OTR vs Regional experience

As a new cdl school grad you can get Local, OTR, Regional jobs.
Regional driving experience counts for most OTR companies.
Depends on your location and sometimes on any endorsements you may have.
Where is your location; we'll try to help you find what you want.
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Edit: How many hours was your cdl school?

 

No, won't hurt you in the future.

 

Even though you think regional means around a certain region. Like the northeast. But from experience all that's really different is hometime. Regional is usually weekly. While OTR is every 2-3 weeks at minimum your home.

 

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Truck Driver Job - Idaho Milk Transport

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I was at Swift for 14 years, around 8 or 9 years OTR before I switched to GLR.
Great Lakes Region.

Nothing really changed that much for me except that I was just running in a more limited area.
I ran my usual schedule of 4-5 weeks out and 3 days of home time.
The cpm was a bit better because regional gets fewer miles, and I didn't have to run in the parts of the country that I don't like.
The deep south, east or west coast are all a nightmare in my opinion. GLR was ideal with me being in MN.

Many drivers that ran GLR took home time more often, but everyone is still on the road many days to weeks and running similar loads to OTR.
Basically the same thing, in my opinion. Getting home a bit more often still means you are essentially living in the truck, just like OTR.