Define OTR

It's OTR Regional

 

True OTR is coast to coast & border to border.
Jonkie is right; the other is regional.
I hate regional or local.

 

Me too , last carrier were good people but running produce out of Cali and meat or Tony's pizza back from the Midwest got a little boring and I could never run myself into good weather zones if storms were forecast

 

In my opinion, Abilene Motor Express is about the best OTR company for dry van/reefer. Lots of drop & hook and 100% no-touch freight. They have good long runs coast to coast. I'm sure there's others, but that one really stands out to me.
@Jonkie
I hauled more produce out of Florida than anywhere. Usually canned goods out of California; mostly Lodi,CA.
I ran hazmat tankers out of Nashville and it was true OTR to California, Washington and about anywhere else.
That's what I like.

 

I haven't dropped and hooked in so long I think my fifth wheel is rusted to my king pin ha ha

 

I understand that; I'd almost feel guilty doing drop & hooks; like I wasn't earning my paycheck...lol.

 

Are you that way too ? When you take a run with little traffic , good weather , easy in and out ? I feel like I robbed someone if I didn't curse at least once on the way

 

I drive for a very small carrier that belongs to a non-profit organization (don't want to disclose name). We are solo drivers and go 48 states. Seems that lately it's becoming more and more difficult for us to get good paying loads... rates have been dropping... went down to $1.05 per mile and yesterday broker had the "audacity" to offer $0.85... Seems we can't compete with big carriers that run lots of dedicated and regional.... We drivers do prefer long runs... at least one thousand miles but I guess in the future we'll be doing more short runs like 400 miles and so cause they pay more (to the company)...