Thought I’d ask the question/s in here since this site is a plethora of great information. I retired from the Air Force this past December. I’ve since gotten my CDL and I’m currently hauling fuel (home daily) as a company driver. First off, I really do like the job. Not sure why, I never saw myself driving a semi but I really do enjoy it. My company (understandably so) starts most new guys out on the night shift; however, the terminal manager has allowed me to start off on weekend days. Right now I’m, by choice, only working Sat, Sun, & Mondays. Ideally my 3 days would be during the week but I understand they pretty much base scheduling on seniority, and I know I’m still the new guy.
My question is this, I would like to drive a couple more days during the week. I could ask for a couple more days from my current company but I don’t think it would be worth it pay wise. In other words, I would like to make myself available to multiple entities O/O’s or company’s as a stand by driver (most likely as a 1099 entity). I would get the call if/when they have other drivers not available for whatever reason. I’d charge a flat rate of around $500 per day. I understand that’s high and significantly more than I make per day with my current company but I’d only be used in a scenario where no other driver was available.
I have less than a year experience and the only semi work I’ve done is hauling fuel so I know this may be a deal breaker as I understand most insurance policies want to see a driver with at least 2 years experience.
Does the above sound practical? If so, how would my drive time be captured and possibly integrated if 2 or more ELDs are used? Also, would you think my current terminal manager would have an issue with it? The way I see it, I owe them 33 drive hours per week and 42 duty hours per week. What I do with the rest of my drive/duty time should be of no concern to them or am I missing something? Any other issues/concerns I may be missing.
Sorry such a long post, just wanted to provide enough current info and background.
