This go-pro is absolutely a game changer when it comes to your channel ! Keep up the good work I enjoy watching your day in the life videos as it prepares us new drivers what it’s like everyday ty ty ! 💯
The Driver seat instruction was really good. It is in how you set your trailer before you start the backing. I run a Route for a local Bakery to Retailers also. I run 4 days Tues.-Fri. Most days I have 15-17 stops. Your 20 minute turn time is on par with my work. I also Merch. There is a Relationship built with the receivers and store staff. I did like the driver perspective and narrative. Good of Pepsi as a Company to allow us to see the day in the life.
@larrydwash for Pepsi? Just take your time and learn as you go. Stay safe and get the experience and get something better. Keep a clean driving record and keep me updated good luck. It’s hard work but not as bad as food service or beer I’ve done both
Currently a warehouse rat for PepsiCo north been doing it for a while now I love it here needless to say I’ve always wanted to see how the delivery process goes for bulk, got a new subscriber 💪🏾💪🏾
I just found your channel Cody. Interesting, I worked for Pepsi in 1963,64 and 65 in Winnipeg Manitobs Canada. Things were quite a bit different back then. It was all glass bottles with wooden shells, we called them. The plastic cases nowadays. We had 10 oz, 16oz and quarts which were called family size. And there were no pre-sales back then. It was all driver sales to big and little stores. I'm wondering if you guys and gals have heard this one from back then. < Coca Cola came to town, Pepsi Cola shot him down, Dr. Pepper fixed him up. Now they all drink 7-up >. It was cute back in the 60's. I was 17 when I started with them, as a swamper ( helper ) . Had to be 18 to have a chauffer's license up here. Oh yes, you had to sort out your empties from all the other soft drink company's. Lots of cut fingers in Safeway stores, as they threw all the bottles together in one bin. Anyways, thanks for the vid to get me reminiscing.
That’s awesome! That’s crazy how much it had changed and that’s a really cool story thanks for sharing. I’m glad the video brought back some memories for you. I also like that story I’ll have to share that. Thanks!
Cody, loving the channel so far, as a CDL B driver looking to get my A in the winter after the summer ice delivery season. I would love to see more edited backing clips in the vids. Keep up the awesome work brother. Stay safe out there.
Worked for Pepsi in the late 70’s. Route sale/delivery to major grocery stores in Columbus Ga area. Manual pallet jacks. Was a workout everyday every stop had empties .
I'm a merchandiser for Polar Beverages and I wish you were my driver. Some of our drivers don't start till 8-9AM even when receiving at the stores open at 5-6. Makes for a long day when drivers start late.
Used to haul Pepsi in Northern Ontario on a 48 foot 5 axle trailer. 90,000 of Pepsi in the back. Nice load, couldn't shift them, just had to make sure they didn't freeze
I’m from Longview texas. I have my interview at Pepsi on Wednesday. I am a new cdl holder.. it has been rough looking for a job. Haven’t got a lot of oppurtunitys I have had my cdl since January. Having to drive to the next town called Tyler.
Absolutely getting cdl is best...I'm from Providence Rhode island an it cost me 3 Grand get it . plus my road instructor was dot state police an it wasn't easy ..I failed first time but got it second time..I do delivery for stop n shop an Walmart...it's ok being local
I had poisoned from bad fish and chips..I was messed up for 4 days.. drinking a lot pineapple juice an eating crackers saltines slow ..I feel you brother
I did Pepsi local driver for like 2 months lol. I'm 50 years old it was a little much for me. I was like 25 stops a day 4 days a week. I'm regional now it's not bad 5 on 2 off.
Hey Cody.. I drive city LTL for Frontier in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Day usually starts at 8:30am and ends 4:30 to 5:30pm, drops in the morning and pickups after. Like you, I like sometimes getting the challenging docks and sometimes a residential or two. I always come on dock with a smile and a friendly attitude...it goes a long ways with dock workers. Great video as always.... and I would think that those 23 skids would be 30 thousand.
as a pepsi sales rep in canada. thanks for your hard work. If im in town i try to help my drivers out at my large small accounts if they need it as much as possible because i know how rough it can be to fill and hand bomb everything into some of these accounts.
This my first vid from you and I really like your content. I have a retest only for my road portion, I got nervous and kept stalling. I can't wait to start my trucking journey and build my experience to make more money. Also, I'm from Texas and only going for local jobs. I like being home every night.
@@Codystruckingadventures It's been 4 months and I doubt you'll see my comment lol but I had failed that retest at the time. Some other stuff happened that delayed my retest and that caused me to have to retake everything but that didn't stop me. I retested on everything today and passed, im a Class A holder now. Thankyou for your encouragement.
Reminds me of my job at FedEx. It’s rough delivering packages, especially when we have huge boxes of furniture and have to go to the top floor of an apartment complex, business, etc. Stay strong
Great video. Alabama here as well... been with the railroad 28 years.... glad they give you a somewhat schedule to live by. Keep up the work and always go the extra mile !
@@delberthagger6234 depends on your senority. If you work on a pull board and which railroad you work for but most of the time you don't have a life because you are always working ...that's the short answer of corse
I remember one day a Pepsi salesman refused to take back his unsold/damaged/expired products and was hiding them. I asked him to give our store credit and fought him for about a month. I had to refuse delivery before he started to accept returns. At least I got better dates.
I’m a driver and I still don’t get why sales rep don’t put them in A store tried to refuse me after I checked in because it was no returns. I walked out & didn’t put the pallets back on my truck 😂 I be damn
just found your page here man very cool. I have been otr, dedicated, local, now yard driver. thouht about doing rout work but never got a chance. good video man keep it up.
@@Codystruckingadventures just a quick question ❓ have you ever been to Dollar general?.. and the gun freeze 😂😂😂 and they won't take a scan sheet" so you gotta recount everything by hand🤣🤣🤣 real"shit
@@Codystruckingadventures they keep saying they going to switch it over a.s.n like family dollar... But they never changed it yet.. and f*** Walmart with they audits"like you really got time to count 10 skids
@@wesleyledbetter6711 exactly they supposed to all use the ANS but they never do Pepsi wasted some money on that. I’ll be at Walmart an hour and a half everyday it’s crazy
Moved down from Ohio to Mississippi. Weather is so much better but not a huge fan of driving Northern Alabama "locally" haha Huntsville is a huge pain in my ass and I gotta stay in a hotel overnight and hotels aren't made for trucks.
Great video,Came across this on my feed and enjoyed It! I’m a beer delivery driver In northern Canada along the Alaska highway where It takes all day for the tailgate to come down It the winter almost lol!
Watching this as I drive to work at Pepsi on a Sunday. 🤣 but only a few guys do it. I chose to take Sundays because it’s nothing but hitting a few Walmarts and much easier money than a full day of normal geo work.
I worked for Pepsi and Coke as a sidebay truck and pallet truck. Worst job ever on the sidebay truck, especially when they would load me down with 700 cases at 13 different stores. We were only supposed to carry around 500-550 and about 10 stores due to having to stock the coolers and machines. The sales people would always over stock the stores and constantly having to take cases back out of date. The last straw was when they started making drivers unload the returns when they had full time warehouse employees.
@@Codystruckingadventures SWIFT has been good to me. SWIFT gets a bad rap for accident prone drivers, but that’s what comes with the territory. We’re the largest trucking company in America. We have the most drivers and I’d argue the best job security in the trucking industry during these trying times.
@@Codystruckingadventures I drive the eastern half of the US. They call it the I95 corridor. It covers from Wisconsin down to the Louisiana/Texas border, over to Florida and up to Maine. Every state in between. They start right now at .55 cents per mile. I’m out usually a month and then home for three days. My wife has somewhat adjusted, but would like me home more often.
I worked for buffalo rock out of tuscaloosa for about 3 months. Management was terrible peacemake and wisdom were snakes. Took $300 out of my last check bc i “damaged” my linc radio. I did not damage it. The slide that holds the cover on the back of phone came off which was common for all the lincs of that model. In addition to those hack jobs you had to worry about the snake merchandisers trying to tattle tale on you to get a feather in their cap for a supervisor job. I too drove the bulk truck. Easy job but glad i left for a better job. It was a holdover job anyways. This was 2006 time frame
great video Cody man wish you were a pepsi driver here in CA man I used to work at Safeway man nice of you to wrap for them knowing their busy getting ready for the holiday drivers would argue with my staff and just back and forth so I started doing the wrapping making everyone's job easier but that's Safeway for you
@Cody’s Trucking Adventures you Said it Cody: for sure, but just one reason I had to leave Safeway in 09 (they say how great they are as a team) but nope to much finger pointing and backstabbing and most people I meet are like...Safeway said they will do this and that if I join them I'm like good luck with that if you decide to work for them don't say I didn't warn you
Do truck drivers at Pepsi in California make enough to afford a home in a decent area over there and raise a family? I’m from Detroit and have a year of experience at Pepsi but I just got my CDL and I’ve been California dreaming wondering if I can make a living out there with two kids. My wife works as a registered nurse but I’d only want her to work part time. I want to live somewhere in LA/LA county. From what you know about the trucking industry and the CA economy is it doable?
Just found your channel, I have been with Pepsi for 32 years, I’m a fleet mechanic out of Traverse City Michigan, we have been geo box for 11 years now.
I was gonna say around 17k, I do Receiving for a company in Pennsylvania. Typically get about 6-8 pallets 2 times a week, each delivery is around $7-9k and I'm a low volume store in comparison to our other locations in the area. I love our Pepsi drivers and my store Merch, Great people! Always a pleasure to work with!
my funniest at pepsi was a semi unloading corn syrup the driver hooked up and got back in his truck and fell asleep and unloaded the whole truck load on the ground bee's were insane millions of them!
You all finally got rid of those crappy devices also those pallets are not the standard size it was so annoying to move them (I was receiving at Target)
Trained for Mclane food service ,they deliver to longhorn,chadders,captain David,Oliver garden ,,couldn’t keep up w the pace ,u had 5 to 6 stops u had 1 to 2 hours to unload at each stop ,all u do is bring the pallets down like so and scan each box ,captains ds was the only store u had to break down the pallet and cart it in to the store ,u had 1,000 to 1300 boxes ,your payed for every box on truck @.24 cents topping at .32 cent mileage pay and stop pay I would say good money there but working overnight and at the pace u need to be to get done everyday by 2-3pm start all over at midnight ,one or two just depending on what time your first stop is of course if u get put on one certain route u will get to know what time u need to leave to be at each stop ,but yeah local work like food service is not for me ,I’ve only ran otr and dedicated no touch freight drops and live unloads and local food delivery was a different animal working on as the company imployees did Make mention it was true for me
@@josesanchez7299I’m applying to work at St Petersburg location. What does geo mean? Is there a Sarasota location? I thought I saw one but now I don’t see it. I could be thinking of a different company.
Thanks for answering the hiring questions I have my interview, agility test, and training video coming this Wednesday morning. Good to know that I will know if I got the spot that day! Thanks again. Keep up the great videos!!
I personally am an Amazon delivery driver, I just started doing it on Sunday. I like it for now, I’m thinking about getting my CDL sometime down the road
Is your trailer already loaded when you come in or do you load it? How fo you know what is going where? If you finish early, do you go home or make more deliveries?
I work at Pepsi as a merchandiser after the two hurricanes in swlouisiana. It was a seven day work week before sun to sun down. Not all managers are friendly. The work was stressful. Be safe.
Im from IL Im a midwest regional driver, i think its b didnt know pepsi had bulk routes, i like your videos get to see the otherside of trucking since i go to a lot of distribution centers. Stay safe driver
This really depends on the ones in your area and if it wastes a lot of time to go around them. Of course if your company takes care of the trucks you could just run through them.
Love the video bro! You make a stressful job look very easy.. thank you for the content and information about the job and hope ur lady and y'all have a great weekend and birthday. Love from Atlanta ga ❤️
Im wondering whats the longest time to gotten to your stops. Is the stops around the corner for retail or do you at least drive far to get to next stop.??? Like how much is driving and how much is labor?
Hey, how are you bro. 3 weeks ago, I went for an interview with pepsi, out in Philadelphia. When I got there, the lady asked for my cdl license, I showed her my cdl, and she said, am sorry I cannot interview you at the moment because you have a manual restriction on your cdl. It would be nice if the tell cdl holders that if they have manual restrictions on there cdl, that they cannot hire or into them until they take the restriction off. But are all pepsi trucks manual?
That’s odd most everybody has gone to automatic and they usually don’t even worry about it anymore. Most of every company including Pepsi is automatic now. That sucks I’m sorry to hear that but I agree they should have said something before hand!
Pepsi plant im at is about 65 % automatic ..As a relief driver we bid by seniority for Dbay routes which are side loader trailers and basically there’s a 1 in 3 chance you will get a manual truck and you won’t know what truck you have till you pick your route ,I say that to say it’s important depending on the plant and the trucks they have
Hey boss man , i see you haven’t posted in a while so im hoping you can respond to this but anyhow, i’ve had my cdl 3 months and im trying to get on at pepsi but im curious if there background check is a fingerprint background check? i have no felonies but i understand you don’t qualify some local jobs on certain misdemeanors .
thanks for answering my questions! Do you ever have problems with your pallet jack? i used to work at a grocery store and they used to break down all the time! lol
Hey Cody I’m from maryland I really enjoy ur channel bout to go for road test Pepsi I’m a lil nervous but I’ll lean on training I’m a new driver but u answered Question about nervousness. Preciate ya.
So if anything is out of date or broken they send it back.. also if they have a product that’s taking up room and not selling the send it back to us to send out and sale somewhere else
Hey man just started watching. Nice bro thanks for Great content.
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I work for Pepsi in sc conway cool lift works 5 days bulk works 5 to 6 y do u put up empty and credited on the right side of the trailer we put our on the left
Thats awesome dude, I’m trying to get my CDL right now going for my permit tomorrow. Have a lot to learn been watching YT for it hopefully it is a smooth transition.
I ran a massive Coca-Cola warehouse. A full load of cans was about 46k pounds. TOTAL weight was ... marginal, but there was too much weight on the front axle. MANY times we would have a driver come back to our facility screaming about his $1200 fine from the weight station. Oops. We never did learn to do a 2-1-2 up front, but always went two across front to back.
What’s so hard about this job? I’m a new trucker and haven’t started my first job yet but looking for one. I wanna start long haul since it’s recommended, but what’s so bad about Pepsi? I get Sysco, that’s just too hard. FYI, I am a skinny dude but not that skinny.
So on average how many hours you work during the week? I'm currently at my 1 year mark running OTR flatbed and Pepsi-cola is hiring nearby me for local runs and I'm really considering them.
@@Codystruckingadventures That is a COMPLETELY different job from my pepsi plant then. Are you guys union? I'm Geo, we are working 60 hours a week right now (sometimes it comes out to more, just never on Geotab)
17 thousand
You won send me cashap!
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@@Extendo_prime I got you
@@Codystruckingadventures thx
Nice I would have guessed B lol
This go-pro is absolutely a game changer when it comes to your channel ! Keep up the good work I enjoy watching your day in the life videos as it prepares us new drivers what it’s like everyday ty ty ! 💯
Thanks a lot I appreciate it! The GoPro def brings another level to the videos! Thanks a lot for watching💪🏼
The Driver seat instruction was really good. It is in how you set your trailer before you start the backing. I run a Route for a local Bakery to Retailers also. I run 4 days Tues.-Fri. Most days I have 15-17 stops. Your 20 minute turn time is on par with my work. I also Merch. There is a Relationship built with the receivers and store staff. I did like the driver perspective and narrative. Good of Pepsi as a Company to allow us to see the day in the life.
I work for Pepsi in Maine. On our trucks we do both bulk and retail stops, with all of us working five day weeks. I’ve been there 16 years
Oh wow man that’s a long time! That’s cool it’s crazy how different places run it different. Thanks for the info and keep grinding man💪🏼
Youre a good man to many truckers quit to go to the same exact situation
Youre a good man to many truckers quit to go to the same exact situation
@@donttruckhere I agree thanks!
@larrydwash for Pepsi? Just take your time and learn as you go. Stay safe and get the experience and get something better. Keep a clean driving record and keep me updated good luck. It’s hard work but not as bad as food service or beer I’ve done both
Currently a warehouse rat for PepsiCo north been doing it for a while now I love it here needless to say I’ve always wanted to see how the delivery process goes for bulk, got a new subscriber 💪🏾💪🏾
I worked for Frito Lay for 14 years in sales.I delivered, merchandised, and ordered the product. Sometimes the receivers can be real nasty.
You got that right! I’ve wondered how it was working for frito lay it seems like a decent setup
I just found your channel Cody. Interesting, I worked for Pepsi in 1963,64 and 65 in Winnipeg Manitobs Canada. Things were quite a bit different back then. It was all glass bottles with wooden shells, we called them. The plastic cases nowadays. We had 10 oz, 16oz and quarts which were called family size. And there were no pre-sales back then. It was all driver sales to big and little stores. I'm wondering if you guys and gals have heard this one from back then. < Coca Cola came to town, Pepsi Cola shot him down, Dr. Pepper fixed him up. Now they all drink 7-up >. It was cute back in the 60's. I was 17 when I started with them, as a swamper ( helper ) . Had to be 18 to have a chauffer's license up here. Oh yes, you had to sort out your empties from all the other soft drink company's. Lots of cut fingers in Safeway stores, as they threw all the bottles together in one bin. Anyways, thanks for the vid to get me reminiscing.
That’s awesome! That’s crazy how much it had changed and that’s a really cool story thanks for sharing. I’m glad the video brought back some memories for you. I also like that story I’ll have to share that. Thanks!
@@Codystruckingadventures Cody, when we ran into a Coke driver and swamper is when we really laid it on. We all laughed back then.
My favorite local driver on youtube!
Thanks fam!!💪🏼💯
Cody, loving the channel so far, as a CDL B driver looking to get my A in the winter after the summer ice delivery season. I would love to see more edited backing clips in the vids. Keep up the awesome work brother. Stay safe out there.
Thanks a lot and that’s awesome! Keep me updated on your journey you got it next video will have more backing! I appreciate the support🙏🏼
What is an edited backing
Worked for Pepsi in the late 70’s. Route sale/delivery to major grocery stores in Columbus Ga area. Manual pallet jacks. Was a workout everyday every stop had empties .
That’s wild in the 70s that’s rough!
I'm a merchandiser for Polar Beverages and I wish you were my driver. Some of our drivers don't start till 8-9AM even when receiving at the stores open at 5-6. Makes for a long day when drivers start late.
Used to haul Pepsi in Northern Ontario on a 48 foot 5 axle trailer. 90,000 of Pepsi in the back. Nice load, couldn't shift them, just had to make sure they didn't freeze
I’m from Longview texas. I have my interview at Pepsi on Wednesday. I am a new cdl holder.. it has been rough looking for a job. Haven’t got a lot of oppurtunitys I have had my cdl since January. Having to drive to the next town called Tyler.
Absolutely getting cdl is best...I'm from Providence Rhode island an it cost me 3 Grand get it . plus my road instructor was dot state police an it wasn't easy ..I failed first time but got it second time..I do delivery for stop n shop an Walmart...it's ok being local
I agree David!
I had poisoned from bad fish and chips..I was messed up for 4 days.. drinking a lot pineapple juice an eating crackers saltines slow ..I feel you brother
You got this! Don't worry! What you been through is a catalyst for your success! You going to wind up promoting yourself !
I did Pepsi local driver for like 2 months lol. I'm 50 years old it was a little much for me. I was like 25 stops a day 4 days a week. I'm regional now it's not bad 5 on 2 off.
That sounds rough man! I’m glad you’re liking the regional better. Thanks for watching!
Hey Cody.. I drive city LTL for Frontier in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Day usually starts at 8:30am and ends 4:30 to 5:30pm, drops in the morning and pickups after.
Like you, I like sometimes getting the challenging docks and sometimes a residential or two.
I always come on dock with a smile and a friendly attitude...it goes a long ways with dock workers.
Great video as always.... and I would think that those 23 skids would be 30 thousand.
as a pepsi sales rep in canada. thanks for your hard work. If im in town i try to help my drivers out at my large small accounts if they need it as much as possible because i know how rough it can be to fill and hand bomb everything into some of these accounts.
You’re the man!
This my first vid from you and I really like your content. I have a retest only for my road portion, I got nervous and kept stalling. I can't wait to start my trucking journey and build my experience to make more money. Also, I'm from Texas and only going for local jobs. I like being home every night.
Thanks a lot and good luck to you I’m sure you’ll crush the next test. Good luck and keep me updated
@@Codystruckingadventures I appreciate that man, I sure will on it.
@@Codystruckingadventures It's been 4 months and I doubt you'll see my comment lol but I had failed that retest at the time. Some other stuff happened that delayed my retest and that caused me to have to retake everything but that didn't stop me. I retested on everything today and passed, im a Class A holder now. Thankyou for your encouragement.
Reminds me of my job at FedEx. It’s rough delivering packages, especially when we have huge boxes of furniture and have to go to the top floor of an apartment complex, business, etc. Stay strong
Trust me I feel you I worked at FedEx for five years man
I’m a warehouse Pepsi worker and build palletes for BULK! One year this month! I Can honestly say I love what I do
Great video. Alabama here as well... been with the railroad 28 years.... glad they give you a somewhat schedule to live by. Keep up the work and always go the extra mile !
That’s awesome!! Thanks so much
Whats a schedule for working with the railroad.
@@delberthagger6234 depends on your senority. If you work on a pull board and which railroad you work for but most of the time you don't have a life because you are always working ...that's the short answer of corse
I remember one day a Pepsi salesman refused to take back his unsold/damaged/expired products and was hiding them. I asked him to give our store credit and fought him for about a month. I had to refuse delivery before he started to accept returns. At least I got better dates.
That’s crazy I’ve heard a lot of horror stories and it just makes me shake my head🤦🏻♂️🤣
@@Codystruckingadventures Had the same problem here in Australia end result told them to get stuffed and only sell coke now
I’m a driver and I still don’t get why sales rep don’t put them in
A store tried to refuse me after I checked in because it was no returns. I walked out & didn’t put the pallets back on my truck 😂 I be damn
Is the trailer air conditioned? Can't imagine during the summer where is 110 degrees and the drinks are getting too hot 😮
i just started merchandising for a beer distributor, we had a few loads like this
Yeah man it sucks when it happens that’s for sure.
just found your page here man very cool. I have been otr, dedicated, local, now yard driver. thouht about doing rout work but never got a chance. good video man keep it up.
Thanks man!!
I work for Pepsi out South bend Indiana believe me when I say your truck look good.. to what i drive...!!
Lol fr bruh? I have heard that from a lot of people!
@@Codystruckingadventures just a quick question ❓ have you ever been to Dollar general?.. and the gun freeze 😂😂😂 and they won't take a scan sheet" so you gotta recount everything by hand🤣🤣🤣 real"shit
@@wesleyledbetter6711 bro every month it’s so annoying they do the most and they’re never in a hurry
@@Codystruckingadventures they keep saying they going to switch it over a.s.n like family dollar... But they never changed it yet.. and f*** Walmart with they audits"like you really got time to count 10 skids
@@wesleyledbetter6711 exactly they supposed to all use the ANS but they never do Pepsi wasted some money on that. I’ll be at Walmart an hour and a half everyday it’s crazy
OG viewer from back when you worked at FedEx. Nice to see where you made it to now man. Keep it up
Yo that’s wild man! How did you find me?
@@Codystruckingadventures One of your videos was on the side being recommended I guess lol pretty crazy
That’s awesome man haha
@@Codystruckingadventures Just subscribed
Where did you get food poisoning at? We need to know if possible so no one else gets sick. Thank you for driving 🚛stay safe. 🛣️
There was a food truck here in my area where I got it from! Thanks for a lot!
Moved down from Ohio to Mississippi. Weather is so much better but not a huge fan of driving Northern Alabama "locally" haha Huntsville is a huge pain in my ass and I gotta stay in a hotel overnight and hotels aren't made for trucks.
That’s awesome Mike, I agree man I’ve always said Huntsville is much worse than Atlanta as far as driving through.
Great video,Came across this on my feed and enjoyed It! I’m a beer delivery driver In northern Canada along the Alaska highway where It takes all day for the tailgate to come down It the winter almost lol!
Thanks a lot man! That’s crazy I bet the winters are insane. Thanks for watching man stay safe!
This was in my recommended videos and I enjoyed watching this! Keep grinding away brother!
Thanks a lot for the support!!!
Watching this as I drive to work at Pepsi on a Sunday. 🤣 but only a few guys do it. I chose to take Sundays because it’s nothing but hitting a few Walmarts and much easier money than a full day of normal geo work.
I worked for Pepsi and Coke as a sidebay truck and pallet truck. Worst job ever on the sidebay truck, especially when they would load me down with 700 cases at 13 different stores. We were only supposed to carry around 500-550 and about 10 stores due to having to stock the coolers and machines. The sales people would always over stock the stores and constantly having to take cases back out of date. The last straw was when they started making drivers unload the returns when they had full time warehouse employees.
I’m from Hoover AL and now live in Wilsonville AL. I like your channel. Keep up the good work!
That’s what’s up thanks for watching how you liking swift??
@@Codystruckingadventures SWIFT has been good to me. SWIFT gets a bad rap for accident prone drivers, but that’s what comes with the territory. We’re the largest trucking company in America. We have the most drivers and I’d argue the best job security in the trucking industry during these trying times.
@@wes5163 I’ve always heard good things. I almost went there before coming here.
@@Codystruckingadventures I drive the eastern half of the US. They call it the I95 corridor. It covers from Wisconsin down to the Louisiana/Texas border, over to Florida and up to Maine. Every state in between. They start right now at .55 cents per mile. I’m out usually a month and then home for three days. My wife has somewhat adjusted, but would like me home more often.
I worked for buffalo rock out of tuscaloosa for about 3 months. Management was terrible peacemake and wisdom were snakes. Took $300 out of my last check bc i “damaged” my linc radio. I did not damage it. The slide that holds the cover on the back of phone came off which was common for all the lincs of that model. In addition to those hack jobs you had to worry about the snake merchandisers trying to tattle tale on you to get a feather in their cap for a supervisor job. I too drove the bulk truck. Easy job but glad i left for a better job. It was a holdover job anyways. This was 2006 time frame
great video Cody man wish you were a pepsi driver here in CA man I used to work at Safeway man nice of you to wrap for them knowing their busy getting ready for the holiday drivers would argue with my staff and just back and forth so I started doing the wrapping making everyone's job easier but that's Safeway for you
For sure man thanks a lot for watching! The way I see it is I know they’re wrapped right and working as a team is a must!
@Cody’s Trucking Adventures you Said it Cody: for sure, but just one reason I had to leave Safeway in 09 (they say how great they are as a team) but nope to much finger pointing and backstabbing and most people I meet are like...Safeway said they will do this and that if I join them I'm like good luck with that if you decide to work for them don't say I didn't warn you
Do truck drivers at Pepsi in California make enough to afford a home in a decent area over there and raise a family? I’m from Detroit and have a year of experience at Pepsi but I just got my CDL and I’ve been California dreaming wondering if I can make a living out there with two kids. My wife works as a registered nurse but I’d only want her to work part time. I want to live somewhere in LA/LA county. From what you know about the trucking industry and the CA economy is it doable?
I'm starting pepsi in johnson city tn in a week I have been watching videos and I appreciate you taking the time to make this video
Absolutely! Good luck to you and keep me updated on your journey!💪🏼
Are you still driving for the Johnson City location?
Awesome video man i swear the video quality keeps getting better. The trivia question at the end was a cool idea too!
Thanks Tyler I appreciate it. I’m trying to make the videos more fun and engage as much as possible I’m glad it was entertaining🙏🏼
Just found your channel, I have been with Pepsi for 32 years, I’m a fleet mechanic out of Traverse City Michigan, we have been geo box for 11 years now.
Man that’s wild 32 years! That’s awesome thanks for watching!
I was gonna say around 17k, I do Receiving for a company in Pennsylvania. Typically get about 6-8 pallets 2 times a week, each delivery is around $7-9k and I'm a low volume store in comparison to our other locations in the area. I love our Pepsi drivers and my store Merch, Great people! Always a pleasure to work with!
Absolutely! Thanks for watching!
my funniest at pepsi was a semi unloading corn syrup the driver hooked up and got back in his truck and fell asleep and unloaded the whole truck load on the ground bee's were insane millions of them!
That’s crazy! I would have paid to see it lol
My manifest once said - paper packing product. Which was 🍺 ⬅️ and lots of it, too!
Where is that at Fed Ex??
You all finally got rid of those crappy devices also those pallets are not the standard size it was so annoying to move them (I was receiving at Target)
Right
Trained for Mclane food service ,they deliver to longhorn,chadders,captain David,Oliver garden ,,couldn’t keep up w the pace ,u had 5 to 6 stops u had 1 to 2 hours to unload at each stop ,all u do is bring the pallets down like so and scan each box ,captains ds was the only store u had to break down the pallet and cart it in to the store ,u had 1,000 to 1300 boxes ,your payed for every box on truck @.24 cents topping at .32 cent mileage pay and stop pay I would say good money there but working overnight and at the pace u need to be to get done everyday by 2-3pm start all over at midnight ,one or two just depending on what time your first stop is of course if u get put on one certain route u will get to know what time u need to leave to be at each stop ,but yeah local work like food service is not for me ,I’ve only ran otr and dedicated no touch freight drops and live unloads and local food delivery was a different animal working on as the company imployees did Make mention it was true for me
Thanks for the info! I’ve heard how hard it is man I know I wouldn’t want to even try it!
Great vid, enjoying your content all the way from Western Australia🤠
From way down under! That’s insane thanks for watching! 🙏🏼
Oh your truck has air conditioning in it man you're so lucky lol back when I work for Pepsi all the trucks ever had was heaters built into them lol
Enjoy the videos. I’m running side loader as a route relief till a route opens. Hopefully our location goes full geo by the end of the year
Thanks for watching I heard those side loaders are tough. Keep grinding💪🏼💯
Same Jose respect bro! Hey what facility do u work out of? I'm in Pompano FL we do sideload here too but going Geo by the end of the year
I’m at the St. Petersburg FL location. Just applied for the bulk delivery position. Hoping I get off this side loader real soon
@@josesanchez7299I’m applying to work at St Petersburg location. What does geo mean? Is there a Sarasota location? I thought I saw one but now I don’t see it. I could be thinking of a different company.
Thanks for answering the hiring questions I have my interview, agility test, and training video coming this Wednesday morning. Good to know that I will know if I got the spot that day! Thanks again. Keep up the great videos!!
That’s what’s up man!!
@@Codystruckingadventures any pointers?
@@TheEagle14489 just he yourself bro they’re gonna hire you man
@@Codystruckingadventures sweet! Thanks bro. Good truckin
@@Codystruckingadventures well I got the watch your email and three verbal winks!!
I personally am an Amazon delivery driver, I just started doing it on Sunday. I like it for now, I’m thinking about getting my CDL sometime down the road
I drove for FedEx for five years I would def say go for it
Are you guaranteed dry van with pallets? I ain't doing the stocking gas stations and stuff like that 😂
Lol I don’t blame you and no just basically depends on what’s available
Can’t do much here in N.C. it’s been raining since Saturday
It’s been raining a lot here too!
How much they pay in your 3 weeks training?
Great Cody well done!
Thank you!
W vid once again! I should be hearing back from Pepsi this upcoming week to find out if I got the job or not. Fingers crossed lol
Thanks for watching they were probably waiting until Memorial Day to pass. You got it fingers crossed for you!🙏🏼
I drive for the competitor. Make have to make the shift to get the gravy routes.
That’s what’s up! How you liking it?
I delivered in Jacksonville fl Pepsi, got there 1830 they didn't unload me the next day 0800.
I love these kind of videos. Not a truck driver though. I'm from Denmark and it's fun to see local routes in the US.
Thanks so much and that’s awesome man welcome to the channel!
@@Codystruckingadventures Thanks man, keep up the good work!
Is your trailer already loaded when you come in or do you load it? How fo you know what is going where? If you finish early, do you go home or make more deliveries?
I work at Pepsi as a merchandiser after the two hurricanes in swlouisiana. It was a seven day work week before sun to sun down. Not all managers are friendly. The work was stressful. Be safe.
What state you drive in ? And what’s ya a schedule ? Here in Harrisburg they offering 4 day work week ,
Alabama, the retail routes work four a week here and the bulk route runs five.
What Go Pro camera you use ?
Hero 10
5:00 is there any benefits with it like health insurance
Yeah there is!
just unplug the seat belt dinger. i did with my prius. doesnt throw codes
Where’s that located at??
Nice! I drive for Pepsi out of South Florida but we're currently doing sideload trailers. How is it doing Geo box?
Hey man that’s awesome I wish I was in south Florida! I work for Buffalo Rock so it’s a lot better than what most have from what I hear.
@Cody’s Trucking Adventures lol I'm actually trying to leave. Getting crazy expensive to live here!!
@@michaelvalleau3172 that’s what I hear man it’s very expensive
@Cody’s Trucking Adventures yeah its out of hand lol..
Hi mike I just got hired for in south Florida. Can you tell me more about the job ?
Im from IL Im a midwest regional driver, i think its b didnt know pepsi had bulk routes, i like your videos get to see the otherside of trucking since i go to a lot of distribution centers. Stay safe driver
Hey man that’s awesome be safe on the road! I’m glad you enjoy the content and I appreciate the support! 🙏🏼💪🏼
How many Weight Stations do you deal with during your week?
This really depends on the ones in your area and if it wastes a lot of time to go around them. Of course if your company takes care of the trucks you could just run through them.
Love the video bro! You make a stressful job look very easy.. thank you for the content and information about the job and hope ur lady and y'all have a great weekend and birthday. Love from Atlanta ga ❤️
Im wondering whats the longest time to gotten to your stops. Is the stops around the corner for retail or do you at least drive far to get to next stop.??? Like how much is driving and how much is labor?
Two days a week I drive 100 miles the rest of the time it’s less than that. More delivering than driving most days
I'm seeing this video on 05/30/2023 & was wondering what gift did you get for her birthday.
I got her some shoes and some clothes for the summer!
Have you ever had a pallet jack die on you? If you have, what happens then? Do you have a way to charge it on the truck?
I haven’t had it but I always bring a charger just in case!
@@Codystruckingadventures thanks for the reply. 👍
so wonderful beautiful video friend Cody i love it see so nice
How long does it take on a typical day to deliver a full truck load?
I just lost my CDL license due to my heart disease and pacemaker and defibrillator . I worked for Sunbelt Rentals delivery of equipment.
Dang Robert I’m sorry to hear that man God has a plan for you man I hope you stay healthy and I’ll pray for you
Thank you, I appreciate it. You seem to have a lot of patience. Your going to go far in life. I drove a tractor trailer for 24 yrs. It was a good run.
@@robertrichardson54 thank you sir I appreciate that.
How sensitive is your camera? Had the sme setup working for a company and the camera would trigger probably 200-300 times a day
I feel like mine don’t even work fr! Lol
Why do you have 7up on your truck? Does Pepsi deliver 7up products in your state?
Yeah we do in Alabama
Hey, how are you bro. 3 weeks ago, I went for an interview with pepsi, out in Philadelphia. When I got there, the lady asked for my cdl license, I showed her my cdl, and she said, am sorry I cannot interview you at the moment because you have a manual restriction on your cdl. It would be nice if the tell cdl holders that if they have manual restrictions on there cdl, that they cannot hire or into them until they take the restriction off. But are all pepsi trucks manual?
That’s odd most everybody has gone to automatic and they usually don’t even worry about it anymore. Most of every company including Pepsi is automatic now. That sucks I’m sorry to hear that but I agree they should have said something before hand!
Pepsi plant im at is about 65 % automatic ..As a relief driver we bid by seniority for Dbay routes which are side loader trailers and basically there’s a 1 in 3 chance you will get a manual truck and you won’t know what truck you have till you pick your route ,I say that to say it’s important depending on the plant and the trucks they have
@@goodmanners_7164 very good point! Thanks for the info as I’m sure it’s def at every location!
@@Codystruckingadventures No problem Bud
Cardinal logistics as a north east regional driver like Maine/Upstate NY shit is fun
You enjoy it???
@@Codystruckingadventures Yeah I enjoy it not bad for a M-F job don’t touch NYC or Philly so that’s a plus
What do yall use for gps? Do you have a garmin or just use your phone..
Hey boss man , i see you haven’t posted in a while so im hoping you can respond to this but anyhow, i’ve had my cdl 3 months and im trying to get on at pepsi but im curious if there background check is a fingerprint background check? i have no felonies but i understand you don’t qualify some local jobs on certain misdemeanors .
When you’re in training do they train you on your specific route and take you too all the stores you will be going too?
Yeah they do they make sure you that you see the route and everything first.
Stay safe out there 🙏what do they do with the returns ?just wondering.. resell them later to another business ?
thanks for answering my questions! Do you ever have problems with your pallet jack? i used to work at a grocery store and they used to break down all the time! lol
Absolutely and no they have never given me any problems!
Hey Cody I’m from maryland I really enjoy ur channel bout to go for road test Pepsi I’m a lil nervous but I’ll lean on training I’m a new driver but u answered
Question about nervousness. Preciate ya.
Aye! Congrats and good luck to you trust your skills and take your time you got it! Keep me updated thanks for watching💪🏼
What are returns for credit? Why can they return products?
So if anything is out of date or broken they send it back.. also if they have a product that’s taking up room and not selling the send it back to us to send out and sale somewhere else
Hey man just started watching. Nice bro thanks for Great content.
I work for Pepsi in sc conway cool lift works 5 days bulk works 5 to 6 y do u put up empty and credited on the right side of the trailer we put our on the left
I worked for Frito-Lay and its almost the same exact thing. Big stores like Walmart, and Target are a nightmare
Just found this channel and subscribed.. so were you done for the day after that last delivery?
Thanks for the sub! And yeah once you do last delivery you are done👍🏼
You were finished by 10am?
Yeah I go in at 3:00 AM most of the time done by 11-11:30 but they took a delivery off of me so I got done a little earlier.
Thats awesome dude, I’m trying to get my CDL right now going for my permit tomorrow. Have a lot to learn been watching YT for it hopefully it is a smooth transition.
@@JuniorC809 it’s not that bad man you’ll do fine💪🏼
Whats the pay like? And benifits
Salary and great benefits
I live just north of there know those stores well.
What was the song you put in the video?
It’s called 100 nights!
What do you do with the credits damage products
Bring back to warehouse
when i worked there they bring the damaged stuff back and repacked it if it was in good enough shape
I’m picking up a load in Bessemer going to PC. I drive for SWIFT.
I miss driving for 7-up, tough job on a side loader!
I ran a massive Coca-Cola warehouse. A full load of cans was about 46k pounds. TOTAL weight was ... marginal, but there was too much weight on the front axle. MANY times we would have a driver come back to our facility screaming about his $1200 fine from the weight station. Oops. We never did learn to do a 2-1-2 up front, but always went two across front to back.
No weigh stations where I’m at😂
What’s so hard about this job? I’m a new trucker and haven’t started my first job yet but looking for one. I wanna start long haul since it’s recommended, but what’s so bad about Pepsi? I get Sysco, that’s just too hard.
FYI, I am a skinny dude but not that skinny.
So on average how many hours you work during the week? I'm currently at my 1 year mark running OTR flatbed and Pepsi-cola is hiring nearby me for local runs and I'm really considering them.
It’s a great company I work 39-42 hours never more!
@@Codystruckingadventures That is a COMPLETELY different job from my pepsi plant then. Are you guys union? I'm Geo, we are working 60 hours a week right now (sometimes it comes out to more, just never on Geotab)
As an employee what kind of discount do you get on the product?
We don’t get any discount believe it or not. They give us free drinks out of the cooler in the morning but that’s about it.
Hey buddy just found your channel ! Do they hire people with little experience where should I go to put in an application
Buffalo rock Careers and that’s awesome man thanks for watching. They hire with no experience