You ever worked for a OTR company that has weekends off?
 

Tell me what company and whether they kept thier word or used it to get you in there.

It seems like it would be a tough task and a logistical nightmare to get a whole fleet of drivers off for the weekend.

Also did you get fri and sat or sat and sun or even sun and mon off?

National Freight.

I NEVER had a problem getting home on weekends. Was usally home by 3pm on fridays. One time I did work a weekend BUt that was an exception. I was sent to Walmart in Marcy,Ny for five days to back up our dedicated drivers.

Would leave out sunday, my choice. I was on a dedicated account out and back all week with local deliveries on friday. :D

Most National drivers are home week ends. they do a decent job of keeping their word.

Now I get every weekend off and am home every night. :D

Commercial Carriers got me home every weekend, and i ran the entire east coast and mid west, no west coast though. Got good miles in my 5 days out, and was home for saturdays and sundays.

Averitt Express

I have worked with them for 6 months. I get home ever friday and leave on Sunday night.

I'm home almost every weekend now (this past weekend was an exception as they offered me a high paying load that delivered on Monday morning 1,200 miles from home). I run from Maine to Florida, west as far as I-35.

Action Transportation
Home every weekend (sometimes Saturday, though) and home once during the week too.
You must live in NE Mississippi to work there. That's because they bring it all home every weekend and start all over.

Re: You ever worked for a OTR company that has weekends off?
 

Originally Posted by ohiomohawk:
Tell me what company and whether they kept thier word or used it to get you in there.

Most of them are lying through their teeth, but I did find one. Sadly, they are gone now. :(

Most of the rest IME are just trying to get you into the training thing, so they can show you the diagram that explains how "home every weekend" means "bend over and grab your ankles stupid."

It all depends on where you live though. The problem is when you live in BFE, like I do.

Arnold Transportation

Get me home every weekend, late after noon, early fri night, don't leave again till late sun night, early mon morning.

I had 2 companies that I was home on weekends 90% of the time. If I was not it was my choice or an execption due to some type of an event.

What use to be called CPS Trucking, (Out of Business now) Leave out on Sunday Night and home on Friday. Paid Hud Miles.

Centery Granite Company. They run 3 Trucks, 2 when I was working for them. They would load me on Monday, and I would leave out Monday night. Make 9 to 18 drops and be home Friday the latest, first trip I was home on Thursday at 3 PM. Only time I was out over the weekend I got delayed due to getting sick on the road, then Crane Breaking down and getting stuck in Snow in Baltimore at a Cementary... Trip from H*!!.....

I assume you're in Ohio? Flatbeds will get you home. No BS. I worked for Valley Trans in Ashland and never missed once. All the days off I could afford to take, which wasnt many LOL. If you like bigger go with Maverick or TMC.

yeah, I have heard of an OTR company w/ weekends off.

The company is called UNEMPLOYMENT.

Originally Posted by mf2004champ:
yeah, I have heard of an OTR company w/ weekends off.

The company is called UNEMPLOYMENT.

Talk about brutal honesty.

Originally Posted by mf2004champ:
yeah, I have heard of an OTR company w/ weekends off.

The company is called UNEMPLOYMENT.

That's strange. I'm home almost every weekend (probably 9 out of 10 weekends, friday-monday) and run OTR. I average about 3,000 miles per week.

If this is unemployment, I'd hate to see what I'd have to run if I was employed.

I work 45 out 52 weekends.

yes ... we work for covenant ... and we get home on weekends .... avery six to eight weeks :lol: we run the lower 48 our miles is around 5,000 or more a week
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Re: You ever worked for a OTR company that has weekends off?
 

Originally Posted by ohiomohawk:
Tell me what company and whether they kept thier word or used it to get you in there.

It seems like it would be a tough task and a logistical nightmare to get a whole fleet of drivers off for the weekend.

Also did you get fri and sat or sat and sun or even sun and mon off?

It will depend on where you live. I worked 7 months OTR for TMC transportation and they got me home EVERY SINGLE weekend except one and that was my choice to run out West. I now run a dedicated route for them and am home every night. They guarantee 46/52 weekends home in writing and most of our drivers are home much more often than that if desired.
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Good Luck!

There are lots of companies that will get you home for the weekend. Most any flatbed company will and a lot of van companies are now offering it through regional runs.

I got home every weekend with Maverick. Ususally rolled in late afternoon to early evening on Friday, but never got home later that Friday night. Even got home on Thursday a couple of times, of course you'll give up miles if you do this very often. I usually left out late Sunday afternoon. There were times when I could leave Monday morning, but I usually chose to leave on Sunday to get a jump on the week. I think what area of the country you live in makes a difference, but I don't think it matters if you are out in the sticks. I'm in about as rural of an area as you can be and getting home was never a problem.

Sure some companies might use it just to get you in the door, but I doubt that is common practice. Drivers simply wouldn't stay if they kept them out every weekend after promising they would be home.

P & P Transport.

My dad works here. Says its the best company he ever drove for.
He usually gets home friday morn/evening and leaves sunday night or monday morning.
If you get a Freightliner, they are some nice trucks. Hate the Internationals though.

They req Hazmats, 3-5 years exp, 25 years old

http://www.pnptransport.com/index.html

there should be alot, cause when i decide to do a run for someone on the weekends, there is hardly any truck traffic, at least along I-76 turnpike all the way to the indiana turnpike and the cb is quiet!!! not to mention alot of shippers and receivers are closed.

I've been at Westar 3 months now, the only time I was not home during the weekend, I had a load to deliver in Utah on Monday morning, loaded Wednesday. Home Thursday and Friday, drove Sat and Sun. I still consider that home on the weekend though.

Originally Posted by thebaldeagle655:
I've been at Westar 3 months now, the only time I was not home during the weekend, I had a load to deliver in Utah on Monday morning, loaded Wednesday. Home Thursday and Friday, drove Sat and Sun. I still consider that home on the weekend though.

Just make sure that you have somethine else lined up, just in case. I dont see Westar being around too much longer. Best of luck over there.

Originally Posted by Jackrabbit379:

Originally Posted by thebaldeagle655:
I've been at Westar 3 months now, the only time I was not home during the weekend, I had a load to deliver in Utah on Monday morning, loaded Wednesday. Home Thursday and Friday, drove Sat and Sun. I still consider that home on the weekend though.

Just make sure that you have somethine else lined up, just in case. I dont see Westar being around too much longer. Best of luck over there.

And why may I ask do you think that? Just because they now have enough drivers to fill their need? Because the owner-operators they had refused to comply with safety regulations and were the primary cause of the bad safety review and had their contracts terminated?

Looks to me like they are indeed growing along the line they have planned, adding 5 new Peterbilt's a month to the fleet, continuing to properly maintain the fleet (if they were in a bind as some have accused with no proof, would they have just spent close to $2000 on my truck for alignment and tires or would they have said, no, wait a bit and let's see what happens?)

Please, if you have something with substance, post it, if you are merely providing lip service due to either getting an owner operator position terminated, or repeating rumors, feel free to contact the company and ask prior to bad mouthing them! Until then, they have treated me with nothing but respect, kept me running 5 good days a week and home weekends. The paycheck I cashed yesterday didn't bounce, and I expect the one next week to be good as well!

Some have said that they have 20 trucks sitting on the yard. I counted yesterday, 9 Volvo's that are slated for Albuquerque, 3 brand new Petes, and 2 Petes that have just been turned in by drivers who have been there for awhile and were upgraded to new ones. Sure, there are other trucks on the yard. They allow us to park there while we are at home either for the weekend or overnight.

Nothing against you, and I am glad to hear that work is going good for ya. I hope, John goes completely under. The reason why he pulled the rug underneath the owner opps is because John is a freaking prick. My best friend had his truck leased to them, and he now has found a new home for his truck, but it wasnt because of DOT regs that they got their leases pulled out from under them.

I am sorry, how ever if I have offended you, but on my best friend's behalf, I am upset over the whole thing. If it werent for the owner operators, John would have went under several years ago. Now, all of a sudden he knocks out the guys who helped him out.

I was referring to being OTR 48 state. If you are thinking of 48 states, forget about weekends, maybe even months.

Originally Posted by mf2004champ:
I was referring to being OTR 48 state. If you are thinking of 48 states, forget about weekends, maybe even months.

Did you even read ANY of the replies?
How can you make a comment like that if you don't even drive yet?
Several people stated they do.
Last I read, you don't get out of school until April?
The majority of the companies it's 3 weeks or so, if your in school you should know that.

No I don't drive yet, and admit I know squat, other than what I read here and talking to truckers. I am starting school next week, but I don't go around making comments like that.... Months?
I have a friend that drives. He stays out 3 to 4 months at a time ( his choice ) he could be home every 2 or 3 weeks. He likes being gone longer and taking off 3 to 7 days to relax, then call in for his next load.

Over-the-road implies that the driver will be not be on a set schedule, compared to a dedicated, or linehaul.

It just sounded naive to me for someone to think working OTR for a company would be home every weekend b/c it would be tough with the lack of scheduled runs.

I should have stated that my opinions are refering to the mega-carriers, i.e. Swift, Werner, J.B. Hunt, etc... anyone signing on w/ these guys thinking they are going to get weekends off are probably being lied to.

Star
 

I work for Star transport in illinois. We get home every weekend (rare exceptions) and have almost too much time off on holidays (never thought id say that). We run pretty much everywhere east of the mississippi.

For the new guys posting etc: It is the big fleets that can get you home the easiest (if they want). I wouldnt trust swift, jb, werner but the rest probably (course i wouldnt work for swift, or werner and probably not jb). But if companies like tmc, decker, roehl etc say it theyre probably telling the truth. Once you get some experience the reality is if they screw you all you have to do is walk. TAke you at least twenty minutes on the phone to have a new job with a new company and a bus ticket or truck on the way to pick you up.

There ARE companies that only (or mostly) do 3 weeks out or more. Who underpay their drivers for doing so etc etc. They're dinosaurs and are going to go the way of same. (imho werner and swift being the biggies who are going to bite the big one eventually). But lots and lots of good companies out there if you look hard enough to find what you want.

Originally Posted by Jackrabbit379:
Nothing against you, and I am glad to hear that work is going good for ya. I hope, John goes completely under. The reason why he pulled the rug underneath the owner opps is because John is a freaking prick. My best friend had his truck leased to them, and he now has found a new home for his truck, but it wasnt because of DOT regs that they got their leases pulled out from under them.

I am sorry, how ever if I have offended you, but on my best friend's behalf, I am upset over the whole thing. If it werent for the owner operators, John would have went under several years ago. Now, all of a sudden he knocks out the guys who helped him out.

No problem, In the case that your friend was in fact one of the ones that weren't messing up, he got caught in an ugly situation. My question to you though, is how you figure the company is going under? I still say that it is good business to run the trucks with your own company drivers, under your control, not having to pay the commissions of the o/o, but putting it in your pockets instead. Also, why have your company drivers sitting with no loads when you have o/o's out there getting loads? Yes, he started with o/o's and has used them until this point, unfortunately from what I have heard, like anyplace else, a few screwed the goldmine up for the rest!!

I only ask that you state the facts, not a slander against the company claiming they are going under. Remember, there is always 3 views to any story, The companies', the drivers' and the TRUTH!!!

Good point, bald eagle. I guess, I just talked a little trash. :P It's pretty much, heresay. Just from what I heard, it sounds like they are on their last leg. Cheap freight rates, and trying to find loads for the drivers without having to put in a lot of deadhead miles. Of course, he was telling me this right after he got his lease pulled underneath him, and it didnt help you any by me running my mouth. :lol: I'm sorry about that, that wasnt right to get on here, and repeat what I heard, and not giving you any figures, or anything on paper that would prove that. Sorry about that.

He didnt mention anything about the owner operators that werent going by company standards, or policies, etc. That would explain why an owner operator would lose his lease. Maybe he doesnt know about it, even though, he knew what was going on around there. He did get screwed. Whenever it was, Friday before last, they called him 8:30 that Friday morning. They told him that the load that Jose had, would be the last..

He is now in the process of having his truck leased to, Bennett Motor Express.

:twisted: bump

My company recently opened up a division hauling loads up the east coast exclusively with weekends/2 days a week off. If you're interested just say so, I want the referral bonus! ;)