Is it hard to get into get into the LTL side of trucking?

They called me as well, then the TM ghosted me. Then they pulled the jobs I had applied for and been approved for. Likely because freight is slow. I hope it goes better where you are.

 

Seems hit or miss on day of the week and location. I've missed a day this week. But I had 580 mile days rest. Moved off my 10.

 

I did 680+ yesterday. It's slow in our region because of Nashville & Joliet. All the freight is being rerouted through them. That screws over Memphis, ATL, etc.

 

Wow . Looking at these comments (all which are very great advice from some of the most experienced drivers on here), I can honestly say I must have lucked out.

Not only did I have zero LTL experience, but I literally had zero commercial experience and was a recent CDL grad from a school.

Good fortunes come to those that apply

 

Who took ya in?

 

I had a similar experience with them as well, back in February of 2018 they advertised for what they call a regional otr driver for Tucson terminal, I applied and Connie in recruiting called me, asked me some questions then set me for a interview with Scott the terminal manager, I interviewed and it went well, but it seemed like he wasn't interested in even putting a driver on, he kept dropping clues like, the last time we had a otr guy was two years ago, and you are only going to pull freight for me once a week on Mondays when you start your week, it's like he didn't want to deal with having another driver, and was content with the 7 line drivers he had, but told me to keep in touch, so I called once a week after that, about a month later I get a email saying position no longer available, talked to Connie about it and she did say the position was cancelled, ok fine, later that summer the position came up again, but by that time I was in my second month at Saia, and there was no way in hell I was going to bother with going through another hiring process, then just a month or two ago it came up open again, and Kao even went and checked it out when he made his way out here because he was thinking of transferring, but he said the miles wouldn't be there, don't know if they ever filled the job or not.

 

Word I got from an old AZ Estes hand is that Tucson always had trouble keeping TMs. Driver run terminal and all the border BS so they bail.
Guy who called was from San Diego barn. Said he had a lot of "reqs" to fill.

Thanks for taking time to type that, helps make it less personal. One thing I'll tell anyone is don't trust the hiring process out there.

 

Yeah no problem, yeah I know the feeling, I was bummed when I got the email also.

 

Yeah that guy is full of it. I didn't even bother calling back off the vibe they gave me. I run the board to stay away from ####### like him.