Local and looking for specific OTR tips

This is probably backwards thinking for most in the industry but I sure could use some guidance from you good folks here. (Been coming to this forum for a couple of years for good advice and have had lots of luck. First time posting myself.)

I'm a driver originally from south Louisiana, turned Colorado (Denver, I-70 east from there to KC and 25 north to WY mainly), turned Florida (entire state, mostly city driving).

Most of my experience in the industry has been local end dump, local dry van D&H, little reefer here and there. I had a bit of OTR a few years ago but not as much as I one could have hoped for at the time.

I come here to ask for a little advice. After few years of local/regional, I'm deciding to go OTR the proper way. (Already landed on with company I enjoy so far, they're happy with my driving abilities, etc) but there's just one thing (well, could be considered couple of things lol) I need to really brush up on.

I've been scratching my head on some of the paperwork requirements that comes with OTR. BOL's, transflo, ESPECIALLY delivery receipts (never filled one out if I'm being honest). I love my work and pride myself on being safe and courteous but just didn't give myself a lot of room for learning the proper way to do a lot of the written paperwork. (I'm good with ELD). I'd just love some pointers. I know it's different company to company but there's gotta be some general pointers on basic ways to fill out receipts, sending paperwork back to homebase while out for months at a time. I'm one of those that doesn't need much time at home. Any advice is welcome and if you feel the need, you can scold me for not doing OTR long enough with a trainer to show me these things but just didn't pan out that. But I'm here now and wanna further my career and provide for myself. Thank you for reading and if this is something that could have been found and consolidated elsewhere, please forgive me and point me in the right direction if you'd be kind enough.

Have a good'n

 

Nothing really harsh to say about trainer like most, he was fair in that he really improved my driving, backing, safety, etc. Just fell short on the business side of things and once I went local none of these places cared outside a quick dropoff of BOL, no signature needed half the time. (Night driver, throw it in a mailbox no questions asked) I'm mostly good with BOL's, just not sure about delivery receipts and mailing off my PW to terminal when I can't get there mostly

 

I really appreciate all of your answers. I finished their quick 1 day orientation with mostly just them explaining benefits, elogs, things I'm already familiar with. If it's any consolation to myself, it's a PODS account which will most likely end up being self explanatory after the first couple of loads. I'm meeting with my DM tomorrow and I plan to be honest and up front and hopeful they'll be cool with my learning curve if it should occur. That's always hit or miss as we all know lol. Thanks again everyone. I'm always confident and outspoken with questions that I have with companies I'm with. Just like to reach out to my fellow drivers first

 

This is the route that I plan on taking. Figure if they don't need it at least I didn't miss anything. Great advice. Also, go bolts!