Indian River

intrepidor · Mar 13, 2023

Tanker_82 said: ↑

I know this would be a bandaid and not a permanent solution, but they have speedometer apps on iTunes you can download for when you’re running in Canada and need KMH.
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Would living in Omaha Nebraska work with IRT runs?

insipidtoast · Mar 13, 2023

Do you think this company knows how to utilize a team truck efficiently?
?

Tanker_82 · Mar 14, 2023

intrepidor said: ↑

Would living in Omaha Nebraska work with IRT runs?
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I think it would. We run I-80 a lot going from one side of the country to the other. I was in that vicinity last week when I took a load from Washington to Joplin. I ran 80 to 35, then south to KC and down 49. Afterward, I went straight back up 35 to Albert Lea, MN then Alexandria where I reloaded for Modesto, CA. It’s hard to drive across I-80 without seeing one of our trucks every 200 miles going the opposite direction. You would probably be able to stop at your house in Omaha more often than I can in San Antonio. We have an office in Cedar Rapids, IA. too.

Tanker_82 · Mar 14, 2023

insipidtoast said: ↑

Do you think this company knows how to utilize a team truck efficiently?
?
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Unfortunately, I don’t know enough about our team trucks to answer that. I would say yes, though. They manage us solo drivers well, so I would think the teams are, too. I’ve heard they only do drop/hook loads.

Redtwin · Mar 14, 2023

insipidtoast said: ↑

Do you think this company knows how to utilize a team truck efficiently?
?
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Don't know any of the teams well enough to speak to them and have an idea how they run.

Redtwin · Mar 14, 2023

Â¿MadHatterÂ¿ said: ↑

Thx Redtwin and Tanker82
finished reading all 154 pages. Finished my DOT physical and drug screen today working with the recruiter. Will be prodomintely running NE.

Thanks for y'all's effort for presenting information.
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Welcome and good luck!. Bensalem terminal has the basics. Shop guy is great, but he only recently got some help, don't know yet how that will turn out. On site tank wash is a huge advantage.

It will take a little while to figure out how the operation runs, but if you have any questions feel free to ask. I have been to a lot of the customers serviced out of Bensalem and can help if need be.

Â¿MadHatterÂ¿ · Mar 14, 2023

Redtwin said: ↑

Welcome and good luck!. Bensalem terminal has the basics. Shop guy is great, but he only recently got some help, don't know yet how that will turn out. On site tank wash is a huge advantage.

It will take a little while to figure out how the operation runs, but if you have any questions feel free to ask. I have been to a lot of the customers serviced out of Bensalem and can help if need be.
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Awesome. Will do. Looking forward to it hope it works out well. I will write a big post about my hiring and orientation process once I'm on my truck.

JForce28 · Mar 16, 2023

Redtwin said: ↑

I was hired as an OTR driver at the Winter Haven terminal. This is also my home terminal where I park the truck (my car is parked there). The first few months I ran all over the country, coast to coast etc, what Tanker_82 refers to as "system". The way the company is setup, the country is divided up into regions. When you get empty in a particular region, you call the terminal responsible for that region to get your next load or deadhead or whatever.

Eventually, I learned more about our regular customers and loads and figured out that I could make substantially more money running into Canada and that there are a lot of Canada loads that originate in the NE. For that reason, and that reason alone, I chose to stay in the NE so I can access those higher paying loads. The company, being short Canada drivers, were only too happy to accommodate my preference for the NE/Canada area.

At no time did I ask to change from OTR to regional, it just worked out that way. As far as I know, I am still an OTR driver and if they dispatched me on a California or Washington load, I would take it, because that is what I was hired to do. Luckily for me, they don't give me those loads as they know I would rather stay in the NE.

I still occasionally find myself outside of the NE region depending on whether they are shorthanded elsewhere. I have spent a week running milk out of IN to SC and GA. I also find myself in TN or KY if I am the only one available to run down that way.

Whenever that does happen I usually get deadheaded right back to Bensalem so I can't complain about that. As it is, I run whatever they give me, wherever they send me.
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What parts of Canada do they go into? I have my passport and love Canada loads myself.

Redtwin · Mar 16, 2023

We have regular deliveries in the Toronto area and parts of Quebec. There is also a customer somewhere out west, I think in Manitoba, maybe Calgary?, but not sure as I have never been there.

lual · Mar 16, 2023

Is a valid US passport enough, for Canadian deliveries?

Or do some areas of Canada also require a FAST card?

-- Lual

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