I need advice on moving from OTR to local for my kids.

Since 2020, I've been running spot market loads coast to coast. I've moved my company from TN to AL and now, I'm moving back to TN...Chattanooga.

I would love to find something to get me home every day or even shift work. I'm not even against stepping out of my truck. I have 2 girls in middle school and I will have them every other week, so I have to be home.

Got any ideas? I've looked at hauling fuel but hourly rates for local drivers suck. Maybe I need to seek office work for Covenant or Steam Logistics as both are here locally... If I do take a company job, should I sell my truck? I'd really hate to get rid of my hot rod.

Anyways, you guys are purdy smart sometimes, and I'm not too proud to ask for help...

 

Can you do chem tanker ? If not ck penske and ryder.
Otherwise there some chem co there
Basf. univar etc

 

Id go for the office job. Worked for Covenant my first year driving, and spent a fair bit of time at the Chattanooga terminal. Seemed like a decent place to work.

 

Obviously -- I don't know what your income requirements are.

If you're willing to step outside of your own truck (being an O/O right now kinda sux...so sez the whisper on the street, anyway), then the following MAY be worth a look for you....

I'm not completely sure if this one is home daily, or not (I think it is), or what the pay may be like.....regardless, you'd be part of a private fleet:

Brenntag in Chattanooga -- tanker and hazmat req'd

This next one is similar to my latest gig, but it's BETTER--this is a private fleet, a good option if you're tired of bumping docks, and would like to transition over to tanker (if you haven't already). Your off time here is Tues-Thurs (which might be good with the kids); & I'm assuming here that "evening shift" isn't the same as "night shift":

Energy Dispatch (aka, RaceTrac) -- tanker and hazmat req'd

After having done it for a while...I can honestly say that hauling fuel is arguably one of the easiest gigs in the industry (once you get used to it); fuel hauling offers a lot of advantages to the driver that most other gigs simply can't match, and the icing on the cake here--it's a private fleet....so many of the headaches/glitches that I've had to routinely deal with (with a 3rd party carrier), you most likely won't see.

-- Lual

 

@Chinatown may be able to shed some light on the subject for you…..

 

This one in Post #4 probably fit the bill.
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Brenntag in Chattanooga -- tanker and hazmat req'd

This is a private fleet, a good option if you're tired of bumping docks, and would like to transition over to tanker (if you haven't already).
Brenntag also uses dry vans.

 

Carrier I started out at 20+ years ago used to have a contract pulling Brenntag trailers from one location to the next. I remember running Chattanooga down to Atlanta or up to the Owensboro location. We did some runs from their Lancaster, TX location to various points in Texas too. Did some in Chicago and Wisconsin to other points in the midwest. They've got terminals all over the country. NE, SW and NW..

I think they actually supply or at least distribute most of the DEF consumed in this country and probably Canada too. They're a big international company. The ones I had been to get truckload deliveries from OTR carriers then redistribute various chemicals, food grade, poisonous, whatever to their customers. Their drivers were in day cabs and mostly just bumped docks locally making chemical deliveries to their customers. A pallet or 3 here, and on to the next and next. Or tanker deliveries. Probably a very good paying job getting home every night.

 

I love you guys. Thank you.

I’ve already been researching pulling a tank for Energy Dispatch… I pulled a hazmat vac tank for an environmental remediation company in Mayport, FL for a couple of years. I really enjoyed this kind of work. Hell, I got to drag oil boom around aircraft carriers and destroyers in a Boston Whaler!

I’m going to check out Brenntag today!

 

I’d check with Averitt. They may have a warehouse operation nearby, maybe a dedicated run. A Monday through Friday Local with hourly pay wound be best. Makes planning for the weekend simple.

 

Maybe check with Miller Manufacturing. The Tow Truck folks. Maybe a combination of different work available? CDL a plus? They have at least one satellite location, up in Green county.