Want to go OTR
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by 74Chris, Jun 10, 2018.
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Your company would probably welcome you into OTR with open arms. It's hard to find folks willing to be gone 1-2 months at a time. I think the norm is one day off for every week out. The linehaul guys where I am out easily do 6 week stints.
I got home time coming up. So far I have found I'm excited to get home, the want to hit the road again after 2 days. A full week off feels long.74Chris, bryan21384 and x1Heavy Thank this. -
That is generally the secret to endurance. Decompress when it's time.
Im like one of my older horses at lunch time when that mash is hot cooked and ready for the main meal of the day and it's dragging me straight to that barn to be first in the bucket at feeding time. (I should have barebacked it. Darn farm was like 300 frigging acres... be easier than trying to walk all that way.)
Going home is the same. I cannot stand it. Let's go. Same in reverse when its time to GO.74Chris Thanks this. -
Man, you should totally go OTR....get the true experience out of it. I personally love OTR. You get to see everything, meet cool people, go cool places, and you get a new challenge everyday. Food shouldn't cost you that much out here, whether you buy it in the truck stop or go to Walmart and stock up. A lot of driver's think they are supposed to eat steaks every night when Wendy's will do just fine. Whether grocery shopping or eating at the truck stop, you should be able to plan your meals at $10 or less per day, with occasional splurges. The local is cool, but the true trucking experience is out here on the road and staying out 3 weeks at minimum
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So, update, I asked them about OTR and they said yes, except I have to wait until a truck is available. A 2015 Cascadia will be open for me around this September or October when one of the drivers retires. I can wait it out, it's only a few months away. -
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