R&L runs fairly decent equipment, with a lot of 579 Petes.
One pro for them is their bid system. When you bid on a run it covers both the start time and the territory. Another pro is one seniority list, where most of the freight lines have two, one for city and one for lnehaul. That way, if you get tired of running nights and a decent peddle run going to a good area opens up you can bid on it, and switch back later if you want.
OTR with Schneider or Line Haul LTL with R+L Carriers?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by John Joel Glanton, Oct 26, 2021.
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Apparently R+L pay comes out to around .68 cents per mile / $30 an hour vs 44cpm from Schneider. Big difference.
The only thing that makes me hesitate is working nights... Not sure if I can rush home to sleep on a sunny afternoon but I guess plenty of people do it.
Anybody here drive OTR for R+L in their "systems" division? I did see the Peterbilt 579 Ultralofts they get. Maybe they get the same miles but can run daylight hours? -
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A big part of your first year OTR is adapting to the sleep schedule. I have two years experience and its a piece of cake for me to wake up at midnight and work 14 hours or more (Im ag exempt - no logs).
I dont mean that its easy. But I'm used to it so it doesn't seem like a big deal.
Your body will get rest when it needs it. A 20 minute nap works wonders. One time I sleep my entire 10 hour break.
You don't have any experience. You will either stick with it in spite of the hardships, or you will quit like almost everyone else does.
There's hardly anyone on the roads from midnight to about 5:30 in many places. Also if you start your shift at midnight you won't have to fight for parking as much which is especially tough as a rookie because your backing is going to probably suck for awhile.
Especially if you run the Northeast where parking can be #### near impossible by 5 pm or earlier.
Ive taken breaks of several months from truck driving and I sleep from like 8 pm to 4 am. But when I'm working I adapt my sleep schedule to the job. And I'm not trying to fight traffic for 10 hours. i ran on recaps when I was otr so I only had to fight traffic for a few hours. Makes a big difference.John Joel Glanton Thanks this. -
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As far as otr companies go I think you can do better than Schneider unless you have minimal experience.
In my experience I've always preferred otr to local work. It just seems that I don't bust my ### as much running otr.
And I ran stepdeck most of my 38 yrs otr. Its alot easier to only deal with a load every couple days than have to (in my case) tarp,untarp and chain or strap multiple times during the day with local work. Just my thoughts on that.John Joel Glanton Thanks this. -
LTL companies = home on the weekends 99% of the time. OTR megas = we’ll try to get you home on time. More money at a true LTL like R&L. I would rather go LTL especially if this is your first company. Wish I did that when I started trucking.
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