Questions About Home Time For Otr, Regional And Dedicated.
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How does it typically work for otr , regional and dedicated?
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.
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.
If I stay on the road for 5 weeks and I request 10/11/13 off. That means I have the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th off and I go back to work on the 16th. However, if its 10/10/13 and my load delivers on the 14th. I will either drop it at a yard for a local to do or I will finish the load. If I finish the load that means I will have the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th off. Notice I added a day. That's because if you work on any of those days it does not count towards your day off. A day off is 24 hours OFFDUTY. So once you finish your business on the 14th you have the rest of the day off.
A full day off is 24 hours off. Just remember. Don't make it difficult for dispatch to send you off after hometime. Once you get that load when hometime is finished dont ever call them and give them excuses on why you need an extra day off.
Dedicated/ regional , you're almost always have the exact same schedule every week. You pretty much go home Friday night or Saturday morning and take a reset then leave Sunday night or Monday morning.
It really depends on the situation though. Everyday is different in trucking. You cannot ever predict road closures, accidents. Bad weather might get in the way, and if you're driving through the jungles of Dallas/Fort Worth, LA, DC then you'll almost always come home a little later because of extreme traffic.
So it's really not a set schedule.
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I am regional and what Daniel B. said about our scheduling has been true so far. I got home today (Sat) and my first stop out is Tuesday Morning giving me 48 solid hours before I have to roll out.
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.
It really depends on the company.
Dave
It depends on your company. I always 99.8% of the time, have a delivery Monday morning. If I deliver far from home on Friday, I always know that I will reload nearby, be home later Friday night, and deliver close to home Monday morning, so I might not have to leave until Monday morning. If I deliver close to home Friday morning, I will reload for far from home for Monday delivery. But I will (hopefully) be home early Friday, and have to depart on Sunday to deliver on time Monday morning. But I usually get a choice of several loads every day, and can kind of control where I am going.
Thanks guys. As far as OTR when you request home time do they try to get you home on weekends for your HT or could it be during the week?
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.
Thanks guys. As far as OTR when you request home time do they try to get you home on weekends for your HT or could it be during the week?
They try to get you home on your requested date. It doesn't matter if its a Saturday or a Wednesday. If you request October 9th off then they'll try to get you home on or by October 9th. It could be any day.
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.
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Okay first question. For most otr companies you get 1 day off for every 7 days you are out. When it says you get 1 day of hometime are they saying a full 24, hours or what? Also on regional and dedicated and runs, the home time on weekends is it a, full weekend or a partial weekend? Like will you arrive home friday evening or friday night and then leave out at noon sunday or leave out late sunday evening or night or early monday morning? How does this typically work? Thanks!
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.
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.