1-Automotive is mainly drop&hook,depening on the run you could run up 400 miles a nite.
2-LTL Frt is you loading your trailer or trailer's,then drive 2-4 hrs one way,then you will unload those trailer or trailer's and reload them for the ride back home 2-4 hrs. Hope this help's
I knew a guy from your place(CB Handle is Rabbit) he ran from Romulus down to Kentucky,he was doin automotive he liked it.