LTL, why do many feel it is the best job in trucking?

No way, 14 hour days plus an hour commute each way will kill you. Then the weekend will no longer be family time and will become sleeping time. Half an hour tops for commuting and hopefully 10-12 hour days, otherwise you will feel you live to work rather than work to live.

 

What you actually did was work 56 hours in a four day period and then they put you back on your leash so you wouldn't earn too much overtime.
$1,200 a week is pretty easy in OTR, even at 36 cpm.
But you know, I get the impression that LTL is a young man's game.
Not everybody can or wants to do 56 hours in four days.
Blow your knee or back or rotator cuff and there will be slower options available.

 

First of all, I don't make overtime, I'm 100% mileage. Only reason I worked 4 days is because I took one off.

Second of all, 56 hours? LOL

Monday: Nashville meet 671 miles 10.5 hours
Tuesday: Double runs, Ft. Myes and Ft. Pierce drops 540 miles 10 hours
Wednesday: Albany run 590 miles 10 hours
Friday: Valdosta meet 430 miles 7 hours

2,231 miles @ .535 cents per mile
37.5 hours
$1,193.58

This is isn't even one of the best LTL companies.

Please disregard what I'm saying. Go ahead and apply at Werner or Prime. I couldn't care less which.

PD: How the hell am I gonna blow my knee if all I do is drive from city to city?

This is by far the easiest and highest paying job I've ever had and encourage anyone who doesn't like talking out of their arse to apply for linehaul positions anywhere.

 

Well alright then.
Details are always helpful.

 

Good grief there is no way in hell I would deal with a two hour commute in addition to work time. After I left the road, one of the most important things to me, was the location of where I was going to go to work. I held my breath, the stars were aligned just right, and I found a job 9 miles from my house. And most of that 9 miles with 55-60 MPH driving.

There are MAJOR ADVANTAGES to not living in a MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA!