Time off on a regional route?

depends on the company. but generally, your home for the weekend long enough for a 34 basically.

some companies are out and back. out and back. so you can usually be home for the night.

they'll usually have you home for a doc appointment. and there are other variables. but it all depends on the company. some are hard on you. some are soft.

 

Sounds like your instructor still thinks hes at a coffee counter spinin yarns.... First thing to learn bout ol drivers, if there speakin maybe it did happen quite how they remeber.

 

My job is flexible, if I want three days off sometimes I would have to make up a day down the road.

 

With some companies 2 days off means 48 hours so if you get to your terminal on a Friday at 5:00 pm you would be expected back at work by 5:00 PM on Sunday. New drivers many times think that companies would expect you back Monday at 7:00 AM.

 

First good luck with getting a regional gig. 2nd trucking companies make money by keeping those wheels rolling. So unless you have some serious skills making them money in other ways. You might want to forget about all these extra days off. Your bank account will also be hurting from multiple day's off. In reality plan on getting home Saturday morning and leaving Sunday night or early Monday morning. You feel a long way from a trucking job. Because you are dreaming. They don't give 2 craps about personal time. They care about getting there customers freight delivered. You will also be so wore out. All you will do is sleep and back to work you go.

 

when i was running regional it went like this: winnipeg - eagan mn

week one 3 trips
monday 1900 depart last trip return aprox 1100hrs sun

week two 2 trips
tuesday 1900 depart last trip return sat aprox 1100hrs sat.

now this is on paper, waiting for my switch to show up or problems crossing through customs delayed me regulary. but on paper thats 1 full day and aprox 2 half days home A WEEK. The key word here is week. with regonal freight you see home more often then OTR drivers do. the flip side for OTR is generaly out for 7 days would equal a day off. so if out for 3 weeks 3 days off. Some of us cant sit at home for that long so 3 weeks is 2 days.

so for regional i can see the part days but as for OTR when i come home noon sunday thats not part of my "days off" thats a working day i start at 0400 till noon thats 8 hour day. so wensday 0500 truck is packed and ready.