OTR As A Divorced Dad
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I'm sorry sir I really don't have any experience with something like this. Have you given thought to staying local with either an ltl or delivery type job so you can be home? I myself do have two children under the age of five so I do understand wanting to be home for them and that's exactly what I did. Unfortunately otr will not lend itself well to working around a visitation schedule.
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
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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How many of you guys/gals here drive OTR and have a child/children that live with the other parent? I am on a standard "every other weekend" plan with my 3 yr old daughter and am looking to possibly start a career in trucking. While I know my time off won't always fall on the weekend that I have visitation I would like to hear from others who deal with this. My child's mother says she will work with me on visitation but her home is an hour away from mine so overnight visits during the week will almost be impossible once she starts Pre K in the near future.
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.