How far to the yard?

Decent LTL companies are a retirement job. If you are planning on sticking with them here's what I suggest. Plan on paying for a hotel a few nights a week. Get the job and if you like it after a few months then you can move closer.

 

Reminds me of a time I blew my dispatcher's mind out of the water. Wife went up north (which is a location in MI) to go camping. I took the camper up there on the weekend and as I was driving into work Monday morning I got a call from the dispatcher.
D: "Hey, can you come in a couple hours early and do a delivery before your run?"
Me: "Nope, I'm passing West Branch right now on my way to the yard."
D: "Wait, you are driving from West Branch to come to work? Isn't that a bit of a drive to get here?"
Me: "Well no, I'm actually driving from Lupton to get there, and what's the big deal? I drive for a living. 2 hours on a Monday morning is simply warmup."

He just couldn't imagine I would drive from the campground 2 hours away to work.

 

6 miles, 10 minutes. Love it.

 

If they're stupid enough to live there, that's on them. :shrug:

 

Definitely following this. The wife and I spend a lot of time between Stuart, VA and Telico Plains, TN. (I often tell people I drive 18 so I can afford to ride on 2). We’re contemplating getting a chunk of dirt over that way somewhere. To answer the op’, I drive 37.5 miles each way 5 days weekly. It takes 45 minutes at 0300, about an hour at 1500. There’s 2 trucking companies up my way. 1 is otr, and from what I hear,the guys that drive for the local one call $45k a good year. So, yeah. It’s worth it.

 

I live an hour from my terminal.

Running extraboard where they continually turn you on your 10 hours every day was brutal. I was lucky to get 6 hrs of sleep with the hour drive in, 30-45 minutes to shower, get ready, make your lunch, get out the door and the 30 minutes to do whatever and go to bed.

Once I got a bid, it's not that bad. I get plenty of sleep and the hour drive to and from is actually relaxing. My e-log has been showing off duty for 13-14 hours by the time I come back in the next day.

Where I get into trouble is when it snows in Denver and between there and my house, so I'll typically plan to stay at a friend's place in Denver on the couch for a night or two rather than spend 3-4 hours trying to drive home. Or I'll get a hotel.

So if you can find a company with a shallow driver pool where you'll only be on the extraboard for 4-6 months and tough it out, I think you'll be fine once you get a bid and a set schedule.

 

Lol 10 miles and 15 minutes on a bad day for me.

 

I can close the garage door and be punched in 15-20 minutes later most days.