what day you’re home. And if you want both days fully off that’s up to you. You just have to let you manager know. Hey I need both Saturday and Sunday fully off. And I’ll be on the road first thing Monday morning
This is a whole different type of workout 🤣🤣🤣🤣 get a back brace pronto!!!! Give it two months before you give up… by then you’ll be use to it… cause them first two months will have you ready to leave the truck at the store
YOU GOT LUCKY: Warner will throw you under the truck, sort of speak. If you had made a mistake. The company would have given you enough write ups. You could not have ended up driving a fuel tanker.
Was it luck or me being a good driver and not doing anything that I was 100% comfortable doing? I get what you are saying but we are the drivers aand in control of the decisions we make. I understood that and never had an incident because I knew that.
800-900 piece stops is a rare but it’s nice when that happens lol… a quick store will take about an hour and a half to two hours and an average store will take about 3- 3 and a half hours a stop.. but a slow store… good Lawd you in trouble if they are a slow understaffed store… could be 4-6 hours but that’s rare
@@davidhenry2026 I’m home now actually! They send me through states… for instance… I had to go from Oklahoma to Arizona to drop off and you have to go through New Mexico. So on my way back I stop at home to reset. I’m home often actually
@@davidhenry2026 Dollar General is easier in my opinion… they are designed a little better. Plus you are not backing directly into a building door just close enough to unload
Yo I just stated with wener the don't give me any loads I ben off since Tues calling and asking for loads the all said freight is low when I constantly call my trainer for the account always got loads I'm not new at driving but I am new for wener touch its very messed up
@@NardNews exactly fam I did FD for us express for 9months and quit and went back to OTR now another company is hiring for dollar tree saying I could make 1500/1750 a week so I'm thinking about it
Sorry to bug you but I’m not sure about this job. I’m supposed to start on the 27th training or orientation. They are telling me that the pay is about $95k a year give or take based out of Joliet Illinois is that kinda accurate ?
@@eddienation118422 so it depends on the state and that’s about right… once you start getting your own loads you can easily take home 1700-2200 a week if you doing 2-3 loads specially once your pay goes up after 6 months… and once you get that .67 a mile easily 90-100K doing two loads. But this is hard work bro… back breaking… once I get some experience I’m gonna look at no touch freight.
I’m home weekly bro… I’m in Arkansas right now. Gonna finish this load in the morning. Go pick up my next load which is in Gallup NM and will rest my clock home in ABQ
Thanks for taking the time out of your day to do video. Really helps us newbie’s. Today is my first day out with a trainer. He does DG out of San Antonio. I’m set up to do Dollar Tree when done with training out of Marietta. Live in Central Tx. Hopefully that works out. I look forward to more of your videos. Thanks!
Man I trained on Dollar General out of San Antonio as well. You will do good bro
Had to take dollar tree account to move back home to AZ, not out there yet to start. Thanks for the informational videos!
Nice clear, and informative videos bro. I’m impressed and it provided all the information I was looking for. God give my back strength 😂😂😂
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I know how that goes used to work for Dollar tree started with unloading and did everything except being a key holder iykyk
Easy run for a real driver that want to work.
If you wanna work. It’s easy money. I only left because I have twins on the way and need to be home more
can you do a 10hr break at the last store? cause usually it is hard to find a free spot at a truck stop on night
I have plenty of times. Or one close to a truck stop.
Need some good pointers I’m just starting and I need some advice on setting up the rollers
For one if you can get a hold of the blue crates take all the extra that you can. 2. Don’t setup rollers in the middle of the truck unless it’s packed and you have too! Meaning if you can lay them to the side do so. That way your first stop you’re not unloading racks to make room for the product. You can unload right away. 3. Always keep them on one side as you unload and keep the hooks pointed towards the doors of the truck. This will make it easier when it’s time to add more rollers and crates. Be safe bro!
Do they make you do anything with the cardboard like dollar general?
No they don’t. We leave the pallets with the stores or just take them back to the DC
How do you know what to unload ? I’m just curious.
So they load it based on your route. Pretty much first store to the back of the trailer. You have stickers on the boxes with the store numbers. When that stop is complete you will start to see stop signs on the next stores boxes. They build a wall and put red stop signs on all of them so you know you’re at the end
@@NardNews nice . Thanks for telling me 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Wassup bro do you have to leave out on Sundays or do you get good home time?
And so after you finish let’s say 3-4 stops on a Monday; so that Tuesday you will go pick up another load; then that Wednesday you do another 3-4 in a different area; is that how it works?
So everyone is different based on your living area, DC, and manager. Myself I do a load that I pick up in Oklahoma on Sunday and home by Sunday night. Monday and Tuesday off. Drop my load up Wednesday. Spend Wednesday night home and then back on the road Thursday to go get another load. My second load usually drops off Saturday someowhere different. Then back to the DC Sunday to get my load to come home. Hope that makes sense. I’ll do a video about pay and home time this week!
Yes! I think mine said Saturday and Sunday off, Im hoping i dont have to leave out early in Sundays lol I’m over in SC
@@rajohndavis1123 they shouldn’t promise you Saturday and Sunday off unless you’re staying local… because the way things fall they can only make sure you’re home weekly. Not what day you’re home. And if you want both days fully off that’s up to you. You just have to let you manager know. Hey I need both Saturday and Sunday fully off. And I’ll be on the road first thing Monday morning
@@NardNews I will do that wow thanks for that! Definitely need that Saturday and Sunday lol. But over all you love it? Is the income worth the work?
@@rajohndavis1123 overall you will never love it. We solely do it for the income which is worth it. Specially once you max out on mile pay
Are there alcohol or wine packages in the order?
No there isn’t
If all the dollar trees had docks it would be alot easier 😂
Some of them do and I loved those stores
My dollar tree account is hourly plus mileage
I test out next week. And I'm gonna be picking up the account out of Joliet. Seems like imma be getting a workout in😂
This is a whole different type of workout 🤣🤣🤣🤣 get a back brace pronto!!!! Give it two months before you give up… by then you’ll be use to it… cause them first two months will have you ready to leave the truck at the store
What were you averaging a week? Some people it's 1200
YOU GOT LUCKY:
Warner will throw you under the truck, sort of speak. If you had made a mistake. The company would have given you enough write ups. You could not have ended up driving a fuel tanker.
Was it luck or me being a good driver and not doing anything that I was 100% comfortable doing? I get what you are saying but we are the drivers aand in control of the decisions we make. I understood that and never had an incident because I knew that.
What’s man!!
How’s ur unload time between stops? Also how often do you come across 800-900 piece stops?
800-900 piece stops is a rare but it’s nice when that happens lol… a quick store will take about an hour and a half to two hours and an average store will take about 3- 3 and a half hours a stop.. but a slow store… good Lawd you in trouble if they are a slow understaffed store… could be 4-6 hours but that’s rare
U from new Mexico why they got u working out off oakloma DC that's a lot of ground to cover
Thats the closet DC to me… and the Oklahoma DC are the ones that distribute to the New Mexico stores. So it works out
How they get u hometime
@@davidhenry2026 I’m home now actually! They send me through states… for instance… I had to go from Oklahoma to Arizona to drop off and you have to go through New Mexico. So on my way back I stop at home to reset. I’m home often actually
Is doller general backing easy or u prefer doller tree being doing flatbed for a year I'm a little rusty
@@davidhenry2026 Dollar General is easier in my opinion… they are designed a little better. Plus you are not backing directly into a building door just close enough to unload
Yo I just stated with wener the don't give me any loads I ben off since Tues calling and asking for loads the all said freight is low when I constantly call my trainer for the account always got loads I'm not new at driving but I am new for wener touch its very messed up
Where are you based out of? What account are you on?
Dollar tree is better than family dollar account
To me yes… only because Family dollar pays less and harder spots to get into
@@NardNews exactly fam I did FD for us express for 9months and quit and went back to OTR now another company is hiring for dollar tree saying I could make 1500/1750 a week so I'm thinking about it
@@jaykisuke3397 I easily made that weekly. I made more like $1800- 2K weekly out of OK
@@NardNews good money do you think about going back?
@@jaykisuke3397 all the time… but I’m home everyday and wouldn’t change that
Bro how many trailers a week do you unload
2-3 trailers a week… unless I take off… one long run and a short one usually
Sorry to bug you but I’m not sure about this job. I’m supposed to start on the 27th training or orientation. They are telling me that the pay is about $95k a year give or take based out of Joliet Illinois is that kinda accurate ?
@@eddienation118422 so it depends on the state and that’s about right… once you start getting your own loads you can easily take home 1700-2200 a week if you doing 2-3 loads specially once your pay goes up after 6 months… and once you get that .67 a mile easily 90-100K doing two loads. But this is hard work bro… back breaking… once I get some experience I’m gonna look at no touch freight.
@@NardNewson top of that. One little accident and your career is over. Big companies are not desperate for workers lol.
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Hey bro I’m thinking of Werner, I live in Rio Rancho… how often you getting home?
I’m home weekly bro… I’m in Arkansas right now. Gonna finish this load in the morning. Go pick up my next load which is in Gallup NM and will rest my clock home in ABQ
I’m about finished with school. I have some questions. Could you contact me off here?
Sure can… or you can message me on Instagram… RJINVEST15K or TikTok RJinvest21