Hi I'm trying to decide if I wanna take this new job offer for local driver pay is 18 an hour or to go back on the road will I get the experience for future driving jobs if I go local plus I miss the road but have a fiancee to think about as wwll
Local vs otr
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Silverwolve916, Aug 5, 2017.
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Only you can decide that, has alot to do with future plans. And whether or not 18 is decent money in your area...
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I'm from California so I think it's decent I just wanna know if my experience from local I cantake with me in the future
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For the most part experience doesn't cross over in either direction. To a certain extent it does, for example, either can be proof you can drive, but local doesnt teach you how to manage a multi day time schedule, and otr doesn't teach you how to navigate tight roads with 18 stops due to be done in 10 hours..
MarkH129, Jeck and viper822004 Thank this. -
Neither usually cross over. My food service company doesn't typically like otr guys as they quit since they're used to bumping docks and not unloading a trailer with just a two wheeler.
Texas_hwy_287 Thanks this. -
Longer and harder for 3 to 400 dollars a week less
Than they made OTR to hold a steering wheel and
Work in short pants and flip flops.
Trust me,that's the real reason a lot of local lobs
Don't want OTR drivers. They know they can't
Pay what he's used to making and he'll quit
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I make $300 more being local. But because of no more per diem. My take home is $150 less.
Otr doesn't pay worth a crap. Being local does with the right gig.
Oil haulers make twice what OTR makes.meechyaboy, born&raisedintheusa and slim shady Thank this. -
That's a bunch of crap. OTR can't even compare to what the local guys make in my area. It's not even closemeechyaboy and slim shady Thank this. -
He's going o make 18 bucks an hour
18~40 = 720 gross. That's before any taxes and deductions. That's #### money.
A 1 year driver at swift is making almost twice that in a week.
That's poverty wages in Southern California.OPUS 7 Thanks this. -
All of us out here going home to our women everyday making 60,70,80k+ are just walking on rainbows!
How's the pizza at the pilot tonight? Have you saved up enough points to get a slice for free? Man that's the life, driver.Hazmat Cat, meechyaboy, 88228822 and 4 others Thank this.
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