anybody know? Superior doing more regional type work?

What do you mean when you say
"Especially for the guys that like to do system. "

Thanks to all I am settled on tanker and am considering Superior. I have 2.9 years exp.

 

System guys stay out usually 1.5/2 weeks at a time running the roads so to speak, then come home for a few days. It appears that superior is trying to focus more on out and back runs along with some regional runs maybe 1/2 night runs. At my terminal just about every driver with the exception of the Owner operator IC guys are home just about every night maybe 4-5 nights a month in the truck. Lots of 11+ hour days with weekends optional (I'm not huge on the m-f deal personally would rather do a system style run but we will see.)

 

Meaning for guys that like to do long runs and not get sent back to your home terminal.

At this point of notice we've lost some of our longer runs. Or maybe I just haven't done any.

I like to stay out in the system for about 3 weeks. But the way Superior does things sometimes is they'll keep sending you back to your home terminal so you can keep pulling loads for your home terminal.

The reason I stay out of the system is because it's more consistent money. Doing be shorter runs doesn't work for me because I can't go home in between. I live pretty far from the terminal.

Saying all that, since the last time I posted I had a talk with my terminal manager and I made clear that I wanted to stay out in the system. And I haven't had any problems since.

To each his own but I'd definitely give Superior a try. Keep in mind you will see a lot of different opinions because of the fact that each terminal is running a little bit differently.

 

Well, I'm not into PTI about a month. Georgia Pacific can be really annoying . Some newer facilities are easy, but the older places can really suck.

I may revisit Superior, though I know little about tanker equipment. Do you unload most of them or does the customer? I suppose it's fairly routine though if according to this thread, it's becoming out and back? I might be cool with that or do occasional overnights.

In the meantime, I'm guess I should probably apply for a TWIC?

 

I messaged a recruiter I had talked to before and told him I got a job at PTI. I asked how much road experience they wanted and they said get 1 year.

My year previous to this I did Yard Jockey and many companies seem to not take that seriously as experience. Before that, I did just under a year OTR for Veriha.

I feel a bit like I'm starting over. Now.... some of this is the formal requirement and maybe after about 6 months, I could try approaching a terminal manager directly.