working with Con Way LTL, Can i Tranfer from OTR to linehaul..

its what I applied for. they had 3 position types available to hire. No experience OR CDL. 0-12 mth exp and experienced. all LTL. sent my app in friday around noonish. Hope to hear from someone with good news monday or tuesday. If not, how long should I wait before making a phone call to ask about the app?

 

do you guys run elog or paper?

 

I would give it a week before you call. And they had paper logs when I was there last year

 

still paper logs..i hpe we dont go to that elog bs. truckload can have it

 

Yea the elogs isn't bad for us in truckload, but I can't imagine what it would do to ltl

 

I run Linehaul for Con-way out of XBO. I never ran truckload, i graduated from their new driver school.

Paper logs and a lot of dock work. And pulling doubles sucks sometimes.

 

@ RoadWarrior......Hey man, just run OTR for a year as a solo driver. Get the experience and then transfer to the freight side. That year that you spend OTR is not gonna be a waste of your time, and it's not going to be detrimental to your plans on going local! Don't over-think it man! You can make good money OTR, and it's only gonna be for 12 months. Be on the freight side before you know it. Just my 2cents!! Good luck with whatever you choose!

 

Not bad advice, but with seniority based employment the earlier you start the better. I've never driven a day OTR and it has not been detrimental to me. I can trip plan, read a map. I can/do run Donner every night pretty much near gross and I do pretty ok. I can chain faster than alot of these OTR guys. Funny to see them come asking me to help them chain as theyve never done it. Knock on wood I havent been in an accident and plan to stay that way.

It just depends on your learning curve really.

 

I thought you weren't allowed to pull doubles with a twin screw in CA? (Not to get off topic just curious.)