When You Leave For Training.
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Most companies will allow you to take the truck home with you while you are on hometime. You can arrange with a truck stop or business to allow you to keep your truck/trailer parked there for those days. If you are on a route that gives you weekly hometime, your dispatcher and the planner know to route you close to home for those days. If you are on a national fleet, make sure you notify your dispatcher when you want to take hometime and remind him/her as it gets closer to those days.
Dispatcher:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
So sorry for the late response, been getting over the kids spring break. Thanks for the info, I appreciate it!
Most companies will allow you to take the truck home with you while you are on hometime. You can arrange with a truck stop or business to allow you to keep your truck/trailer parked there for those days. If you are on a route that gives you weekly hometime, your dispatcher and the planner know to route you close to home for those days. If you are on a national fleet, make sure you notify your dispatcher when you want to take hometime and remind him/her as it gets closer to those days.
Dispatcher:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.New Reply:
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Hi ladies!
I am in the research phase of finding a school/potential trucking company. One of the things I am trying to figure out at this point is the training situation AFTER schooling (if I go the private school route). Looking in our area for companies I find them mostly 50-150 miles out from where I am. On the day of training with the company will I have to take a bus to the city and then a taxi to the company or would the company provide transport once I am in the city to the terminal? I really don't find any companies hiring people with less than 2 years for local trucking. So regional looks to be it.
Also how would that work for home time? Do I try to eventually find a load route close to home, and if so do some companies allow you to bring a truck home if it has no load? Any info would be greatly appreciated!
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.