Busiest Cities for Linehaul work

OD has a huge terminal in White Pine, TN. It's about 30 miles east of Knoxville at the junction of I-40 and I-81. It also happens to be one of the most beautiful spots in the whole country. The foothills of the Great Smokey Mountains is hard to be for pure natural beauty and rich Appalachain culture. Cost of living is low and folks are friendly.

 

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Be sure and stop at strawberry exit pilot and tell the working ladies I said hello.

Go order a bean burrito from Peyton Manning's doppelganger....sweeeeeaaaaarrrr sounds and looks JUST like him.

 

A lot of folks overlook Denver. But we have a couple of decent intermodal hubs as well as a very high demand for LTL drivers. The cost of living is fair and with 326 days of sun (The most in the US) Denver is a great place to live and work!!!

 

Cheaper than Chicago but you could check craigslist for apartments.

 

Greensboro, NC... not really a big city & cheap. Old Dominion main hub is right down the road in Thomasville. Estes does hiring from them as well. Theres a terminal in Richmond, VA for every single LTL company, Estes (which is based of Richmond) Saia, UPS, Wilson, Old Dominion, Fed Ex, Conway, ABF, Southeastern, & NEMF. Richmond is also cheap living.

 

Not all of the Los Angeles area is expensive. Of course if you want to live in Santa Monica or Malibu but apartments in the Inland Empire area are actually cheaper than Chicago. That's where the trucking hotspot is by the way. Fontana/Ontario/Rancho Cucamonga, that area. Keep in mind that anywhere you will move you'll need at least a few grand. For the move, security deposit on an apartment, to tie you over until you get your first paycheck, etc.

Louisville and Memphis are not much warmer than Chicago, he said he wants to live in a warm climate.

 

Lots of freight in Charlotte NC too,and not as bad as Atlanta for traffic.
You could probably land some steady shuttle work.
Im through there twice a week,and see lots of ltl traffic.

 

Jacksonville FL as well