OTR or Local (hourly)

Either your spying on me ,following me everyday or have the same routine as me because you just described my average day!

 

Personally I would take local, to be able to return to home after your shift, able to sleep in your own bed, eat your own meals, able to live among the living. I take it.
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Hey man, good to see another local peddle driver on this board.
Yep...been there, done that for 5 years.
Alot of these guys see "local" and "hourly" and think it's some huge upgrade from OTR or something.
Man, some days I was never so stressed-out/worn-out in my life.
Dealing with customers, tight deadlines, moving busted/leaning skids around, working the dock, dispatch breathing down your neck, backing 48' trailers into golf courses, banks, strip malls, construction sites, mines, residential streets, etc.
The stress/strain involved with the job...
Alot of local jobs just plain SUCK.
But to each their own, I guess.
BOL to you, bro...takes a special driver to peddle freight on a local route.
Not many can do it...God Bless!!!!!!

HAHA...just noticed that liftgate on the back of your trailer...LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!!!!!!!

 

Personally I like OTR. I have a family, but I enjoy the long drives, and the sense of freedom, and I dont have to work myself into a blather hitting an insane amount of docks in an almost impossible time frame.

My kids love it when I bring home souvenirs on my adventures.

I would say theres no clear cut answer, some like the OTR lifestyle and some prefer to stay local. So it all depends on your preference and lifestyle preference.

 

Don't sweat it--and there are more than him who are state testers that do not have a clue--but there is a valuable lesson here--ANY vehicle you plan to take a road test of any kind in--has to be absolutely PERFECT--I know it sucks--one of the many reasons there are no so many 3d party testers(especially trucks)--BUT in your case it is no BEG DEAL--just wait a day or so and go again--YOU KNOW you can handle it!

 

Sometimes stressed out, when I seen this guy chasing another with a knife in downtown Chicago, another one chasing a guy with a board with big nails sticking out of it. Oh, but the topper was, I had a delivery in Cabrini Green, many years ago, we had a police escort, and my co. driver, #### in his pants. Just a little stressed for him, Me, Nahhhhh. Still Delivering in Downtown Chicago, for 37 years. I love running local. Doesn`t get any better. Every day is a different adventure. Go local driver.

 

And to think--today--Can't get a place to live in what once was Cabrini-Green for under a million five--and that's a shoebox--LOL

 

Thanks man, yea you noticed the portable loading dock in the back of the trailer. I have been on the same Bid run for the last 12 years which is assigned a Liftgate trailer every day. Both you and i and everyone else that Peddles locally knows what kind of freight goes on a liftgate and it sure aint what poeple call Gravy. Got to love those Retail/residential deliveries.

 

HAHA...hey, that's cool man.
There was one guy at FedEx who always bid on the straight-truck with the liftgate.
He just loved going out there everyday doing handbombs!!!
Now, that looks like a 48' with a liftgate you've got there on the back of your trailer...takes alot of skill to maneuver that around.
Because as we both know, customers who request a liftgate are always an adventure!!!!!!