Local Vs Otr
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Tim asks,
What do you prefer and why local home daily or over the road driving?
Most drivers expect, and most start out, OTR. Life in a weird RV, seeing the USA. For some this is a draw. I enjoyed it while I was out, but there's home life to attend to, also.
Home daily will obviously limit where you get to go. I am doing this now, with a shuttle run. Bad news: I'm busy with the job from about 11am to 11pm - 12 hours. But I get home with my family every day. And you do get some days off. I have a schedule that is 4 days driving, 2 days off, so it changes a bit from week to week. But a shuttle is the same road every day. That is truly boring on its own, so I listen to radio, my music and audio books. One other good thing for me is I drive 512 miles a day 5 days a week = 2560 weekly miles.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Over The Road:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
I wonder if that's more miles then otr?
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
I wonder if that's more miles then otr?
There's debates here about how many miles you can squeeze into 11 hours of driving. Do not consider this a competition, think of it as your job, and you don't want to drive yourself to death. My miles represent 10 hours or so. I drive between (more or less) Memphis, TN and St. Louis, MO. 5 hours one way, 5 back. 99.5% interstate.
On OTR driving, you can use an average speed of 50 miles per hour (this includes surface street driving, stops, and interstate) so 11 x 50 = 550.
Remember you have a maximum of 70 hours in 8 days, this is called your "recap" which basically means you can't do miles like this every day of the week. Expect an average daily drive of 8-9 hours, regardless of the speed.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Interstate:
Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).
I drive a local account that is more like linehaul than truly local, such as a city driver would drive. Like Errol, I drive anywhere from 8 to 11 hours a day and if is largely the same routes going from one Coca Cola DC to another and back again. I am paid a flat rate per day plus .25ยข/mile. Some days I get pretty good miles (300+) and some days I don't. Schedule is M-F with weekend work available but optional (for the time being at least). The upsides? I make a lot more than I did otr , I get to sleep in my own bed at night, and I don't have to walk in to the truck stop in the middle of the night to use the toilet if need be. The downside? Some days I only have a 10 hour break before having to be back at work and that 10 hours includes my commute which some days is easier than others in the afternoon. That being said, I enjoy the account and building relationships with the personnel at the various DC's. It wouldn't be for everyone that is for sure but suits me just fine!
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Linehaul:
Linehaul drivers will normally run loads from terminal to terminal for LTL (Less than Truckload) companies.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning them to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.New Reply:
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What do you prefer and why local home daily or over the road driving?
Over The Road:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.