Magnum ltd - fargo, nd

regional is the way to go in my opinion. Out enough to make money and travel a bit but home a lot more often than OTR. I've done a couple stints running OTR at my company but I keep going back to regional. I run a lot of the same lanes so I'm super familiar with them, and I never have trouble finding parking any time of day because of that

I don't like local jobs because they tend to work you like a dog. What's the point of going home every night if you only have time to basically eat dinner and sleep

 

Agreed.

 

Everytime I worked local it was less money and more bs than it was worth.

 

Where Im at hometime policy is 11/3 or 21/5. I do the latter as I like the longer hometime.

 

Same, I'd rather be out 3-4 weeks and home a week, then be out a 5 AM, home at 6-7 PM and only off on the weekend.
BUT that's for trucking though... If I could find a better career where I can be home everyday then I'd choose that lol.

 

What moron ever came up with the 7 day 1 off? Should be like a halfway normal schedule like most working stiffs who stay home. 5 days at work 2 off. And they get to go home every night. So why can't it be 2 days off for every 5 days worked? 10.days on the road, 4 days home
20 days on the road, 8 days home. Wishful thinking. Yea 3 days off for 21 days, first day off unload the truck in a zombie state crash innthe bed.. 2nd day off do chores , laundry etc. 3rd day pack load the truck up..some life

 

I like your way of thinking. Most of the issue has to do with greedy carriers trying to squeeze blood out of the proverbial turnup. Not recognizing A driver as a professional, we can thank our government for that also, a lot of collusion going on. Another part of it is drivers tend to tuck tail and run, instead of uniting for a common cause, they'd rather just be an individual/special and try to live in a world that doesn't exist.. power in numbers is where the power is at...but no, old hands just mock the newbies, nobody agrees on anything..so you get what you get..

 

When I worked at Magnum, I would stay out 3 to 4 weeks and take off 5 to 7 days. They were super cool about that. The guys who lived in Minnesota or North Dakota got home more often. I found their home time policy quite easy to work with

 

Probably the same people who decided that your log hours should be calculated over 8 days.

 

Well supposedly things have changed and they are no longer so generous with it.