LTL to OTR

I am more then positive they would. as long as you have experience in a truck and a clean record, thats what i have found most OTR companies look at. My best advice is to call an OTR company you really dont want to work for an ask them if they consider LTL experience less then they would OTR experience. But i am sure you will find even if they do, their biggest concern is whether or not you are able to control a rig safely. Also how often your loads were on time and your record with your previous employer.

 

if it was local sometimes they consider your experience as half so 1 year local will only be 6 mos exp

 

I was OTR back in 2004, then; worked local driving job doing LTL in Chicagoland for 7 yrs, then a month ago I went back to OTR. Company didn't give me any problems at all with going back. (My company is not very large; we have 46 trucks). Bigger companies will prolly send u out as student for a couple weeks. I have spotless MVR and DAC but let me tell you; I hadn't crossed a scale in 7 yrs or had to write a log book for just as long and I don't quite remember the correct ways to go thru the coops in certain states so I got called in back and had to listen to DOT reminding me that Ohio is not the 25 mph bypass like Arkansas is............LMAO. GOOD LUCK; OTR IS LOTS MORE FUN THAN LOCAL - HOPE YOU GET THE JOB.

 

Yes it is. I did a brief period local in chicago for 3 months and that is mayhem i tell ya. But i love being OTR

 

I hear ya there..........same routes get old after awhile........Plus: I sleep better in the truck than at home.....GOOD LUCK

 

whats LTL?

 

less than truckload

 

I like to see their drivers take an 85 foot truck and trailer around and into stations all day long. I've done OTR, LTL, and local gasoline deliveries and the local takes all my skiils. It's much harder to do it safety. I would never work for a company that would not cut experience down without knowing what that experience is.