Can someone explain to me: Otr, Regional, and Dedicated

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  1. SUPAKING25

    SUPAKING25 Bobtail Member

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    Whats the difference between Otr,Regional, and dedicated ?
     
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  3. Rerun8963

    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    OTR ..Over The Road...also known as LONG HAUL

    you are away from home 1 to several weeks...

    Regional...usually you do an over nighter at some truckstop, motel, and back home the next day, or by the very least, by the end of the week

    dedicated....you do the same run day in, day out...and some times you need to be a senior driver to get onto one, or at the very least, live in the area they need a dedicated driver.
     
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  4. Lonesome

    Lonesome Mr. Sarcasm

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    Pretty much what he said. OTR is just that, over the road. May be several days out, may be several weeks out.
    Regional is driving within a specific region, such as midwest, southeast, 11 western states, etc. Some regions are larger than others! Might still spend a week or two out.
    Dedicated might be the same run daily, or it might be for the same customer, with different runs.
     
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  5. SUPAKING25

    SUPAKING25 Bobtail Member

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    Do you thank that I can get something local without any experience ?
     
  6. BigJohn54

    BigJohn54 Gone, but NEVER forgotten

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    I posted about this in your other thread. Local is usually delivery. It is back-breaking 12 - 15 hour days, 6 days a week. Pay is not as good as OTR. It may be for you and it may not. I consider most local work as delivery not driving. Many OTR companies don't see it as experience for their purpose. There are other local jobs that aren't delivery, but as you can imagine, the demand exceeds the supply. Knocking on doors and face to face interviews can get you what you want.
     
  7. Lonesome

    Lonesome Mr. Sarcasm

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    Never hurts to ask. In the immediate days following the dinosaurs, when I went to school, several local manufacturers were looking at the school for drivers. One was a door and window manufacturer, one was a popcorn distributor.
     
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  8. Tinkertoy

    Tinkertoy Bobtail Member

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    What is the difference between dedicated and local runs
     
  9. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    Dedicated you run widgets from Mr Make it to Mr Sell it. And right back to Mr Make it for another load.

    Local is depending on who hired your company for the day. You might be a Mr Cement pouring a school one morning and a couple of tornado shelters the next and a sidewalk the day after that. Who knows.
     
  10. lovesthedrive

    lovesthedrive R.I.P.

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    Dedicated you have only particular customers you deal with, like driving for Walmart.

    Local runs you are like UPS. You deliver the load where ever in a local area. BTW? Local area could be the size of Los Angeles at 100 square miles
     
  11. RayBlaszak

    RayBlaszak Light Load Member

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    At my company we have the Kraft and Nestle dedicated on Reefer and Lowes for Dryvan. So the dedicated account guys only go to places that are Kraft or on Krafts account. So basically every week they get the same miles and go to the same places over and over. A local company however may have multiple customers it serves. One customer you might be dropping off a pallet and than going to the next customer. To me I have no desire to do that type of work but that's just me.
     
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