Driving jobs with LEAST amount of hometime

Yes. Maybe join a credit union and start saving ASAP.

 

@STexan gave some good advice. A coast to coast refrigerated outfit is good for seeing the country. I listed a few when I posted on here the other day. Have you submitted any applications yet?

 

But every website claims great pay and hometime.
More like low pay and no home time.

 

Prime ?

 

I can remember a time when a driver needed to request THE OPPOSITE of what they wanted if they were to expect their desires to materialize. I.e. If you preferred the west coast, you should tell them you want to stay east of the Mississippi.

Or. If you had a girlfriend in Orange County, you should tell them you don't like to run into Southern California.

Or. If you like easy, short and medium range hauls, you should request coast to coast hauls.

 

Another company people don't think about is LTL will allow you to stay out. Estes loves drivers that do this. Cause they got so many drivers whining about going home weekly. They'll run all over the US. Stay in a hotel every night and on a 34hr restart. Hotel paid for. Actually have money to spend. They pay their extraboard more money. Top out is .65-.67cpm on extraboard. No waiting on live unloads. Dispatch gets a woody from what I read for drivers that don't go home. Plus it's likely more mileage then regular OTR. Cause of the turn and burn factor. When you get experience might want to look into this.

 

Hotels?? They run OTR daycabs????

 

Yup, they get hotels every night. You drop your truck and trailers off at the yard shuttle or bobtail to a hotel. You yard to yard everyday or night. Or you help a terminal and do a meet and swap for a couple of trips then they send you elsewhere. Wherever Linehaul is needed in the system. If I'd go OTR this is how I'd do it. Sleeper trucks are the team drivers. Next time you see a Estes driver in a daycab ask him he might not be from there.

 

Depends on the person & situation, now doesn't it? I agree in that most are not suited to it. But, sure you might concur....different strokes for different folks. Just because something is not for you, cannot possibly be translated to not being for another....given freedom of choice.

If I HAD to do it, hated it, or was forced...completely agree. No way, no how, would I ever do it. Unhappy makes for miserable life.

You would have to know my situation. I DO NOT have to do ANY of this.

I am retired and relatively financially secure. Everything paid for, no bills but for cell & storage. It's not 100% about the money for me, though I'm sure not doing it for free. Just too young to sit on my keester, never was my style. Nomad at heart. I am doing what I do because I love & enjoy it. That seems to take all the "work" right out of the equation.

It's just an added bonus that I can make the money I do & run as much as I do. All by free will & choice.

The way I run suits me perfectly & was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Happy, happy all the way. And, THAT is what should be most important, over all else.

Oh yeah:
Come to think of it......have never, ever had a codriver or student refer to me as a SANE individual...? Quite the contrary!
(But, they all had a blast & are all still good friends).

So, maybe you DO have a good point there? But, to commit me.......you're gonna have to catch me! Mu ha ha ha.......!

 

Estes is a great company based out of my last hometown of Richmond, but a large presence all across lower 48. Have refered others to them in the past.

Very hard to get a foot in the door, as guys just do not seem to not leave. That, right there, speaks volumes. And, they are also pretty selective.

Good place to set sights on, as they treat their drivers very well. Good pay, good benefits, + much more.