Maverick REAL home time?

If being at home to see your children grow up is a priority for you, OTR trucking and even regional trucking may not be for you. Even if you get a regional job that promises you 2-3 days at home a week, your home-time will go extremely fast. While at home you have to wash your clothes, re-stock your truck with food and other supplies, get yourself some rest, take care of your Honey Do- List, take care of any of your business (doctor, dentist, bank, barber, etc.), spend some quality time with Mama, and spend time with the kids. Before you know it, it's time to get back on the road again.

 

Try to find a job with an LTL company,start off working on the dock and move up.Be an go getter,show them you want to bust your #####.OTR home time?Do you have warehouses in you area?try them,what about food company's like USfoods or Sysco.If you need more info check out the company's dac reports on this site.I know one thing alot of these companys have these trucking schools in there pockets,and there lairs.

 

Was not trying to give you any bull,but trucking is in an bad downturn now,many,many company's are having there drivers just siting around,or if there hiring,they are the bottom feeders AKA JB hunt,ex,ex.You need to stop an truck stop and talk some drivers from TMC or MAV .Check out an good book called sweatshop on wheels.It will little time and luck to get the exp to need.

 

I get home 45/ 48 weekends a year. some 34 hours some 48. Run 2200 to 2600 mi a week.got home last night a 8 pm dont need to go back out till 6am sunday.

 

Camofrawg83, Dont even think about going to maverick specialized. They only get you home twice a month for a 34 hour restart and the work is more dangerous than typical flatbedding. You can find numerous info on them by googling or searching in this forum. They have had well deserved bad reputation for a long time, and they deserve it. I used to drive there.