Looking for position with more hometime out of Houston, TX

Very doubtful you'll take a pay cut at LTL companies. Extra-board is the way to go; don't get burned out with boredom due to every day of your life being a photocopy of the day before. Extra-board, you run different routes all the time and many times make more money than the drivers on bid runs.

 

No, you just take whatever the dispatcher throws at you.
I ran extra-board for a few years at a reefer company and was the top paid driver out of about 125 drivers at the terminal.
That company had local/regional/otr. The other drivers stayed upset with me because I refused to sign up for bid runs.
The company was YRC and I drove for a non-union reefer division. Dispatchers took care of me because I told them, "Call me anytime; 24/7 and I'm ready to roll." They knew I wasn't just running off at the mouth and could depend on what I said.

 

If a load pays the $1000 you get $250 regardless of miles,
Their loads pay decent for company trucks, a 300 mile out and back load pays aroind $280-$300 that day and be home that night

 

Then keep living the crete life and see your family every 25 days

 

Thank you verrrrry much.