Nervousness And No Sleep. PLZ Help!
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wow Thank you all for your comments and view points on my dilemma. I should be hearing from my recruiter on Monday and plan on asking her if the route/lane she told me about is solo or team since she vaguely went over the run I might be running after 28 day training. I looked around and noticed they state they have around 2000 team drivers and 350 solo. So maybe I will be lucky and be in that 350 group. I am pretty positive team is not for me. I am looking at other companies but I seem to be just out of the hiring area or cant get the recruiter to call me back or answer the phone.... weird because that is kind of the only thing they have to do all day I thought
. Anyway I will check out the bulk application when I have a bit more time. I really do appreciate all the helpful and informative replies. I am on pins and needles till Monday when I can find out team or solo and have no idea what to do if she says team lol. Like I said I dont want to settle for less but I also dont expect to walk into paradise right off the line either.
@Trobaddour(sorry if misspelled) I do have my Class A already with tractor trailer exp.. just not OTR. So I wont owe them a dime I dont suppose.
No, you will not owe them, and you will start at more money. But...... if you are going to CRST Expedited, expect it to be teams. They aslo have CRST Malone, which is flatbed, but lease op only, and STI, which is LTL high value, but also only lease op.
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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wow Thank you all for your comments and view points on my dilemma. I should be hearing from my recruiter on Monday and plan on asking her if the route/lane she told me about is solo or team since she vaguely went over the run I might be running after 28 day training. I looked around and noticed they state they have around 2000 team drivers and 350 solo. So maybe I will be lucky and be in that 350 group. I am pretty positive team is not for me. I am looking at other companies but I seem to be just out of the hiring area or cant get the recruiter to call me back or answer the phone.... weird because that is kind of the only thing they have to do all day I thought
. Anyway I will check out the bulk application when I have a bit more time. I really do appreciate all the helpful and informative replies. I am on pins and needles till Monday when I can find out team or solo and have no idea what to do if she says team lol. Like I said I dont want to settle for less but I also dont expect to walk into paradise right off the line either.
@Trobaddour(sorry if misspelled) I do have my Class A already with tractor trailer exp.. just not OTR. So I wont owe them a dime I dont suppose.
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.