Experience driving shorter trailers (like Sysco)

Majority of companies don't care about that. A few do, but most don't.

 

Trailer length might matter if all you did is tandem pups , like abf and such , but as far as fuel tankers and such , naw not really.

 

For the record, I believe the shorter trailers are way harder to back!

 

I’ve been backing 48 and 53 footers since 1989. Put me under a 28 and I look like I’ve never seen a truck before.

 

Always sucks changing trailers, they don’t back the same. I go from 44’ to 53’ the tandems are close but they track differently, then another 44’ that the kingpin setting is further forward so it to pivots differently. then you get a set of 28’ doubles.

 

stay hooked to the 28` doubles, and back it into the dock. been there done that, with lots of practice. one time supervisor came out says "what the hell are you doing", i says "Practicing". but the easiest way to learn is stay hooked up and just keep backing in the yard, in a straight line.

 

It’s actually funny, most otr companies don’t count short local trailers as experience and
Most local companies don’t want otr experience, why I never saw the inside of a sleeper for the first ~10 years of my career, I followed the money more than anything