1 year experience. Burnt out. Any casual drivers in Atlanta?

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  1. Trucks66

    Trucks66 Light Load Member

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    I just turned 22 and have been on a local dedicated Walmart account for 1 entire year. Clean MVR. After I got off my mentors truck, I was immediately offered a surge driver position to help them with the holiday rush. I never went home and spent my 34 hour reset in the truck since I didn't have a house. Never turned down any loads and made every single stop on time. I quickly rose to become one of the best runners on the account constantly bailing out dispatchers screwups.

    A year has gone by and I was able to use my vacation time. Only problem is after actually being out of the truck, I don't want to go back being in the truck!

    I have literally saved all of my money which is 43k in the bank so I am not hurting financially, but I am completely burnt out. My heart is still in trucking, but I don't want to run hard like that anymore, so I'm thinking of quitting and moving on since they do not offer casual.

    Anyone know of any companies that allow casual like 7 days on/7 days off?
     
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  3. Smut

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    I think Roehl has something similar to that. I believe it's 14 days out, 7 off.
     
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  4. austinmike

    austinmike Road Train Member

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    look for outfits that slip seat. thats what I was doing, 6 on 6 off. or how ever many days we wanted to be out, followed by that many days off -

    downside was you never had a truck that was yours. it wasnt too bad
     
  5. Trucks66

    Trucks66 Light Load Member

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    What company were you at that did this?
     
  6. G13Tomcat

    G13Tomcat Road Train Member

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    Pretty sure they have a 7 / 7 also..... at least they did. Also, the O/P could look into LTL, for getting home daily.
     
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  7. austinmike

    austinmike Road Train Member

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    Local mom and pop - about 10 trucks
     
  8. ladr

    ladr Road Train Member

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    Roehl also does 4/3
     
  9. CasanovaCruiser

    CasanovaCruiser Road Train Member

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    Look into being a casual driver at any of the LTLs. Pick whenever you want to run and still earn as much as your typical OTR driver.
     
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  10. moose2517

    moose2517 Light Load Member

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    Why not buy a truck and put a driver in it and contract for FedEx? Just a suggestion.
     
  11. keebler13579

    keebler13579 Heavy Load Member

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    check with knight think they have something like what youre looking for
     
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