WHEW, I Am Beat.
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Otr or regional? 30 miles in two days? That's crazy man. What's your average?
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.
Otr or regional? 30 miles in two days? That's crazy man. What's your average?
OTR. The last few weeks (except a short week due to home time) between 2400 and 2600. I'm on a reefer division so I sit at Wal-Mart dc's a lot..
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.
Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
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I put in 3.3 miles today and 28 yesterday.....hope it picks up tomorrow. Yesterday although short, was frustrating. Had to register at a rail yard to pick up my load to deliver it 20 miles. I back up to the trailer, it's about 5 inches too low to back under. Cranking up a 41,000 trailer in the California best was NO FUN. Then I realize on my walk around the trailer frame in barely an inch away from the tires, one with a groove worn so much there was a two inch bald strip around the whole tire. It's holding air and I'm only going 8 miles so I leave. I get to the consignee and get unloaded. They had on street parking shut down there. This morning the tire is fixed and I pull the trailer to the Fontana celadon "terminal" got here aft 1030 dropped the trailer so that can fix it, and have been sitting since. Hopefully I'll get a load tomorrow, and get layover pay. Just to clarify, I guess I'm not "beat" but I'm leaning really short days DO NOT necessarily mean easy days..
Consignee:
The customer the freight is being delivered to. Also referred to as "the receiver". The shipper is the customer that is shipping the goods, the consignee is the customer receiving the goods.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.