Started With My New Company

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Steppenwolf 's Comment
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Hi all.

I took the advice to stay with my first company for 1 year...15 months to be exact.

Now I am enjoying my new company based closer to home. Out of NC. We work a 5.5 day week and have 48 off.

I got a huge pay bump and can get bonuses.

They gave me a 2020 Freightliner Cascadia with all the bells and whistles.

I am OTR driver but this company does a lot of P&D work. Almost all is drop and hook. Sweet trailers too. There is about 500 trucks in the fleet, all in pretty good shape.

Just wanted to let you guys know I have learned alot from you on TT, even though I don't post alot.

Thanks, Steppenwolf

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.

P&D:

Pickup & Delivery

Local drivers that stay around their area, usually within 100 mile radius of a terminal, picking up and delivering loads.

LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers for instance will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.

Drop And Hook:

Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.

In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.
Chief Brody's Comment
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Glad to hear the update.

It's always nice when people follow up on their progress, especially when it's a success story.
Trucker Kearsey 's Comment
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Steppenwolf 's Comment
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Thanks guys... Keep up the videos, I watch most of them. Good content.
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