Game: Trucking Might Not Be For You If...
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Trucking might not be for you ...
If you need lots of positive feedback from your boss and/or coworkers.
If you are always afraid of strangers or are intolerant of people who aren't just like you.
If you have a hard time sitting for hours on end. (Seems obvious, doesn't it?)
If you require a busy social life frequently meeting with your friends at the newest hangouts in order to feel fulfilled.
If you want to mess with Texas. (I do it, but I know one day my luck is going to run out.)
Trucking might not be for you...
If you can't use public restrooms.
If you can't handle not getting a shower for several days.
I know I've been stuck in a few situations where I couldn't get a shower for 3 or more days. Stuff happens...
I hate showers... No problem for me :P
If you can't handle not getting a shower for several days.
I know I've been stuck in a few situations where I couldn't get a shower for 3 or more days. Stuff happens...
I hate showers... No problem for me :P
You have a sense entitlement.
Think you deserve the best loads, all drop and hooks, think you should have your travel destinations coordinated regardless of how ridiculous it is.
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.
@Chickie; I'd like to know how it's possible to NOT be able to shower (bathe) once a day? I guess that if you parked (because it was the only spot) in a rest stop, you might have more time between showers than you like, but still get one a day.
Three days seems like a story you tell to scare noobs.
Curious wannabe wants to learn.
@Chickie; I'd like to know how it's possible to NOT be able to shower (bathe) once a day? I guess that if you parked (because it was the only spot) in a rest stop, you might have more time between showers than you like, but still get one a day.
Three days seems like a story you tell to scare noobs.
Curious wannabe wants to learn.
Easy. You pick up a load with a tight window. You rush to the customer that has overnight parking...now you are out of hours. Next day you need to head out...stop at a truck stop for a 30min thinking you can shower...but nooooo there is an hour wait. Head back out...now you hit snow and I've and need to shut down...closest place is a "truck parking only no facilities" lot. So that is day two.
You roll and have a little time and stop on day three for a shower.
Most times I stop at a truck stop and can shower every day...somedays it just can't happen .
@Chickie; I'd like to know how it's possible to NOT be able to shower (bathe) once a day? I guess that if you parked (because it was the only spot) in a rest stop, you might have more time between showers than you like, but still get one a day.
Three days seems like a story you tell to scare noobs.
Curious wannabe wants to learn.
Easy. You pick up a load with a tight window. You rush to the customer that has overnight parking...now you are out of hours. Next day you need to head out...stop at a truck stop for a 30min thinking you can shower...but nooooo there is an hour wait. Head back out...now you hit snow and I've and need to shut down...closest place is a "truck parking only no facilities" lot. So that is day two.
You roll and have a little time and stop on day three for a shower.
Most times I stop at a truck stop and can shower every day...somedays it just can't happen .
You forgot the ever popular "park with plenty of time to shower, but have no shower credits, and the company won't let you fuel there for a free shower."
Trucking might not be for you if:
You hate being active and on your feet. Like in flat bedding you are always needing to be on your feet and being active like strapping yoour loads.
Or even in dry van and refers doing your pretrip and enroutes and post trips. Got to be active.
Or if you are hard to work with because you feel like everyone hast to bow down to you and do what you ask and feel that you can't serve anyone but yourself. Trucking is all about serving others.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.New Reply:
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But on the flip side of that you don't have to stay OTR. Regional and dedicated would get you home more often. But I'm like Rainy I typically stay out for a little longer than most "around two months" and when I go home I'm dead to the world for the first day or two and stay home for a solid week. Next time I go home I'm leaving for a vacation and not driving at all..
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.