Tmc Drivers-average Workday ?

You will probably have to wait until next weekend for an answer they are all on the road now so they can make their 8 am delivery time.

 

I just left Maverick last week because of the long work day/week. TMC drivers haul in and out of many of the same places I did and I heard most of them complaining of long days and little home time. Some guys like it some don't. It depends a lot on your family situation if you will like it or not.

 

OMG, Lets not work to hard. I was raised to work hard, long hours and do a good job doing it. Time and time again i hear people on here complaining about long days and not being home that much. I am currently in the military and i am getting ready to go back to iraq for the 4th time in 4 yrs with an average time away from my family for 8-9 months at a time. I generaly work 12-14 hours a day 6 days a week when im home. I am lucky to have a wife thatsupports me and can survive on her own for long periods of time. For being an OTR driver when i get back from this trip will be a break. I am able to be with my family for 4 moths this time. Remember there are people out there that give alot more than me and don't complain. For me being able to be away for 3 weeks, my wife to even be able to call me when she wants, not limited to 4 calls a month, and able to take my son with me during the summer, not having to leave him for months at a time i would be in heaven as an OTR driver. I know this will probably #### people off, well don't ##### till you have lived mine and other military that sacrafice so much.
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Thanks for your post brick. I will be retiring from the military soon (20yrs). It looks like i will be going with TMC due to the fact that i have talked to a recruiter many times and the answer they gave me to my question (after my research) has been right on the money. In my talks to TMC drivers i get the same attitude (good company, good pay, fix trucks when broke, don't make them run illegal). I want to work hard cause thats just me. It really makes the day go by faster and OMG you get payed more. And brick that was a good one with the McDonalds comment. Who do you run for or are you an o/o?

Nero