What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

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  1. Opus

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    Bro, I thought you were going to join the great unwashed?
     
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    For two weeks, that's it just so I can say I've done it but never permanently.
     
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    Do you have Truckerpath on your phone?
    If not, do so and familiarize yourself with it before you leave.
    Happy trails, Rat
     
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    We are short drivers. How the hell do companies like swift and cre keep a line of people at the door wanting jobs? You will make twice as much here, work five days a week, and be home every night yet we can't seem to find enough drivers. Crazy stuff.
     
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    Once you get a taste of the freedom of OTR you may never go back to the local chaos... Fair warning. Happened to me that way.
     
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    I think it'll be neat but I can't leave my family, the money, I have a lot of hobbies that I won't give up (racing bikes twice a week, a race car I take down to Sebring like once a month, I play in a band). I think it will be a great experience tho.
     
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    Megas Will take anything with a pulse and a body temp over 90 degrees... Private fleets are more... Selective, yeah selective is a good way to put it.
     
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    What a minute.. what do you mean by the "freedom" of OTR...? Just trying to understand... :scratch: BTW.. are you a OTR company driver?
     
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    For some... that is freedom.. to be able to get out of the truck and do all those things... and have a life...
     
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    Yes I'm an OTR company driver with a very good small company. I average about 12,500 to 13,000 miles a month but most of the summer (3 months in a row) I was getting 14,000+ miles a month. Once I pull out of the yard I RARELY hear from dispatch aside from pickup and delivery info via onboard comms.... I choose my my route to given destinations, I choose where I fuel (any PFJ), where I stop for breaks or to park. I get home every week. And I decide when I go back out again (as long as I Get 10,000+ miles a month). I run from the rockies to the mid west and back every week. Round trip averages out to about 3700 miles a week, but have ran as much as 4200 miles in 7 days.

    Essentially once i leave the yard I am my own boss.
     
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