3yrs experience in day cab not good enough for landstar

Been the policy for many years. Local driving is not comparable to OTR.

 

its not the experience there looking for. they want to know that your ok with the lifestyle of liveing in a truck.

 

That does not prepare you for 10 plus miles of 6 or more percent grades, that you do not find in the cities. They want all around experience, not just one type.

 

Thats bull any driver that has 3 yrs of driving around nyc is more qualified than most otr drivers! now he could probably use some experience driving in the mountains ,but be for real ,if some one can drive nyc & jersey everywhere else is cake!

 

Being a local driver of a day cab he's in his bed everynight. How many people try to do this job and find after 1 month that they can'tstand to be away from there families. Or just find they hate being in the truckfor 20+ hr every day. That's what OTR exp is it's not just driving.

 

Now I can understand getting used to the otr lifestyle, but his driving skills have to be head & shoulders above most otr drivers with same experience

 

Really? I don't think I'd be real confident of a driver, with only NYC and Jersey experience on Hwy 58 in Oregon, climbing, or coming down the pass, in snow, at night with elk moving around.

 

Well I wouldt be confident of a driver with experience driving down mountain passes & snow dodging moose, driving on the bqe, or cross bronx at 8 am dodging taxis and delivery trucks!