Estes Express Lines, Local/Regional Combo vs Regional OTR

@jungledrums maybe will offer some suggestions.

 

Combo is a fill in driver. You will fill in for schedule runs when a guy is out. It can involve running p&d, linehaul, or hub/dock work. You will be home every day or every other day.

Regional otr is 5 days out 2 days off. Sleeping in hotels when done. No dockwork. Extraboard is regional otr. Extraboard pays better. Terminal to terminal.

 

Wait...Estes as your first trucking job? Are they hiring out of school now? Just a fair warning - that's one of the better jobs out there, and they're very unlikely to hire someone without experience.

I'm not saying it has never happened, but that it's not common. I would bet a paycheck that fewer than 1% of their new hires are brand new drivers. I don't know if they have a dock-to-driver program, but that would more likely be a way for a rookie to get on with them.

Ask that question here: Estes Express Lines or in the LTL section of this forum, where more Estes drivers hang out.

 

Estes TM told me they require 1 year, try for a Dock job if you want Estes. Same with other LTL companies. Keyword for Fedex Freight is Apprentice, YRC is (Less than one year), etc, just look for the most entry level position possible.

 

Estes has their own trucking school ...
"Earn while you learn". Hire on as a dock worker and during your work day they teach you how to drive and earn your cdl.