Less Money for More Miles

You need a no forced dispatch company. No company is going to give you only long haul loads. Unless you go with a line haul job. Terminal to terminal.

But no forced dispatch. Let's you decide what loads you take. I worked contract for Stevens and was no forced dispatch. So I would turn down loads I didn't want to areas I refuse to go.

 

You do not need to accept less pay to do what you want. That whole profitability thing you just said is not true either. I'm assuming that's what Werner told you when you asked to stretch your legs. You also shouldn't be driving for $0.40 or $0.45. Even rookies can make over $0.50 now.

Freymiller, JCT, and Stevens are a few companies that run coast to coast all the time. Freymiller is nothing but coast to coast I believe. JCT has a bunch of coast to coast dedicated lanes like CA to FL and straight back.

 

Don’t sell yourself short.
I personally couldn’t imagine the crap factor running 200 mile loads, lol. Heck, I consider 1000 miles a short haul.

You shouldn’t have any problems getting 55-60 cents per mile with extras doing long haul. Sure, you’ll have to run a short now and then to put you on a longer run.

What state, nearest city do you reside?

 

Thats 90% of OTR these days at the mega carriers. 600 is quite good. Most long haul freight is team now. We live in a world of efficiency and penny pinching. But you can still try giving Freymiller a call. They would take you at 4 months experience.

 

Solo driver doing long coast-to-coast runs;
Home - Leonards
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Here's a driver @xlsdraw that can verify Leonard's has what you want.
Read his thread: ---> Leonard's Express gamble
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USA Truck – Capacity Solutions
This company has a program where drivers can dispatch themselves using USA Truck's load board.
Run where you want to and haul the loads you want.
Think you have to work there 6 mos. to qualify, but not sure.

 

@MSWS -- welcome to wonderful world of trucking!!!

The first year to 18 months of driving is easily the toughest.

The first 6 months is easily the worst of all that.

Carriers like that tend to give the new(er) drivers the crappier loads (gee--ya think? ).

To a certain extent--you are simply "paying your dues"......as a newer driver.

Schneider did me the same way.

Suggestion: after a couple more months--ask for a different position (or account) within the company.

Your bigger carriers (like Swift, Schneider...and Werner) are really an "ocean" full of different opportunities.

A working solution to your request may well be where you're at now--if you just stick it out--and ask for a different gig there.

In any case--I would try my best to stay put, if I were you.

Successor employers will later look upon you more favorably if you can stay at your first driving job for at least a year.

Longer is of course, even better.

I actually practiced what I preach, above--after 6 months at Schneider, I switched over to their intermodal division. A lot of the problems I was having were then solved.

--Lual