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<blockquote data-quote="Artee" data-source="post: 2376105" data-attributes="member: 24351">We had a guy leave years ago for Freight and kept his seniority, vacation, etc.....&nbsp;&nbsp; The trick is to quit Express the same day you start Freight. There cannot be a lapse of any time between the two jobs or you lose everything. Not sure if anything carries over anymore. Those days might be done.If you are PT RTD already how would you be waiting on getting your CDL permit? You wouldn&#039;t be a PT RTD driver without a license.Freight is not a whole lot better. Might top out faster, but its the same old BS. They went through a ton of layoffs a few years back and if the guy that left our place was not able to take his seniority with him of 20+ years he would have been gone in short order. You get your 36 hour reset and that is it. The phone is ringing again for your next start time. Starting at midnight and driving for 11 hours. Spending the night in a motel and then when your 10 hours is up running to the next terminal. You are not going to start out working days driving around with a PUP trailer making deliveries. You are going to be doing the linehaul runs in a day cab. Its not like Express where you sleep half your shift. They actually make you work there. Especially since you are getting paid per mile.He was making over $80k, but the job got old. Went to another major freight company. Put a few years in there. Now he bought a pickup and trailer and is hauling cars from the rail-yards to dealers as a hot-shotter and really enjoys it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Artee, post: 2376105, member: 24351"] We had a guy leave years ago for Freight and kept his seniority, vacation, etc..... The trick is to quit Express the same day you start Freight. There cannot be a lapse of any time between the two jobs or you lose everything. Not sure if anything carries over anymore. Those days might be done. If you are PT RTD already how would you be waiting on getting your CDL permit? You wouldn't be a PT RTD driver without a license. Freight is not a whole lot better. Might top out faster, but its the same old BS. They went through a ton of layoffs a few years back and if the guy that left our place was not able to take his seniority with him of 20+ years he would have been gone in short order. You get your 36 hour reset and that is it. The phone is ringing again for your next start time. Starting at midnight and driving for 11 hours. Spending the night in a motel and then when your 10 hours is up running to the next terminal. You are not going to start out working days driving around with a PUP trailer making deliveries. You are going to be doing the linehaul runs in a day cab. Its not like Express where you sleep half your shift. They actually make you work there. Especially since you are getting paid per mile. He was making over $80k, but the job got old. Went to another major freight company. Put a few years in there. Now he bought a pickup and trailer and is hauling cars from the rail-yards to dealers as a hot-shotter and really enjoys it. [/QUOTE]

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