How can i get mail and packages while living OTR?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Keepitzenn, Oct 29, 2016.

  1. Keepitzenn

    Keepitzenn Light Load Member

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    I'm leaving for orientation on Monday yay! I didn't even think about this over the past few years I wanted to be a long haul trucker though. I vape and buy stupid random stuff offline mostly because everything is cheaper. If im never home how am I suppost to get packages delivered? Will I be able to predict where I will be a week from now? if so I could send it to a local post office or get a hotel room and send it there?
     
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  3. w.h.o

    w.h.o Road Train Member

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    Unless you're dedicated, your route is unpredictable. I order online a lot too but it gets ship to my house.
     
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  5. Ridgeline

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    I ship to truckstops, used to do that when I was on the road. An alternative is using FedEx centers but sometimes the parking with a trailer is difficult.
     
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  6. Stone Dude

    Stone Dude Light Load Member

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    I rented a mailbox at a local UPS Store. About $15 a month, they hold all my packages for me (they email when I get one) and I can pick them up when I get back to town.
     
  7. TROOPER to TRUCKER

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    I just forgot about them since you live in a truck anyways lol
     
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  8. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    Even being OTR you have to have a legal residence, which means a mailing address.
    You would send the stuff there and pick it up on your next home time.
     
  9. TROOPER to TRUCKER

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    I always used suite instead of po box etc. No worries
     
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  10. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    I shipped nothing. It went into the trailer or side box and came home that way.

    You can never ever know where you will be a week from now. Unless you have someone at home to get those packages off the porch (And sign for them...) they will have a chance of being lost.

    You will want to think twice about that smoking. Once you get into the intermountainw west at 14,000 feet you will probably suffer oxygen loss to a point of mountain sickness or worse. Smoking needs to stop. I have. You can too.

    Good luck!
     
  11. Moosetek13

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