Short mile question.

The short answer is probably not ! why hire someone to do something that you already have people to do. it's not what you want to do it is what are hired to do !

 

I'm not sure of the angle you're coming at this from but in some cases the answer may be yes. For instance a carrier with a terminal in Dallas may have an account that has daily loads from Dallas to Austin, and daily loads from Temple to Fort Worth. For many OTR drivers, these loads suck and eat up lots of valuable time at docks and in traffic for relatively few miles. And if someone who lived in Arlington were to make themselves available for these runs, in return for consistent home-time, they may be more than willing to work with said driver.

However, at larger carriers, there may be other senior drivers (in a large metro area) who may have some sort of temporary family situation or otherwise need to stay closer to home where such a "dedicated" route may be favorable, and they would get priority over a new guy coming in unless there were a very high frequency of these loads with plenty to go around.

 

Just understand, that (with larger carriers especially) many, "promises" or "commitments" made at hiring time (particularly with new, inexperienced drivers) often mean nothing. Their "system" does not allow for much "personal attention" right out of the gate. As you read posts throughout, you'll get a sense of what I mean. But any small[er] outfit, this may not be so much an issue.

 

probably none.most likely they,ll end the conversation when you ask

 

also..most large carrier also have local drivers to do this

 

What he said lol that's what we do with our company....but they also put a different twist on it and offer a "part-time OTR" which just runs fri-sun. It's a more "regional" type of gig because only working 3 days you can't really run out that far. Some of our customers have heavy freight running over weekends when most of us "regular" OTR drivers are home.

There are as many different driving jobs as there are trucks and drivers. With a little legwork and research you should be able to find something to suit your needs.

 

hmm, but it sounds like a great idea for a business. get a daycab, rent a secure yard near a major metro area no one wants to deliver to, and a boatload of insurance. market yourself to all the big carriers, let them drop 24 hours/day, and you deliver and pick up what they can't or don't want to do. charge appropiately.

on 2nd thought nevemind, that business model won't work. why would anyone pay you when they can pay their drivers .38 @ mile to sit.