Indian River 2018

That's a shame. Once you get caught up in that Cpap mess... It's just a Pita. Good luck on your new job. I've considered them in the past but I like full condo trucks lol. Plus I didn't hear good things about them back when I was considering them.

Looking forward to hearing where you are now. I would've recommended Holland Enterprises out of Fargo ND. They got nice long hauls as well. Very nice decked out trucks too. Hope you like it where you are now! Switching can be annoying.

 

That's a good strategy. Wait to see how things go before writing about it. Too many of the "blogger" writer posts detailing every minute of it haha.

I started with tankers also (oil patch). Fun work. Maybe I'll give the tankers a chance just to see a different perspective on the OTR side of things.

Btw Holland doesn't have driver facing cameras, only forward facing. Never had a problem with them. But I do like where I am now that doesn't have any cameras. I might get one of my own but I'll be the one with full ownership of footage which puts me at ease. I really dislike that trend in the industry, specially when the cameras are driver facing.

Looking forward to hearing about the new place. Not that much talk about tanker yankers around.

 

If Indian River doesn't carry hoses and lets the customer handle everything, are they fairly quick about loading or unloading the product?

The idea of it being a no-touch process appeals to me. Not that I'm not willing to lug around hoses, but I'd rather not be part of moving someone else's product. Also if you don't carry hoses, that is probably less equipment needing to be washed anyway.

 

I was also curious if it's much of a hassle getting to California. I've never been that far west, but I often hear it's a pain. Is it easier with a Tanker and no sliding Tandems to worry about?

That's an interesting point about the forklift guys. I guess you never had to deal with Lumpers then?

 

Sounds enticing. How do you think they are or would be for teams?

I'd like to try LTL team (with wife) for a few years to rack up some savings and maybe if we don't like it or get sick of it find somewhere else where we could dial it down a bit and enjoy the OTR randomness (no kids and will live on truck, no need to go "home" either) which I know the LTL model could be cumbersome pounding down 7k+ miles weeks on end lol not sure of how "cool" they are/can be with us wanting to take off for 1-2 weeks here and there... (The LTL companies, hence why we'd look for somewhere more laid back to work hard and play hard (time off)) after we make some dough.

Anyway is nice to have some options to look forward for in the future.