As OTR do you get the same pickups occasionally?

Dediciated routes are pretty much the same customers

 

Even as a "system" driver (non-dedicated), after a period of time you will see repeats.

 

Depends on the size of the company, of course, but even at the biggest of them all, I've gone to the same place repeatedly. And there are many more customers I've only been to once. I'm sure with a smaller company, there is more repeating.

 

Most definitely! Even if you are not a dedicated driver the company you drive for usually has customers that they pull freight for on a regular basis.

 

Yes. I've been back to the same customers dozens of times.

 

I was bouncing between General Mills facilities in Albuquerque and Roanoke, TX quite a bit when I was pulling Werner trailers. And twice I've picked up paper rolls at Pratt Industries in Shreveport, LA and dropped them at Georgia Pacific in Santa Teresa, NM when its time to get home.

 

I used to go to the same customer in Albuquerque all the time. I start dating a woman there, and I rarely go there anymore but once every 3-4 months. It's a conspiracy.

 

It really depends on your company and your dispatcher. With a large company you can go to the same shippers and receivers often, but not quite as often as a smaller company with a smaller customer base. So it really all depends on the company and your dispatcher.