Is going local as a newbie a mistake?

funny that oxygen is hazardous when its the very thing that keeps us alive lol. Pretty soon water trucks are going to be placarded....lol

 

Ignore 'em. It's not so much the local aspect of your job which makes it so good, it's the fact that you are hauling your own product. Your truck doesn't need to make a red cent, because the load is paying your wages. I've been OTR and I wouldn't swap what I have now for anything. Read the forum by all means so that when things get you down you realize just how lucky you are compared to other drivers. Well done and welcome to the industry.

 

Sounds kinda funny coming from a "greenhorn"

 

Merry Xmas to you also Multi, and to everyone else here. Keep us posted on how things are going. Remember to take it slow and that space is your friend

 

Militrucker, good luck, i hope you get the job. you will find that local/daycab is the only way to go. OTR is a lifestyle change and not the best. as far as Hazmat, drivers seem to exaggerate the Hazmat issue. its nothing that anyone cant do! the training you need will be given plus annual/bi-annual training for the job. being on a reg. local route allows you to be on a first name basis with customers. just be glad your not pulling a van with LTL and 3-4 different hazmats inside with multiple placards sticking out like a sore thumb. Enjoy.

 

i am also a newbie and was discouraged from looking for local work, but i
think i am going to look around for a local job cant hurt right? several people have told me dont even try to find local job,they say must go
otr with one of the big companies first.i live 30 miles south of baltimore and i see alot of trucks pulling containers out of port,i dont now if any of them hire rookies but iam going to check them out.thanks militrucker,and goodluck,merry christmas. hey if anybody reading this knows of a local
baltimore area company that hires rookies let me no . thanks again

 

Pays my bills. All the OTR guys that can drive from California to,,,, Allentown, PA. Then little ol' me will run it right down to Wall Street while the crybabys ride off into the sunset.

Anyway, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say part of the reason this guy's getting the bennifit of the doubt from his new employer might have to do with the Beige HMMV in his pic. I'm sure he's dealt with things that go boom before.