Favorite Type of Trucking

What kind of tankers did you pull OTR that had no wait times?. I do food grade tanker and wait times are much longer than dry van or even reefer.

Even if they take you right in, it's still 1-2 hour for the actual loading or unloading process. It's been as much 4hrs from hose hookup to disconnect. So far, the time spent sitting at shippers and receivers has been a huge disappointment.

 

I'm not a regular truck driver. But I love to drive track and other cars at the same time. Whenever I get free time I love to drive my truck.

 

I liked flatbed pretty good when I was at Western Express too. I worked flatbed off and on over the years but I like reefer the best. For me, that has proven to be the most consistent money year round, and i like running late at night. When I do go to sleep, that reefer running is music to my ears. I get the best sleep when it runs on continuous. Not only that, you're not limited to temperature controlled freight. You can run dry van freight too.

 

I drive at night quite a bit doing flatbed. More specifically, early morning hours I guess. A typical day for me, get up about 2am, take a shower and eat breakfast and head out around 3am. Not night driving exactly but I do have a few hours of darkness and not much traffic and am able to stop early to ensure a good parking space.

 

My wife an i run team. Our schedules are constantly changing. I can start out the week running nights an two days later end up on days an back an forth it goes. Sometimes i end up being a tired puppy from the constant changing sleep patterns. It doesn't bother my wife cuz she sleeps good regardless.

 

I did almost the same thing drop a load in the morning pickup midday drive a little and sleep.
Bonus is there's almost always a spot open

 

It is....lots of deliveries in the wee hours. Often times running reefer, I make deliveries on my 10. I have learned to switch with a finger snap running reefer. Sometimes if I have to run graveyard, I'll eat a lot, get full. Then I'll fall asleep quickly lol. That way I can rest during the day

 

I'd do what I do now. Home every day, daycab, pulling doubles. It's the BEST.

I lost the ability to be away from home at some point. It just doesn't work for me.