Best Option For Dedicated Route
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Well we steer clear of the owning/leasing side of trucking so we won't say much about that. Also, we always recommend you stay with your first company for one full year before moving on to something new. I have no idea how long you've been with Werner but getting in a full year there would be the ideal way to build a solid foundation to your career.
That being said I know Swift Transportation has a ton of western stuff going on and JB Hunt is the king of intermodal freight. Those are the first two options that come to mind and they're both worth looking into.
Intermodal:
Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.
In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.New Reply:
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Hey guys, so I'm a company guy with Werner right now. They don't have any good dedicated routes on the west coast. I was thinking of going owner op at some point or looking into a different company. I love running Phoenix to Los Angeles and all up and down I-5. I see owner ops pulling intermodal out of the ports in long beach and Oakland, just wondering how I might be able to get more info on things like that? I would love to run that whole area.
Dedicated Route:
A driver or carrier who transports cargo between regular, prescribed routes. Normally it means a driver will be dedicated to working for one particular customer like Walmart or Home Depot and they will only haul freight for that customer. You'll often hear drivers say something like, "I'm on the Walmart dedicated account."
Intermodal:
Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.
In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.