OTR Definition

The dreaded "over qualified" predicament.

 

A lot of companies mainly the ones that doesn't require much exp rather not hire over qualified drivers because they can't train those drivers to be their puppets.

 

It almost sounds as though a truck driver becomes less hireable as he or she becomes more experienced, at least with some companies. That is not only a messed up situation, but a very dangerous one. HOLY MOSES!

 

I am not a truck driver, however, I would positively call you an OTR truck driver if you have hauled freight to and from all 48 states and 2 provinces in Canada. Not having been out for more than 2 weeks does NOT change your job description. HOLY MOSES!!

 

I know it.Goes to show they re not as desperate for drivers as some think they are.A lot of companies would rather hire newbies then ones with exp to keep the pay low and like I said they want puppets.

 

This!!!

 

Even regional is a relative term. What is that? One state? two? Less than 13? I am out all week, pretty much keep myself between mid NE and the PA/OH line, and stay primarily I-70 and north. Some would consider that regional. But it is doing as much or more than anyone covering the rest of the country. Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Louis, KC, Toledo, Detroit, Cleveland.... maybe not NYC or Frisco, but each with their own unique problems. Maybe no big grades like in the Rockies, but some very interesting back roads that will pucker one up just as much. Heck, anyone can crawl up a 8 mile grade on a 4-6 lane major highway. It is the dropping down a 7-8% grade on a rural two lane road with a 20 mph corner at the bottom, at night, in a snowstorm, with 46,000 lb in the box that tests a person's metal. But that would still be regional to some degree.

The whole idea of needing XX amount of time OTR is a cop out. It means absolutely nothing. I was told after I moved down to the lower 48, that my time driving all of Alaska and Yukon for 10 years was regional. Really? With Alaska being 2.5x the size of Texas, having taller mountains and passes than the rest of the U.S., and crossing countries and doing YT in Canada, that is regional? Yep, according to idiots that live in cubicles.