I want to get into trucking have a few questions.

Best of luck to you. The pros will be by a just a few to answer your questions.

 

1. Don't know
2. Depends what part of the country. Generally it's best to start as early as you can (05:00am) so you can finish the day earlier (07:00 pm) to better your chance of getting a spot. After nine at night it gets way tougher.
3. Some places you drive hard for two or three days, then have an easier day or two or off even, then roll again. Depends on your runs.
4. Don't know.

 

2. Just worry about Houston.

 

The east coast is the hardest to find parking imho.

 

Knight has a terminal in Columbus. Reefer side treats me well and I make great money here. Some trainers will try and use you just to make more money. Knight does not ask you to team. If a trainer forces that on you tell him you don't want to team. My first trainer did that to me. I did it on one load with him and told him not to do that again and we didn't have any problems.

 

Ohio is not a good place for anything - L o L

 

1. You don't need a long training period with a trainer. Being stuck in the truck with someone else is one major reason new drivers leave the industry within the first few months. You learn much faster and gain confidence much faster without someone in the passenger seat blabbering.
You're over thinking this.

2. & 3. You may be looking for parking any time of the day or night. This depends on your hours available to work, what time you picked up a load, appointment time to deliver the load.
You might drive 11 hours today and 4 hours tomorrow. In trucking there are no defined hours you will drive, sleep, sit at customer, etc. One load may require driving all night and the next load may require driving all day.

4. Ohio is an excellent state for trucking jobs. Van, refrigerated, flatbed, tanker; it's all there for Ohio drivers. Most companies hire from Ohio and doesn't matter where their headquarters is.

 

Refrigerated drivers usually have the most irregular hours; that's one thing I liked about it.
Many appointments to deliver are usually between midnight and dawn. Lots of night driving. Of course there are exceptions, but generally, an OTR reefer driver has the most erratic schedule. It's not so bad once you get used to it, otherwise you wouldn't see reefer drivers that have been doing it for years and sometimes for a whole career.

About your age; are you over 21, 22, 23 because companies have minimum age requirements for drivers.

 

The only loads I seem to run nights on or that mess up my sleep schedule are fresh meat loads. Most other commodities you can run on a pretty normal schedule.