Torn between two companies

Home daily will probably keep your family happier than home for 34 hours once per week. It's cheaper to get a new job than get a new family. There are other home daily jobs.

As someone that did home daily for almost 20 years you are trading a once per week rush to be home ASAP, so you have maximum possible time at home, for rushing home daily to be home each day as much as possible. I'm betting your wife will be happier if you are home frequently rather than just once a week. Either way you'll barely be available for anything but a conversation until your "weekend". Besides, if your wife is left alone all week she will almost certainly eventually have one of her girlfriends start telling her she deserves to be paid and to have a man at home.

 

I would do TMC for a year , two years if you can. Then you can come home and pretty much get any local job you want and be with the family. Just be safe and avoid any accidents or tickets.

 

I looked into a Coke delivery driver position once in my area... I found out they didn't pay squat. I would make more running OTR @.36 mi.

 

If you can handle the work, and the pay is there, go with Coke. I worked for TMC for almost 17 years. From May 1994 to Feb 2011. They are not the company they used to be. There is a saying at TMC...."at one time everyone wanted to work for TMC. Now, everyone has". There is a reason for that.

 

Have a coke and a smile and tell Bill Cosby I said to shut the #### up.

 

TMC is a pretty good company from what I hear. Start there for the initial training and experience. Once you hit 6-12 months with them look for something local doing flatbed, if the job isn't working out at home. That is the path I'd take if I was in your shoes. Good luck.

 

Depends on the marriage and family. I would never run local. I don’t want to rush home to get a few hours off for sleep just to make it back at work. After the commute, shower and dinner there is no time left over for anything else than a bit of sleep. I’d rather get my rest in the truck and be home on the weekends. Then I have more quality family time rather than hectic running around and being in a pissed off tired mood. This is what works for us and may not work for everybody .

 

I am torn between a corn dog, or a hot dog, or a Brat?
Solution eat them all, and share a coke with Jesūs.

 

As most have mentioned the pro’s and con’s of regional. Just keep in mind your weekend consists of a 34 hr reset unless you or the load dictate otherwise.
Factor in the two nights of sleep and the few hours you have to go in on your ONE day off to make sure your ok to run. How much family time do you get going regional?

Look the overall picture. Home daily means your not stuck finding truck parking etc etc and the other gripes people have. Sure the nights are short but the weekend is yours unless you choose otherwise.

My gripe with my situation is my significant other just started driving. Can pull dedicated miles/ home daily and of course makes less but im monitoring the mileage difference and half ready to jump ship out of regional flatbed.

I will miss parts of it. However constantly battling a 10 year old that wants to see you more has gotten tiring.