What are some of the shortest OTR trips you have taken?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Labrador, Mar 14, 2021.
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Shortest load i ever did was moving some fuel 20 feet from a set of ground tanks to a temporary storage tank rack brought in for the purpose. Apparently because this little fuel station was next to a river it was actully cheaper to hire a tanker even with our minimum miles charge to pump the tanks dry into storage so they could fix a cracked tank then it was to get the permits to do it themselves.
Im not going to complain about an easy $500 (my percentage) for 2 hours of work but still i had to laugh.Farmerbob1, Coffey, Labrador and 3 others Thank this. -
If you get paid by percentage, short hops can pay unbelievably well.
Like in the Houston area, with all the ports and industry. Most drivers want a load out. I would sit in Houston and hit all the little short hops. For an OSOW, you could make $1000-1500 a load or better. Galveston to Houston, Katy to Baytown, Houston to Beaumont.Farmerbob1, nredfor88, Coffey and 6 others Thank this. -
Are you really a labrador?
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Ran some reefers 10 miles to fuel them. Doing that, a couple yard checks and shuttling a trailer up from Laredo. Got me an extra 650.
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Well its difficult to differentiate between Regional & OTR sometimes even when you're company pays for you stay in a Hotel. Regardless, I would say now currently from Toronto, ON. to Montreal, PQ around 342 mi. Decades ago driving anything less than 6 hrs was considered short hauling.
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I consider anything out n back the same day short haul. Weather it's running around town locally or 300mi one way out n back
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I appreciated the stories. A huge variety of of things seem to happen in OTR.
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