A Typical day?

Normal day? I guess there are a few variables.

• Company - many companies run differently. They vary in mileage. For this reason you may do long runs, or short runs.
• Type of freight - Flatbed, reefer, van, and tanker vary with job task.

I run Reefer for TransAm. Usually I get about 3000 miles per week.
My usual day is running my ### off to get to a shipper or receiver just to sit for 4-8 hours to get loaded/unloaded.

I almost always burn up my 14 before I run out of my 11.

 

I'm with Lugnut, I typically burn my 14 before I burn my 11.

I spend a lot of time at numerous recievers throughout the day.

But other weeks, I spend about 12 hrs working on my 11. Then crash for the evening.

A typical day for a driver??? Is anything but typical LOL

You can plan on a 14 hr day for the most part, with any driving job.

 

A typical day for me.

Day one - Go to terminal, get in truck, and hook to my loaded trailer. drive about 5 hours, top off the fuel tanks, eat supper, go to bed.
Day two - Drive to destination, usually about a 450-500 mile drive. Take shower, eat supper, waste time on the internet, go to bed.
Day three - unload, deadhead to reload, drive back toward terminal. If I am bringing load to the terminal to drop, I generally take it the entire distance. Otherwise, I drive to, or near the receiver, unload the next morning, deadhead to terminal, drop trailer on wash rack, jump in pickup, go home, drink beer, waste time on internet

 

Yup it does...refer to my post. I'm a regional who sometimes runs out long You'll have long days and short days, with a moderate number thrown in for time off at home. Hopefully, they will get you home on a regular basis...but this is trucking, and you may be late....

Tip... Don't plan anything for the first few weekends, until you see how they run, or don't run.

Otherwise, enjoy the new job.