questions on otr

It's McElroy out of Cuba, AL. Their trucks do not run on Saturdays period. The owner is a Seventh-Day Adventist and guarantees you home on Saturday every week.

 

Hookers. I give you Rochester NY, bullpen with the Guiness Ale.

That particular shipping point is run by the Irish, they give no guff or respect to anyone who is not either Catholic or Irish, but the girls run about the bullpen at night looking to score a bit.

I should know I had one pretty come up with wife in sleeper seeing and hearing my encounter when she asked me if I wanted some company for a good time. I told her to get going because the wife is with me. And she was gone. That's that. Poor thing.

 

If you have been driving a CMV there should be no need for a refresher course, I would think.

You could always ask them to simply let you take their road test, to let them evaluate your driving skill and whether they think it is really necessary for a refresher course.

Being with a trainer for a few weeks though, you should insist on that.
There are just too many details that go into this job. You can't just pick it up by doing it cold.

 

Yes Jordan, thanks.

 

OP: Try Magnum out of Fargo, ND. We have a crapload of Texas freight, so hometime shouldn't be an issue. With your experience you can probably get on a truck with a trainer for a week or so, perhaps not even that, though I'd recommend you take the week if you can get it, because reefer, well, backing alone is a whole different ballgame. Not to mention the whole process thing, calling in loaded via peoplenet, unloaded, OSD calls etc. A week isn't a lot, and what you'll learn will help you a lot. New drivers can make up to 47-cents a mile after 4 months. for you, probably 49. I would imagine they'd start you out at about 42.

I'm making between 1300-1500 per week on average since they increased my rate. New equipment, no micro-management and no hassles on expenses or tolls, which are all through the EZ-Pay.


JBS... They offered to hire me at 33 cents-per-mile and I would have to offload freight. Ya, No way in HELL, even right out of school. I wouldn't touch JBS with a ten-foot pole unless my only other options were Swift, Knight and Werner.

 

That's good info; didn't know that about JBS.

 

JBS is basically a meat-packing company. It was explained to me that you drive to customer sites and offload the product yourself. Essentially an LTL job at OTR wages with LTL miles.