Question about home time as a local driver

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  1. Last Time Around

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    Consider your drive time home.... with a 10 hour off duty time.....
     
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  3. Last Time Around

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    Plus....after 5 days..... my gal missed me more....:cool:
     
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  4. aussiejosh

    aussiejosh Road Train Member

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    Home nightly means exactly that the fact that its a day cab is the obvious give away.
     
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  5. Last Time Around

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    That said... I love Driving...... out and about,,,,, I'\ don't need to sleep in
    MY OWN BED" every night..... My tractor has a GREAT mattress!
     
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  6. Last Time Around

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    You'l be home "nightly" from 3pm til 5pm.......
     
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  7. TravR1

    TravR1 Road Train Member

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    Just give me a sleeper and leave me on the interstate. City driving sucks.
     
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    :laughing3::laughing3::laughing3::laughing3::laughing3::laughing3::laughing3::laughing3::laughing3:
     
  9. Atlanta trucker

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    Yes most of these home nightly jobs are long hours. There is a guy on youtube named trainer James , he got a home nightly job. Almost killed him , lasted almost a year working 16 hour days. Finaly gave up and went back to otr for the peace and quiet. I once did a home nightly dedicated food service job BUT i did it in a nice sleeper truck with otr style pay so i loved it , but the home nightly guys were hating it because they had NO life. They worked 12 to 16 hour days in day cabs. Then they had to get in there cars and drive back and fourth to and from home 6 days a week. And it was some weird hourly or sallery type pay where i was getting a bump up extra type pay because i was otr and most otr's did not want to do this type of work. I did drive for a construction company once and they were closest to a "normal" job - 6 am to 3 pm m-f.
     
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  10. Linte_Loco

    Linte_Loco Road Train Member

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    Day cab local work is straight dog eat dog. Every man for himself. I did it for 4 years in DFW flatbed.

    It ain’t no joke
     
  11. Hotplate

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    I'm a local daycabber I work about 48 hours per week M-F. Usually about 0900 to 1830.

    There's good local jobs out there but they usually don't advertise.
     
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