Local CDL-A Position LTL City P&D

CDL-A Local City Driver – Home Daily LTL P&D | Little Rock, AR

Hiring Area: Little Rock–North Little Rock metro & Pulaski County • Terminal: Little Rock service terminal

Little Rock, AR Local P&D 2020–2025 Day Cabs

Daytime city P&D for a mid-sized regional LTL carrier. Most runs stay inside the Little Rock metro hauling palletized industrial, retail and commercial freight. Typical weekly gross $1,500–$1,700 with home every night.

Weekly Gross
$1,500–$1,700
Typical ~$1,600/week · Annual at typical: $83,200
Sign-On Bonus $2,500
Home Time Home Daily
Driver Type Experienced City/P&D
Weekly Miles 850–1,300
Freight Type Palletized LTL

Position Overview

This is straight city LTL work. You run a day-cab out of the Little Rock terminal, handling multi-stop deliveries and pickups for commercial and industrial accounts across the metro.

  • Check bills of lading, pallet counts and appointment numbers at every stop.
  • Scan freight, note shortages or damage, and get customer signatures on the handheld.
  • Help unload or reposition pallets when the customer does not have dock labor ready.
  • Call dispatch right away if a stop runs long or freight is short.
  • Keep the trailer staged so the next delivery is reachable without moving everything.
  • Do full pre-trip and post-trip inspections and write up any defects before the truck rolls.
  • Return to the terminal with any undelivered freight and close out the day on the scanner.

Pay & Compensation Breakdown

Pay is straight hourly with overtime after 40. Detention kicks in only on approved delays that clear the two-hour mark.

Base Hourly $31.00
Overtime $46.50 after 40 hours
Weekly Gross Range $1,500–$1,700
Typical Week ~$1,600 (40 + 8 OT)
Annual at Typical $83,200
Sign-On $2,500 ($500 at 30 days / $750 at 90 / $1,250 at 180)
Detention $31.00/hour after 2 hours when documented and approved
Payroll Weekly

Schedule, Home Time & Routes

Home Time Home every night
Work Week Monday–Friday daytime; occasional Saturday or holiday coverage in peak periods
Start Window 5:00–7:00 AM
Typical Hours 46–50 per week
Weekly Miles 850–1,300
Operating Area Little Rock metro, Pulaski County and short runs into nearby towns
Terminal Little Rock service terminal

Equipment & Cabin Specs

Tractors Freightliner M2 106 day cabs (2020–2025) and Cascadia day cabs (2021–2025)
Transmission Automated manual or fully automatic
Safety Gear ABS, Bendix collision mitigation, lane-departure warning, adaptive cruise on selected units, forward-facing dash cameras
Cab Air-ride, ELD, two-way driver/dispatch communication
Trailers 48- and 53-ft dry vans (2018–2025) with logistics posts and load bars
Assignment Assigned when possible; slip-seating is common when units rotate through the shop

Shop work is handled locally or through approved vendors. Roadside calls go through operations, not the driver.

Real Routes

Most runs stay inside the Little Rock metro. Dispatch builds the day around appointments and whatever pickups come in, so the sequence changes every morning.

  • Palletized industrial products, packaged machinery and parts, aerospace components
  • Retail replenishment, building materials, commercial supplies and mixed LTL freight
  • Regular stops in North Little Rock, Maumelle, Benton, Bryant, Conway, Jacksonville and Pine Bluff
  • Main roads: I-30, I-40, I-430, US-67/167 and US-70
  • 8–14 planned stops most days; extra pickups get added when the map and hours allow
  • Mix of terminal-loaded city trailers, live customer pickups and occasional trailer swaps

Typical Week & Daily Workflow

  • Monday usually has the most inbound freight after the weekend. Report between 5:00 and 7:00 AM.
  • Walk the tractor, check the preloaded trailer against the scanner, then head out for the first appointment.
  • Work a string of commercial deliveries mixed with scheduled pickups through the day.
  • Tuesday through Thursday tend to settle into a steadier rhythm, though dispatch still moves stops around when needed.
  • Friday is often heavier on pickups so the dock can clear freight for the weekend.
  • Bring the truck and any leftover freight back to the terminal and finish the paperwork before you leave.
  • If a dock holds you long enough for detention, record arrival, dock time and release time on the handheld.

About the Carrier

This is a mid-sized regional LTL operation built around a Little Rock service terminal. Most of the freight is palletized commercial and industrial product that moves between the terminal, manufacturers, distribution centers and local customers. Drivers work a changing mix of scheduled deliveries and pickups rather than a fixed route every day. The dock runs as a cross-dock: inbound trailers get sorted by delivery area, city units get loaded, and drivers bring back whatever they pick up. The focus stays on local capacity and reliable terminal-based service instead of long-haul linehaul density.

Benefits & Healthcare Coverage

Health Medical, dental and vision with employee contribution options
Retirement 401(k) with company match according to plan rules
Time Off Paid holidays and vacation earned by tenure
Training Paid orientation, LTL city-route training and terminal dock safety orientation
Extras Company handheld scanner, work uniforms after eligibility period, safety apparel support, DOT physical renewal assistance, driver referral program, safety recognition

Driver Qualification Requirements

  • Valid Class A CDL and current DOT medical card
  • 6–12 months CDL-A experience preferred; clean school record and solid safety history can get you considered with extra training
  • Acceptable MVR and ability to meet FMCSA requirements
  • Pass the pre-employment drug screen and Clearinghouse query
  • Comfortable working city traffic, customer yards, a pallet jack, and talking with warehouse people and dispatch

Operational Delays

  • Morning traffic on I-30, I-40 and I-430 regularly slows the first couple of stops
  • Larger manufacturing and distribution docks can hold a driver 30–90 minutes when several carriers stack up
  • Retail peaks and end-of-quarter shipping push more inbound trailers through the terminal and tighten empty equipment
  • Construction, wrecks or weather force dispatch to reshuffle later stops mid-day
  • Terminal yard gets congested when multiple inbound units arrive in the same window

Hiring Process

1
Recruiter Call
Usually within one business day
2
Background Check
CDL, MVR and work history
3
Drug Screen
DOT test and Clearinghouse query
4
Orientation
1–2 days at the local terminal; full process typically 3–7 business days

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How many stops does a normal day run? ▼
Most days land between 8 and 14 planned stops. Dispatch will add pickups if the map and your remaining hours line up.
Q: Do I load the trailer myself? ▼
No. Dock workers preload city trailers by delivery area. You still walk the trailer and match the freight to the scanner before you leave the yard.
Q: Is LTL experience required? ▼
Preferred, but not mandatory. Drivers with solid local delivery backgrounds can learn the scanner, dock flow and customer side during orientation and the first few weeks.
Q: What if a customer keeps me past the appointment? ▼
Call dispatch. They will usually pull a later stop or hand a pickup to another driver so the delay does not wreck the rest of the route.
Q: How common is drop-and-hook? ▼
Mostly at the terminal and a few high-volume accounts. The majority of city stops are live unload or live pickup.
Q: Where does the truck sit overnight? ▼
At the company terminal. Customer yards are not used for routine overnight parking.

CDL Job Market – Little Rock

Little Rock is not a single-industry trucking town. Local workforce data lists heavy tractor-trailer driving as an in-demand occupation, with openings across LTL, foodservice, private fleets, regional truckload and dedicated distribution. Trade, transportation and utilities employ more than 80,000 people in the metro, and transportation/warehousing remains a steady category. Because many of those operations keep drivers home daily, experienced city and P&D drivers have real choices. The market sits between a quiet rural area and a mega-hub like Dallas or Chicago, so competition is present but not frantic. Drivers who already know LTL, dock work or customer-facing delivery tend to move between carriers more easily than pure OTR applicants.

Location & Freight Market – Little Rock

I-30 and I-40 cross in Little Rock and tie the city to Memphis, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texarkana and Fort Smith. The Port of Little Rock adds rail and barge options on top of the highway links, so industrial, chemical, grain and container freight all move through the area. Aerospace, fabricated metal and other manufacturing plants generate steady outbound parts and components. Distribution centers, warehouses and contractor supply yards create the fragmented commercial freight that LTL handles better than full truckload. Retail replenishment and building materials add volume that rises and falls with holidays and end-of-quarter shipping. The mix of manufacturing, port activity and local distribution keeps palletized freight circulating between terminals, plants and customer docks year-round, which is why city P&D work remains a regular part of the local CDL market.

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