maverick and hometime

A lot depends on where you live. Most every one says they are home 45+ weekend a year.

 

Where would be a good place to live in order to get that amount of weekends off?

 

depends on what you want to haul. We haul alot of steel so in the steel belt would be a good place. Unfortunately we don't hire very much west of I-35 because Maverick doesn't have consistent enough freight to got you home weekly.

 

Tulsa is a good area for flatbed. I'm a dedicated glass hauler so I'm not sure but I know we haul steel into and out of port of Catoosa and we have a yard and big customer in fort smith that produces round bar. Also there is fletcher ok for drywall.

How long your home depends on the load and when it delivers. Sometimes you will be home for a reset and sometimes not. I have been home for 48 hours before and not gotten a reset because of the new rules.

One thing with Otr trucking is there are no set schedules and every week is different. You must be flexible and go with the flow.

 

Your home for your 34 and that's usually it.

 

Only time I am in Tulsa is for a Hilti load. Or they deadhead me to Broken Bow

 

Pretty typical to be home Friday night and leave out Sunday afternoon/evening, for example. Sometimes longer, sometimes shorter. You get your part of the job done quicker, you'll get home sooner. Tarping and securing and such.
Usually you'll get your reset, but not always. Sometimes it's a one-nighter. Being hung out completely on the weekends is something they really try to avoid, but it does happen. They try to make it up to you though. On average, it's a handful of times a year. I heard one guy claim it's only happened to him 2-3 times over... I think he said 4-5 years? Probably not typical.
Tulsa is near Fort Smith which is a very good thing. It's easy to get something out of there if nothing else. Maverick's yard there serves as a storage facility for the big steel plant across the street. There's also a good bit of lumber southeast of you there.

 

If you're in their hiring area, you'll get decent home time. Maverick seriously isn't making it up as a selling point. They have different divisions that cater to different areas.
Long haul, temp control, and glass don't guarantee that kind of home time. Most regular flatbedders are in some kind of division that would technically be considered regional I suppose.
As long as you live east of 35 and west of Appalachia, south of Chicago (eh, generally) and not on the coastal fringes, you should be fine.