Company OTR drivers/ taking more than week off

I save up my time off and take it all at once. I make sure that whatever company I want to for has a policy that lets me do that. I look at it this way: if I take my time off every 3 weeks then dispatch has to work harder to get me a load going home. So if I stay out 10 or 12 weeks, I'm actually making it easier on the company because they don't have to work on getting me home all that often.

 

I just have no interest in being away that long.

 

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When I drove a company trk. I was lucky. I could work 6 months then take off a month and my trk. was there waiting for me.

Then they folded and went looking for new work. Most companies kept saying no you can't do that, so I looked for another. Found a company Yes you can do that, then when my time off was going up they changed their tune. That was fine as it was not working out well with them anyway. I allready was lining up an exit plan.
Most of the big companies want the revenue goal to be met on each trk.
That I beleive is why most have a 5 day mty. rule.

 

5-6 weeks out/5 days off

 

You can take time off?!?

 

I always took at least a week off, the most i ever took off was 10 days.




American Trucker