Do national carriers give you a choice of areas?

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  1. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Good question.
     
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  3. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    YOU DO NOT tell anyone in a trucking Company you have family here or friends there. It WILL MAKE SURE you are NEVER routed that way.

    You go where the freight goes. If you need to find another company to bring freight to where you like to go? Quit the old company and hire onto the new company that goes where you like to be at generally.
     
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  4. Lostmykey

    Lostmykey Medium Load Member

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    My company lets me take hometime wherever family is. Haven’t asked me to provide proof either. So far they’ve been able to get me routed wherever I wanted for a few days off. Never been too so many conventions before or got paid to travel there.
     
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  5. Linte_Loco

    Linte_Loco Road Train Member

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    . I took it as any national carrier because of the letter A before. And a singular adjective at that.
     
  6. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    That was my thinking as well, and with that in mind I would say to the OP that LTL carriers might have bid runs where you run where you sign up to, OTR truckload carriers don’t tend to operate that way. With them you go where the freight takes you.
     
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  7. splittero1

    splittero1 Bobtail Member

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    I think he meant national carrier as in a company that goes all 48 not as in national carriers the company that started in Liberal
     
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  8. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    I am reminded that once in a blue moon a very happy dispatcher will splurge his words with one beautiful question while pointing to the USA and Canada in General..

    Where do you want to go for your next load?

    What I should have said is Alaska. But no I am that kid who always get picked second because my picker is not all that quick on the spot with so many to choose from.
     
  9. GrandmaRosa

    GrandmaRosa Light Load Member

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    national used as an adjective.
     
  10. GrandmaRosa

    GrandmaRosa Light Load Member

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    Is LTL usually freight that you have to load and unload or is it usually no-touch?
     
  11. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Depends whether you work linehaul or pickup/delivery, also known as road vs city.

    City drivers have to load and unload but they are paid hourly, vs the road drivers that don’t, but they get paid a flat rate per run.
     
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