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Thread: What's a good company for getting home a lot?

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    K9
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    Default What's a good company for getting home a lot?

    I just got tired of OTR ... but I may have to return. I drove 14 months for Arrow ... and now I'm taking a rest in Northern Cal.

    1. I'd like to find a relatively decent company in either Nevada (I'd love a Reno to Las Vegas run ... *chuckle* ... I don't drink or gamble ... and Lot Lizzards aren't my thing ... but a mildly colorful winter on a run like that sounds interesting.)

    2. ... or any where in California or the place of my future home ... South Carolina.

    3. I'm interested in weathering both the winter and the current economic woes ... so I'm not expecting a whole lot ... just a company that treats it's drivers with something close to basic human decency. (I may be asking for TOO much with that one ...)

    Suggestions?
    People who can't create love, create drama.

    Quit the crap and just drive.

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    Try looking at foodservice distribution companies with a dedicated Vegas run. Someone has to keep all those buffets stocked.

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    Local should allow u to live a normal lifestyle. Where im at i work 8-12 hours a day then go home. In at 4 home by 4 on the latest. Hourly. Nothing better then taking a **** and a shower in ur own house
    LOW CLEARANCE BRIDGE MEANS NOTHIN TO A FLATBED

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    Quote Originally Posted by K9 View Post
    I just got tired of OTR ... but I may have to return. I drove 14 months for Arrow ... and now I'm taking a rest in Northern Cal.

    1. I'd like to find a relatively decent company in either Nevada (I'd love a Reno to Las Vegas run ... *chuckle* ... I don't drink or gamble ... and Lot Lizzards aren't my thing ... but a mildly colorful winter on a run like that sounds interesting.)

    2. ... or any where in California or the place of my future home ... South Carolina.

    3. I'm interested in weathering both the winter and the current economic woes ... so I'm not expecting a whole lot ... just a company that treats it's drivers with something close to basic human decency. (I may be asking for TOO much with that one ...)

    Suggestions?

    Why K....You might look at Linde/BOC in Sacramento. Feederfred went to work there...to fill out his retirement...or regain so sanity. (Retirement from UPS must have bored him or something) That would be mostly local work...with some overnights.
    Space...............Is disease and danger, wrapped in darkness and silence! Star Trek2009

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    I just gave up my tanker job to start in with a US Mail contractor. Twice a week runs to detroit, paid by the hour. Leave at 5AM, back home by noon the next day. but you gotta run like clockwork.

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    Mostly because I got bored....and for the health insurance for (ahem) some family members that just can't seem to leave the nest...and to supplement my pension. Should of waited a tad longer, but I thought 31 years @Brown was enough. We just hired 3 people this week. We go as far as Vancouver, WA., Reno/Elko, but it's all in the course of your "regular" 5 day work week. Also Northern California and Southern Oregon. Anything north of Klamath Falls comes out of Vancouver. As posted in another thread, you do work nights and weekends when you are on the "bottom of the board"..I kind of like nights though, in/out, no crowded parking lots and a lot less BS. We transfer a lot of liquid argon to Vancouver when they run low. Drive up, park in the plant (Linde's), go to hotel while plant fillers unload it into storage, drive back empty, no problems....
    Last edited by feederfred; 11-10-2008 at 06:58 AM.
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    being a housewife gets you home alot...just a thought.
    Keep on rockin'

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    K9
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    Default jd112488... U got some serious issues bud ...

    No offense ... but ... you might wanna take some time off the road bud ...

    To the rest of you ... Many thanks.

    Sacramento does seem to have more options than the Bay Area.

    Again ... many thanks.
    Last edited by K9; 11-18-2008 at 05:59 PM. Reason: fer goT
    People who can't create love, create drama.

    Quit the crap and just drive.

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