Starting A Truck Driving Career With Local LTL Company

Matt, dedicated means that you are a driver who concentrates on serving one customer in particular. Like maybe Wal-Mart or Target. It doesn't mean that you will go "from one place to another and back."

I am a dedicated driver for SAPA, the world's largest supplier of aluminum extrusions. I still run over the road , but all my loads are done for them.

And G-Town is correct as why I mentioned Swift. They are very large and therefore have a ton of opportunities available to their drivers. Many of those opportunities are not even advertised as they prefer to move their current drivers who are showing promise into those positions.

So dedicated means from one place to another and back right? Do they give you time off between loads?

Not really; Dedicated to one customer; like Walmart, Target, Firestone, GeorgiaPacific, Church & Dwight, Amazon, etc.

Search on my thread; Walmart Dedicated (search bar in upper left corner, top of page). Many Dedicated Accounts have 1-2 days off per 7 day week. The trade off is you must live in close proximity to the domicile DC to take full advantage of this.

Dedicated accounts are a set of company trucks and drivers that are contracted out to another company. Walmart, or in my case Georgia Pacific contracts with Swift to provide trucks with drivers to move freight for them. But the drivers are paid by Swift, and Swift handles truck maintenance.

The "there and back" operation is called shuttle. Most of the time shuttle drivers drive the same route every day in a slip-seat day cab , and get to go home at the end of their shift. One problem is the drivers must live near a shuttle terminal.