Are you content???

I am probably what you would consider regional. I would love to be local. However I am picky about the local job I need. I want day hours only for the kids sake. And of course the money has to be right. I found one local job last year working for an O/O. It was a disaster. I keep looking. Hopefully some day soon.

 

That's the way I envision it....strictly from a wannabe position, of course.

 

We only average 8 or 9 hours a day, it's great to get out and enjoy it.

 

It probably has a lot to do with both the amount of responsibility and the level of responsibility the individual truck driver has at home. What would work for one driver would be an absolute disaster for another.

 

Driving a truck otr is the only way I'd do it.

Unless some wow offer came up.

All pretty much pays the same.

It can be a vacation if you wanna look @ it that way.

Be lieing if I didn't miss things like golfing playing guitar working out in the pool and other hobbies.

3 days home every 4 months is good enough for me.

I save so much $ living in a truck.
No bills no nagging people nothing to clean ups poop.

Its a different way of life from most folks for sure though.

 

With Easter coming up on Sunday, and having to see my entire family; I'm wishing very much ATM I was OTR.

 

I was local for five years and had the urge to try regional so I did. That didn't work out and I'm back to local. Same run every day hauling heavy. Paid by the hour and I get home every day and weekends off. I do miss the variety of the regional job but being paid for every minute I work an being home to see my girl and sleeping in my house out weighs the variety of OTR!!

 

In my short time out im content where I am..as others stated its like a vacation, getting to see places I probably wouldn't see otherwise. Spent the wknd in the "Big Easy" cpl weeks ago that was pretty cool..I inquired about local gig hauling fuel, 12+ hr days, in the FL heat are just not in the cards right now..guess if I found a "to good to be true" situation I would go..

 

I've always been local running New England. never wanted to go OTR. I get paid by the hour with overtime almost every night.I'm content.