How does Regional compare to OTR?

2 weeks on, 1 week off sounds part time trucking to me but with benefits. With that long home time it's most likely a slip seat deal. I know roehl does the same thing 1 week on 1 week off deal and it's slip seats.

Companies doesn't like to have a truck sitting not making money.

 

Something like that would be 3 drivers 2 trucks. Good news is they have to get you home on time to swap out to the other driver.

Bad news is you'll regularly have a couple short weeks. One with 4 days work on it the other with three. Makes a short check.

I ran a 6 on 3 off. Was cool for home time but the short check weeks sucked. Had a rubbermaid tub to load in/out of to set up truck. Happened quickly.

 

That truck won't be sitting while you're gone for a week. There really is zero sense making it 'yours' pack light so it doesn't take you 4 hours to move out and clean the truck when you are done.

Home weekly? It really depends. They advertised it in slc and were posting the same b.s. 'up to' numbers that they did with OTR, which are unattainable. Most guys average 400 miles a day. Some more some less. But if you plan on only working 5-5.5 days a week, you may make better money driving locally and be home every night

 

is there a reason ur looking at sni or are you talkin otr in general

 

Depeding on your OC, Regional= East of i35 and south of Canada
OTR=rarely west of i35, lots of NE and inconsistent TAH but you can keep your truck...maybe

 

if i could go back and were starting over i would go with magnum. i believe the secret is to start somewhere where there is less frustration, less frustration equals less chance of having any accidents or getting any tickets, a clean driving record means you can get any driving job you want, when you drive for a company that does shorter runs you have more dealings with pick ups and deliveries everyday, longer runs mean less dealing with all of that daily and less frustration. just the way i see it, which is why i would go to magnum, I'm kinda tired of all these big companies getting more for doing short haul, but it just means more work for the driver,not more pay. of course if you want to go regional then it will be mostly short runs, but some will even having you do 2 loads a day on regional, and when your getting paid by the mile well.... good luck whatever you choose

 

also im not sure if magnum pays practical mileage but i know schneider still pays the old way, which means you deliver in chicago then go 20 miles across chicago to pick up you get paid a big fat 0,and if your getting paid by the mile shouldn't you actually get paid by the mile?

 

I've brought those 0 paid miles up with my DBL and there are colorful ways they can add on pay. Don't wanna elaborate too much, but it equals out