dumb question regarding LTL

Dude your in the same boat I was in. I started on a local milk route with Prairie Farms. Got the hang of driving something big, they let me play around with some tractor trailers after awhile and once I turned 21 sent me across state lines and I did OTR in the summer while the schools were out. Who are you haulin for right now if you don't mind me askin?

 

Any size truck can be a vendor. Pepsi, frito lay, oreo, etc etc are all vendors and some drive tractor trailers, some drive straights, and some drive bread trucks but they are all vendors.

 

You are a company route driver. You haul product that belongs to your company.

Whether you have a straight truck or pull a trailer, if you dont have PRO number stickers on your freight, you are not an LTL driver.

 

I see, ya being in the milk industry is not a bad gig man. I should clarify I was with Siedhoff Distributing and we had a contract with Prairie Farms. It was the best job I ever had I hope it all works out for ya bud.

 

LTL acronymn could be understood to meanl ess than load, like someone said less than a full Truck load.
If you had a route with a local pick up and delivery, instead of dropping off milk you would be dropping off crates, pallets or even small boxes, and picking up similarly all day. Then returning to the dock and. In a way very similar , just different stuff. And not the same stuff
I have seen it from the dock side of it, another thing that can be just as nice as some would say bad, is that you get to interact with people at the companies and docks some more, which can break up the day somewhat.