Cocoa/Melbourne/PalmBay
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Gator, those types of jobs usually require a driver to have some experience before they will even consider. Your options are pretty limited until you get at least 6 months of accident free driving, buts its best to drive OTR for a full year. A whole new world of opportunities will present themselves to you when you get that year of driving in.
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.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Welcome aboard Gator!
Yap, Daniel is right. Most local work will require a little bit of over the road experience first. Reason being, you're negotiating a lot of heavy traffic and difficult backing maneuvers pretty much every day in local jobs. So they'd like someone with some experience handling the rig for safety reasons and for efficiency reasons.
We have an excellent listing of truck driving jobs. Have a look there and you'll get a ton of ideas. Even feel free to call some of the companies and see what they require as far as experience.
Over The Road:
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! I have assumed I will have to do a year OTR to get started before getting a regional or dedicated. I was just wondering how flexible the larger "starter" companies are with where you can live. Suppose that's a good idea to make some calls and ask the companies.
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.
Welcome, Gator!
I used to be a Systems Engineer at Harris in Melbourne before becoming a driver.
Awesome! I was stationed there at Patrick and love the area. My aunt works for Harris also!
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