Terminal to terminal?

The term you're looking for is line-haul or dedicated. OTR means anywhere, anytime. Best place to start looking is LTL's (Conway, Fedex Freight, Old Dominion, etc) for the line hauls, and then look for dedicated OTR fleets offering predictable stops and home time. Good Luck!

 

Linehaul Driver.

I don't know who all is in your area but look for LTL Companies like ABF, UPS, FedEx, Old Dominion, R+L, Yellow/Roadway, USF, CTI, etc....

Some of those companies will hire people with no experience but many out there want at least 1-2 years. You most likely will also need double/triple and hazmat endorsements. It is almost guaranteed you will not work full time just starting out unless you know someone already in there and all the stars are aligned. Most people that get hired on are people that run extra loads, take care of yard work/dock or cover for someone who called off.

I currently am a team linehaul driver with a company and all I do is go to terminal-terminal or I will slip with a driver and go to a terminal. I'm home every weekend and gross a decent amount every week with decent benefits and vacation time. With that being said, some terminals can still be tight, so just take it slow and build your confidence but don't become to confident that you lack safety.

Hope that helps you out a little .

 

LTL has 2 sections, one being line haul, and the other being local delivery (better known as P&D, Pickup & Delivery).
The P&D drivers were the ones backing into the cubby hole dock at Trane, most likely.

BTW, in case you don't know.. LTL means Less Than Truckload, or Less Than Trailerload (same thing).

 

And then the linehaul drivers pickup trailers from the company terminal nightly, to ferry them to other meet points, or terminals.

 

Also, like JTM22 referred to, regarding meet points. As a line haul driver, your (typically) nightly run also may go like this:

Example: You go to your Asheville terminal, pre-trip your truck, hook up to your assigned trailer (after pre-tripping it), then drive say,, 200-250 miles to a meet up point (a truck stop, whatever) in say, Nashville, TN where you meet up with a driver who has a load from Memphis, TN. You swap trailers at the truck stop, and you bring that one back to Asheville, while he takes yours destined back to Memphis.

Normally, Ashville to Memphis would be an OTR load, but LTL's network of terminals makes it viable to "relay" the load to its destination. Plus, as a daily "turn" driver, you only have so many hours on the clock (and driving hours), before returning to your home terminal for the next night's load.

 

If you want to run "OTR" and still do a linehaul run you will most likely have to run team with an LTL Carrier. Some companies have what can be called a systems driver. They stay out all week and run freight to the terminals where it is needed.

You can also get a dedicated route from some company. It could be the same run back and forth or you just deal with the same customers (ex. Walmart or Dollar General Dedicated).

Sent from somewhere out on the road.