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Cynical Driver · May 15, 2007

fullthrotle said: ↑

one guy suggested reuhl pronounced rail,anyway that is a good suggestion becuase they do offer a wide variety of possitions depending on where you live,but they may9probably do )require at least 6 mos to a year experiance.if i may offer some of my advice,if hometime is the bigest issue,i would strongly recomend trying a ltl carrier such as conway,they offer training,hometime daily an excellent pay package with benefits you wont beat anywhere,but expect lots and i do mean lots of long hours,probably some nights,some days,some weekends and around 14hours eveyday,they will work you untill you are just a robot.the good side of this is that if you can stick it out for a year or so,you will be making around 50 grand a year,home daily and you will have some valueable experiance that you can take somewhere else.
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Just have to remember that a lot of companies require OTR experience, this will not give OTR experience. OTR works for both types of driving as far as experience, but local may only count as local for some places.

MoonChaser · May 15, 2007

The Conway idea has some merit, I looked up thier site, but I really wouldn't want to work 14 hours everyday, especially when my kid is at my place. On the other hand I wouldn't mind working practically 24 hrs/ day when she's not there.

Maybe I'm just gonna have to put trucking off for a few years till she's an adult. I should still have a lot of miles left in me even then.

OTR-Gamer, this is off-topic, but I'm curious, how do you work gaming into your OTR schedule?

notarps4me · May 15, 2007

Trucking local or OTR is long hours no matter how you look at it.

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