New to OTR

Which state do you live in?

 

Look at Holland Enterprises Inc.

Major traffic lanes include West Coast, Pacific Northwest, Midwest, Northeast, Mid Atlantic, Georgia, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Colorado. We transport a substantial amount of business from coast to coast. Our average length of haul is 1610 miles. 11,000 Miles Per Month Solo
•Air Ride Tractors and Reefer Trailers
•Cruise Control
•Qualcomm
•Satellite TV and Radio
•Air Slide 5th Wheel
•Engine Brakes
•Power Mirror
•Tri-Pac APUs on every truck in fleet
•Inverters
•Refrigerator/Freezer
•And More!!

 

Finding parking is something that we all have to contend with. What I find funny is when I pull over off the highway and worry about highway patrol running me off and then I wake up the next morning with 10 trucks right behind me.

When you are pre planning do a google search of the address. Use Google earth to view the area. If it is in an industrial section parking on the streets is usually allowed. Just leave your parking lights on.

Also, I like to call ahead and ask those folks I am delivering to. Can I park there? Where do others park? I let them know my estimated time of arrivial and ask them if they want me early. Sometimes a little polite sucking up works.

 

Call local police they tend to be helpful. When needing parking spot.

 

OTR and OTR w/ mega are two different things. I will never again do OTR with a mega.

Where you are is "OTR" with a bunch of regional and local garbage mixed in willy-nilly to make the entire experience an exercise in futility.

 

See. This is what I'm trying to say about driving OTR at a mega. What happens is the local and local-regional drivers know what loads to avoid and how to avoid them. However the load must get moved. So dispatch naturally calls on the "foreign" driver who happens to be in the neighborhood and is clueless about the bad day he is about to endure.

 

It's good work experience. You'll learn a lot and hone your skills in a short period of time. Do it as long as you have to then move on to greener grass. There's lots greener than Marten.

Make the best of the challenges to come and don't let them beat you.