Am I insane? Thinking about going back to OTR.

Dont you have extraboard like Estes? We stay out M-F running 500-600 miles a night. Same truck every week. Only thing it's a hotel. Top out is .695.

I miss otr too but you ain't going otr and making 1700-2300 a week.

 

Millis Transfer was brought up in an early post. A driver friend of mine with over thirty years is pleased to run with them. He has done regional (5-out) around DFW the past few years, and a few weeks ago switched to OTRto make more money.

The money was already good, but family responsibilities weighed in. Like me he’s near retirement. He can also outwork most so-called truck drivers decades younger.

I have the impression he can move back and forth.

I run OTR and enjoy it. Not willing to see the same roads every day. My hat is off to anyone doing LTL in a major metro. You all would be naked & starving if it was up to me to get that job done.

Look at Millis as a default choice. If what’s offered isn’t that good, then pass.

 

Man. 6 figures. Home daily. Think twice about giving it up. Even if it dont run 5 nights that's just more time with the kids. OTR sitting in truck stops for free waiting for loads. Smelling that stale piss parking lot in the hot summer. No one in truckload will ever come close to paid time off/benefits/pay.

 

But:

OTR = you drive when you want. You pull over and sleep WHEN you want.

LTL = rigid schedule. Can't really stop whenever you want.

 

Yes!

 

That's one thing I absolutely don't get about wanting to go OTR. Most LTL companies pay their linehaul past 50-60 CPM and get you home almost daily.

I get it is mundane to drive back and forth the same 250-300 mile stretch every night. But that is why they call it work. If it was super fun they would call it something else.

Go with whoever pays the most, works you the least, and has the best quality of life in terms of hometime.

 

I actually don't mind my 240 mile run. I still get paid more than I did doing OTR.

I don't really miss OTR....I hated waiting at truck stops for load, waiting anywhere from 2-8 hours to get loaded/unloaded, weekends on the road, away from family and etc.

Now I'm home everyday and get weekends off.

 

No you aren’t insane. People jump into trucking from stable, high paying IT jobs all the time, and this is no different. What’s the point of making a lot of money if you’re miserable all the time?

I agree with @jtaran06’s suggestion. Doing linehaul for a company that has you run wild all week and come back home for the weekend sounds like a good compromise.