Roadhog, well put....(and the rest of your post)
Maybe they will run off and start their own message board, where they can stroke each others egos. But that probably wont happen as they wont beable to berate us any longer.

Drew, I respect what you are saying regarding the likes of vermin like myself. Evinrude is saying that he ENJOYED the job, just like you do.

He just couldn't afford to do it any longer. That is sad for all of us.

Fair enough. Let me ask you this. Would you have even been offered a local job, without the OTR experience?
Maybe that OTR job was more valuable to you, than you realize.

Congratulations, with your new job, and I hope in time that it proves to be a job you can enjoy and stick with.

After you settle down some, I hope Evinrude, as a Local Driver, you won't take up the same line of crap, and act the fool.

I have found that those who enjoy putting others down for doing a job probably could not cut it themselves, so they want to put others down for being able to do well doing the same job. It gives them a feeling of superiority, when in fact they feel insecure about themselves and their abilities. Just because you could not cut it doesn't give you the right to put others down for enjoying what they do and earning a decent living. I would wager that you are the same people I see at the truck stops who drop their paycheck into the video machines instead of working. Perhaps you would have done better if you had not spent so much time playing video games at the truck stop. Your local job relies on the otr drivers. I would not be so quick to put them down.

I worked local at the paper mill for 20(years) so i am sure gonna stick with the new gig. Unless a better offer comes my way.lol

I am gonna do fine my house and toys are paid. Wife is a full time nurse.
Just gonna enjoy getting exercise and being with family again.

For the past couple weeks I've been doing transfer runs. It's 100 miles each way (one way is empty). It takes me exactly 4hrs to do a round trip (that includes being loaded plus a drop/hook). I make $100 for the round trip and can do 2 per day with no problem. Hey - I'll take that $25/hr any day.

How does my job rely on OTR drivers G?

Most local LTL jobs pick up small loads or partials to take to a central terminal where it is loaded on a trailer to be picked up by an otr driver. An otr driver will bring in a truck load to be distributed on LTL trucks. Without the otr drivers the LTL driver would not be needed. Unless you pull a dump or local tanker you will likely rely on otr drivers. If you pull a fuel tanker you will probably rely on a pipeline to get your fuel to a central distribution point. That pipe wasn't brought in by a local driver. It was a otr driver who brought in that pipe. It was also probably an otr driver who brought in the equipment required to dig the pipeline. Virtually everything you wear, drive or touch was brought by an otr driver. If you wear a uniform, it was more than likely brought by an otr driver. Oh, and don't forget the food you eat. Most of that was brought in by an otr driver. You really should not spend so much time berating and putting down otr drivers when they are so critical to your livelihood and existence. Your standard of living would change dramatically without the otr drivers. Local drivers have little to haul without the otr segment.

What job DOESN'T rely on OTR drivers?

Ding! Ding! Ding!