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Any truckers here?

 
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Why are you made to haul across the country? Why can’t you meet somewhere during the run and have someone else to complete the run? Maybe this happens but why can’t most OTR truckers be home every 48 hours?
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You can only drive 11 hours. Good time to hand it over. Must take 30 minute lunch. Another opportunity to hand over.

Once the transfer occurs you’re off to home when you can drive again. Basically costing the office the same amount of money, expediting deliveries and creating a better quality of life for a he drivers.
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It dont make sense to drive 11 hours and drive back 11 hours. Are you joking?
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It dont make sense to drive 11 hours and drive back 11 hours. Are you joking?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79119572


In the US drivers can only Be on the road 11 hours a day. With a 30 minute break. Go back and read the original post.

The question is why are people drivetrains across the country when they could be handing the country container off and coming home faster.
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It dont make sense to drive 11 hours and drive back 11 hours. Are you joking?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79119572


In the US drivers can only Be on the road 11 hours a day. With a 30 minute break. Go back and read the original post.

The question is why are people drivetrains across the country when they could be handing the country container off and coming home faster.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304


The rules aren't really that different.It doesn't make sense to drive for 11 hours and drive back 11 hours without completing your delivery. Im guessing youre not a trucker. You will also complicate planning and yes you will waiste more resources, even if just in maintainance costs.
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10/14/2021 01:11 AM
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It dont make sense to drive 11 hours and drive back 11 hours. Are you joking?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79119572


In the US drivers can only Be on the road 11 hours a day. With a 30 minute break. Go back and read the original post.

The question is why are people drivetrains across the country when they could be handing the country container off and coming home faster.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304


truckers don't get paid for not hauling loads

also you would be paying double the price of gas

really doesn't make sense business wise

as far as being home with the family maybe OTR isn't the job for a family person
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It dont make sense to drive 11 hours and drive back 11 hours. Are you joking?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79119572


In the US drivers can only Be on the road 11 hours a day. With a 30 minute break. Go back and read the original post.

The question is why are people drivetrains across the country when they could be handing the country container off and coming home faster.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304


The rules aren't really that different.It doesn't make sense to drive for 11 hours and drive back 11 hours without completing your delivery. Im guessing youre not a trucker. You will also complicate planning and yes you will waiste more resources, even if just in maintainance costs.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79119572


well if the drivers swapped loads it would make sense

that might be a logistical nightmare though
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I’m I 50 yo business owner. A programmer by trade looking for a change. Sincerely looking for income and having a conscience: programmers think hard and the good ones ask questions.
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It dont make sense to drive 11 hours and drive back 11 hours. Are you joking?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79119572


In the US drivers can only Be on the road 11 hours a day. With a 30 minute break. Go back and read the original post.

The question is why are people drivetrains across the country when they could be handing the country container off and coming home faster.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304


truckers don't get paid for not hauling loads

also you would be paying double the price of gas

really doesn't make sense business wise

as far as being home with the family maybe OTR isn't the job for a family person
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79104722


Who’s hauling the empty containers.
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It dont make sense to drive 11 hours and drive back 11 hours. Are you joking?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79119572


In the US drivers can only Be on the road 11 hours a day. With a 30 minute break. Go back and read the original post.

The question is why are people drivetrains across the country when they could be handing the country container off and coming home faster.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304


The rules aren't really that different.It doesn't make sense to drive for 11 hours and drive back 11 hours without completing your delivery. Im guessing youre not a trucker. You will also complicate planning and yes you will waiste more resources, even if just in maintainance costs.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79119572


The complexity is why I think it doesn’t happen. I’m not a trucker but I am considering it. I’m a programmer that’s tired of supporting the military complex and see an opportunity for another ai system which improves lives.

All while considering my own needs.
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It dont make sense to drive 11 hours and drive back 11 hours. Are you joking?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79119572


In the US drivers can only Be on the road 11 hours a day. With a 30 minute break. Go back and read the original post.

The question is why are people drivetrains across the country when they could be handing the country container off and coming home faster.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304


truckers don't get paid for not hauling loads

also you would be paying double the price of gas

really doesn't make sense business wise

as far as being home with the family maybe OTR isn't the job for a family person
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79104722


Who’s hauling the empty containers.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304


Do you think the containers that are delivered miraculously move themselves?
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10/14/2021 01:29 AM
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It dont make sense to drive 11 hours and drive back 11 hours. Are you joking?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79119572


In the US drivers can only Be on the road 11 hours a day. With a 30 minute break. Go back and read the original post.

The question is why are people drivetrains across the country when they could be handing the country container off and coming home faster.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304


The rules aren't really that different.It doesn't make sense to drive for 11 hours and drive back 11 hours without completing your delivery. Im guessing youre not a trucker. You will also complicate planning and yes you will waiste more resources, even if just in maintainance costs.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79119572


well if the drivers swapped loads it would make sense

that might be a logistical nightmare though
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79104722


Fact. No offense but as a programmer it could be managed on a computer. The risks is the parties participating in the chain. With that come rewards and penalties.
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10/14/2021 01:34 AM
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family owns a trucking company...(small, 3 rigs)

there's software that is being rolled out that will begin to make this kind of thing more mainstream....

thing "uber," but for loads...


this and automated trucking in the near future will change game.


lucky i'm the family IT guy and i'm gonna keep us cutting edge for the monies.
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family owns a trucking company...(small, 3 rigs)

there's software that is being rolled out that will begin to make this kind of thing more mainstream....

thing "uber," but for loads...


this and automated trucking in the near future will change game.


lucky i'm the family IT guy and i'm gonna keep us cutting edge for the monies.
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I was trying o think of domain names. Do you know for a fact it’s happening? I can see where it would be.
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I don’t want to distract friends m the discussion but AC’s have ideas too . When you Blue enlightened boast over Ac’s you expose yourself as fools because You should know it’s all about division.
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Data mining thread
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I’m I 50 yo business owner. A programmer by trade looking for a change. Sincerely looking for income and having a conscience: programmers think hard and the good ones ask questions.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304


You ask too many questions and have too many suggestions to succeed in the industry. The first time you wait four hours, for free, to unload, you'll be begging for the old job back, with a pay cut.
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I’m I 50 yo business owner. A programmer by trade looking for a change. Sincerely looking for income and having a conscience: programmers think hard and the good ones ask questions.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304


You ask too many questions and have too many suggestions to succeed in the industry. The first time you wait four hours, for free, to unload, you'll be begging for the old job back, with a pay cut.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80994043


Finally someone seems to have a clue about what truckers deal with. Yet my original questions remain unaddressed.
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It dont make sense to drive 11 hours and drive back 11 hours. Are you joking?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79119572


In the US drivers can only Be on the road 11 hours a day. With a 30 minute break. Go back and read the original post.

The question is why are people drivetrains across the country when they could be handing the country container off and coming home faster.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304


The rules aren't really that different.It doesn't make sense to drive for 11 hours and drive back 11 hours without completing your delivery. Im guessing youre not a trucker. You will also complicate planning and yes you will waiste more resources, even if just in maintainance costs.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79119572


How about this - you drive one way 11 hours and give the trailer to the next trucker. Sleep the night and take anpther load back the other way. The trailers are always in motion.

I think the Pony Express worked this way.
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Why are you made to haul across the country? Why can’t you meet somewhere during the run and have someone else to complete the run? Maybe this happens but why can’t most OTR truckers be home every 48 hours?
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The ability to think is not in your genes, so stop it.
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The complexity is why I think it doesn’t happen. I’m not a trucker but I am considering it. I’m a programmer that’s tired of supporting the military complex and see an opportunity for another ai system which improves lives.

All while considering my own needs.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304

"New to Commercial Driving?"

Trucking is considered an issue of national security. Trucking companies hire ex mil to run operations. That's why the selfless service of truckers, they are like soldiers. That's also why we admire them so much.

Get ready for manhood lessons 101 as you walk into the trade. There will be initiations. Do not take anything personally, its all just good natured masculine competitiveness, male OR female.

You will be sized up in an instant. They test your character and talents to see where you fit. Be prepared to catch the keys thrown atchu, because that will be all the introduction and training you will get, and they will watch to see how you handle yourself.

Prepare ahead of time by talking with other drivers, think ahead: locks which might require a key, gate codes, client phone numbers, road restrictions, ramp weight tolerances, hidden things...try to get them to volunteer what they remember about your route that you may encounter. Exchange contact info! Network for mutual support.

Other driver are concerned weather you will be an asset or a liability to them before they trust you. If you do their route, leave it better than how you got it, finish it, get help if you have to, (your network of contacts, remember?) leave their truck in better condition than when you found it!)

But don't ask too many questions either, the Operations Manager likes to figure you out by resolving small spontaneous issues together. (OK I'll be honest...they already know all the issues, it's really a test.)

Try to avoid calling the dispatcher, but know when you absolutely must have a piece of information. There will often be incomplete info. The dispatchers are not on the road, they don't know what it's like in the clients yard. And again, they like to see how you handle the situation.

Don't believe BS, talk little, don't talk deep, admit your mistakes and take the repercussions like a man; be savvy, sweet, disciplined and patient. Listen! Take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth!

They don't take just anybody, lives are at stake. There's a certain quality of character they seek. They have to like you. Interviewing employers look you in the eye and seek a firm handshake, they don't even look at your resume.

Never sing your accomplishments, better to have made a mistake and be humble. The impossible is achieved everyday, and you are simply expected to be able to do this as they all do. You are an ambassador- the only company image the public sees.

I would suggest you also consider local trucking. Quite different, very community based, social skills required, very good nurtured, good personal reputation and presentation, home by 5 (well, 6 or 7pm...everyone works 10 hour days and fills in) traditional family values, roughly the same pay. A little less.
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Why are you made to haul across the country? Why can’t you meet somewhere during the run and have someone else to complete the run? Maybe this happens but why can’t most OTR truckers be home every 48 hours?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304


They are not Over the road..

You can land a job point to point in state..

But not Idaho to Topeka..
mouse..
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There is no trading places Fargo to Helena..
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Kinda envy the short haul crews of two..

One load fast..

Own the truck..

Swift, England, knight..

Well boys..

System trucking..
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Most of us long haulers get paid by the mile.
We'd rather run as much as we can to earn more.

Plus there's always a load on the other side that needs to go where you're going most of the time.

It's not a big deal for drivers.
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speaking of truckers, was just having a "talk" with a truckers wife who thinks it's the consumers fault that her poor hubs has to work so hard. It's the consumers fault that all those shipping containers are off shore and the government asked truckers to work harder. Gosh darn it all you consumers, just stop consuming and let these poor truckers get some rest and all the problems with disappear. They obviously need to vet the wives too.....
You have to train your mind to be stronger than your emotions or you will lose yourself every time
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The complexity is why I think it doesn’t happen. I’m not a trucker but I am considering it. I’m a programmer that’s tired of supporting the military complex and see an opportunity for another ai system which improves lives.

All while considering my own needs.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78773304

"New to Commercial Driving?"

Trucking is considered an issue of national security. Trucking companies hire ex mil to run operations. That's why the selfless service of truckers, they are like soldiers. That's also why we admire them so much.

Get ready for manhood lessons 101 as you walk into the trade. There will be initiations. Do not take anything personally, its all just good natured masculine competitiveness, male OR female.

You will be sized up in an instant. They test your character and talents to see where you fit. Be prepared to catch the keys thrown atchu, because that will be all the introduction and training you will get, and they will watch to see how you handle yourself.

Prepare ahead of time by talking with other drivers, think ahead: locks which might require a key, gate codes, client phone numbers, road restrictions, ramp weight tolerances, hidden things...try to get them to volunteer what they remember about your route that you may encounter. Exchange contact info! Network for mutual support.

Other driver are concerned weather you will be an asset or a liability to them before they trust you. If you do their route, leave it better than how you got it, finish it, get help if you have to, (your network of contacts, remember?) leave their truck in better condition than when you found it!)

But don't ask too many questions either, the Operations Manager likes to figure you out by resolving small spontaneous issues together. (OK I'll be honest...they already know all the issues, it's really a test.)

Try to avoid calling the dispatcher, but know when you absolutely must have a piece of information. There will often be incomplete info. The dispatchers are not on the road, they don't know what it's like in the clients yard. And again, they like to see how you handle the situation.

Don't believe BS, talk little, don't talk deep, admit your mistakes and take the repercussions like a man; be savvy, sweet, disciplined and patient. Listen! Take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth!

They don't take just anybody, lives are at stake. There's a certain quality of character they seek. They have to like you. Interviewing employers look you in the eye and seek a firm handshake, they don't even look at your resume.

Never sing your accomplishments, better to have made a mistake and be humble. The impossible is achieved everyday, and you are simply expected to be able to do this as they all do. You are an ambassador- the only company image the public sees.

I would suggest you also consider local trucking. Quite different, very community based, social skills required, very good nurtured, good personal reputation and presentation, home by 5 (well, 6 or 7pm...everyone works 10 hour days and fills in) traditional family values, roughly the same pay. A little less.
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I appreciate your feedback.
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Oh the good old days.....





Clear all the way to taco town.
KansasisOz
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Most of us long haulers get paid by the mile.
We'd rather run as much as we can to earn more.

Plus there's always a load on the other side that needs to go where you're going most of the time.

It's not a big deal for drivers.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79638905


The fact that you’re hauling back a container is why I’m asked the original question. Why don’t you trade loads and everyone gets home sooner? You’d still get the miles driving back and forth to the rally point. You would just get to sleep at home more often. The only pitfalls I can imagine is waiting on the other driver and getting board with the scenery. Although you would know your route like the back of your hand which is an important plus.





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