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On another note..... WHY would ANYONE choose a OTR job VS. local??? Your home every night, make more money, and actually have a life!!! I know there are those select people that love adventure, time alone, and are fianancially (sp?) set. Otherwise.... its a NO BRAINER.... or is there somethin I'm missing here? Personally I've NEVER went OTR, been in a tractor-trailer over 6 years, and never made less then $700 a week.... and I missed a day that week... :lol: Oh, and PLEASE... don't challenge me..... because my reputation on this forum will prove I'll dig up each and every damn check stub back to 2002 when I got my CDL and post em... 8)
I just know from what I have experienced before. My nine years of LOCAL does not count according to SOME OTR companies. And no, I don't think taht I will ever go OTR. I like being home Originally Posted by unkut2003
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WEIRD??? How come Roehl, Advantage Tanks Lines, JTC Logistics, FedEx Linehaul, and MANY others approved me and counted EVERY year of my experience??? I was in the 5+ years at each and EVERY one!!! Problem is I couldn't and wouldn't EVER go OTR due to I have 3 small children, I like my free-time, and oh..... actually makin money to speak of, haha! Must just be me..... or the fact others are going off of "hear-say"??? Experience with this holds more weight with me..... nothing personal against you or any of the others.... :wink: Originally Posted by Double R
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Local experience does not count towards OTR. I have nine years of local experience and if I would ever(not likely) decied to try OTR, they would make me go with a trainer. Local experience does however count towards other local jobs(LTL).
Originally Posted by Karnajj
That's all news to me. There was a guy at orientation with me that had been driving a flatbed day cab for 8 years locally who still had to do the 8 weeks training program. I myself had to do a refresher course after driving locally for 3 years because they said I had no recent experience.
On another note..... WHY would ANYONE choose a OTR job VS. local??? Your home every night, make more money, and actually have a life!!! I know there are those select people that love adventure, time alone, and are fianancially (sp?) set. Otherwise.... its a NO BRAINER.... or is there somethin I'm missing here? Personally I've NEVER went OTR, been in a tractor-trailer over 6 years, and never made less then $700 a week.... and I missed a day that week... :lol: Oh, and PLEASE... don't challenge me..... because my reputation on this forum will prove I'll dig up each and every damn check stub back to 2002 when I got my CDL and post em... 8)