Greyhound Bus Driving or OTR?

You poor soul, first transit along with laidlaw took the lust out of that great company. You can read my profile and it will tell you why I don't drive for the world's fastest dog. You will have fun doing otr. Problem is you just have to find that perfect fit that will work for you. Best of luck to you and hope you find happiness in driving again.

 

Stay where you are or you will regret i laugh when i see mega carriers otr driver and when they ask me why i clearly tell them it's because im making double of what they making im getting 0.55 cpm right 0.26 plus 0.26cpm that's 0.52cpm i still make 0.3 more smh not to offense swift, werner, schneider, stevens drivers lol

 

you make a lot more than a lot of the otr drivers especially since your paid for everything that you do when on duty.

I set my own hours and breaks as long as it works into the load schedule but I try not to take too much time out either. As for the 30min break yes its a law and you get it, will you always be somewhere you want to be for it to eat etc? Not always but thats why you keep food and stuff in your truck as well.

Also you dont have to eat out for every single meal, I have seen some bus drivers who keep a small ice chest on the bus.


I would miss my audio books and satellite radio though

 

$19.20 + overtime

....wtf is overtime...

Tough out that extra board and get you a regular route op. Mass transit is the future.

 

i had that mental debate years ago

greyhound, hourly pay, but wearing a uniform, controlled and monitored and probably have to shave, no pee breaks (i love my coffee)

my truck, do what i want, when i want, just get the load there on time

i chose the latter

 

No Wonder Greyhound service is in the tubes. Back in the day it was fun riding greyhound. Now it's a roach bus. No wonder the drivers appear to be strained, and the Customer service suck. I considered working for them because I have a passenger endorsement on my CDL as well as Hazmat, and tanker. No way. Now I rather pay the gas money to drive long distance than to take the greyhound.

 

That's the truth; riding a Greyhound bus reminds me of that movie with Jack Nicholson,"One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest" when that bunch escaped on a bus from an insane asylum.

 

If it were me I would dump Greyhound and get a good trucking job; they're out there to. I worked for a trucking company that used hotels and I didn't like it; too hard to get going at the end of a break. I'd rather sleep in a truck. You can make some good money with a tanker company or even a dry van company like Millis Transfer. Millis drivers make over $50K and tanker you can make $55K - $65K. Take as many breaks as you want as long as you get the job done.

 

Tour Bus companies , neighbor down the street used to drive for one, gravy job he told me .

Driving old folks around the country , sight seeing , gambling casinos , they put him in a hotel very

night , etc .

Nice dress cloths to boot .

 

I drove for Trailways out of the NYC Port Authority Terminal from 1981-84. previously i was OTR with FFE and moved back to NY after the job offer.
The only similarities were Log books and not being home every nite. However as stated from the OP, you are in a motel/hotel at nite, not in a bunk.
If you are on a charter, not a line run, the charter group used to pick up the tag for the room or you were comped at the same hotel which was usually decent. i did stay in some flee bags in D.C and philly as well as baltimore. Personally its the cleanest driving job around next to UPS Linehaul and the only manual labor is unloading samsonite luggage out of the bays. Of course back in the 80's the clientel where behaved better, no cell phones and the only incidents were usually alcohol related. I know the motorcoach industry is not the same any more however i dont think the OP would be wise to give up a Greyhound Career for an OTR job.