If you want to get home

The teacher in my school said if you want to get home as an OTR driver, you will figure out how to get home. I asked him, the director was in the room, they both just laughed. So how do you get home if you want to?

 

I just tell the boss that I want to go home and he finds me a load headed that way.

 

When I want to go home, first I book my plane tickets in advance. Let the company know I'm flying home on a certain date.. When within a week and no loads going towards where I park my trk. I dead head there. Oh yes I own the trk..

 

I asked that, and he said there are other ways. Just wanted to know.

 

Just depends. Either put in for home time or get creative on your routing on the right loads. Anything that goes through the Florida panhandle gives me a chance to stop and see my fiance and kids. A lot of times I get loads that will go to central and south Florida where my route solution has me taking 20 or 40 all the way to 75 then going south, but I route my happy self down to 10 and go through the Florida panhandle anyways. And then on the way out of Florida, if the load is go west, I come right back up through the panhandle again. So I get a little hometime without the hassle of scheduling. My fleet manager even knows that if I am ever in a position to have a Florida load put on me, to d it because she knows exactly what I do, lol. Part of it will depend on how whether you are a company or lease driver and how forgiving the company is on out of route miles. My company doesnt really care what I do as long as I deliver on time.

 

I was being kind of smart about it.

It's just me and the boss so my situation is different then alot of guys out here.

 

Cant make any money at home, If the wheels aint turnin you aint earnin.

 

I found a dedicated account where I only have to do three loads a week and most of those go back and forth past my house I am allowed to bobtail home as well . It really depends on the company the routs they run and how strict.they are about out of route miles . My boss is very lenient when it comes to going home during the week just have to stay on time and be safe .

 

it does get easier with time im home at least every other weekend but never have issue when i need to get home or want time off.your smaller companies are better for that.

 

I hear ya. but just wondering. I would like to see home every now and then. You cant stay on the road every day and be happy, well I couldn't