Relevance of having a company terminal location close to home?

I would rather be close to the yard.

My terminal / DC is 34 miles away. Previous company was 12.

Dont have to worry about where to park the truck. Write up maint issues coming in go home and forget. Truck fixed when you come back in no waiting around the yard for them to get to it. Get thru the yard out of hours midweek go home and sleep in your own bed. Immediate access to people in payroll, hr, terminal manager ect get face to face feedback on issues instead of playing phone tag with someone who can just as easily ignore you hundreds or thousands of miles away.

Too many pros few cons from where I sit to live close to the yard.

 

I know of no reason not to live close, I would think it could have its advantages

 

Having a terminal (especially a full service terminal) within a short drive from the house is a HUGE advantage.

Gives opportunity to service your truck while you're at home...not on the road.
Gives opportunity for safe/approved parking during home time.
Gives opportunity for easy equipment return should things go bad and you leave them.
Gives opportunity for MORE home time---they wouldn't have a terminal there if they had no freight base.

The amenities of having a terminal near by are endless. Not "necessary", but nice.

 

Depends on what kind of trucking you want to do. A lot of OTR guys live in their trucks so all they want from a terminal is a place to leave their car for 3-4 months.

Actually I take it back, some of them never take their personal ride to the company.

Problem with being "local" to your outfit (on the other hand) is that your commute isn't included on your 14 hour clock.
I've had more than a few times when I punched out at 6pm, drove an hour to get home, go grocery shopping, cook dinner, do a load of laundry but had to be back on duty 10 hrs later. I was lucky if I got 5 hrs sleep.

 

If you plan on getting home often than. It would be best to have a large terminal near you , if you don't then it may not matter , the things I look at are , pay per mile, avg trip miles. Weekly , ( don't believe what they tell ya ) what type / year truck they will give you,ect, , its a package deal, just depends on what color package you like.

 

If you will try to be home weekly, no more than 1.5hrs, every couple weeks, no more than 3hr... It also depends how much time at home you will take and what they will "allow"

 

Living close to a company's terminal or yard can be a great thing for all the conveniences mentioned before. The main reason I chose to start with Swift was because it was close to home. I ended up spending every weekend during training at home, which made that process much easier. As for Schneider, van drivers can park at the same place as intermodal drivers in Minoa; also, some H.O. Wolding drivers park at the NTTS yard in Liverpool. Good luck on your search.