I’d love to have been a trucker, if I had been younger. Throw on some podcasts and hit the open road.
I thought about it as a kid, too, as my grandad was one.
I would think getting regular exercise and a good diet would be very important. I don’t know how you’d get that if you spend your days on the road as a long-haul driver.
“I’d love to have been a trucker, if I had been younger.”
If? You were once younger!
The link is about Owner/Operators. They pay for their own fuel, tires, lumpers,state road taxes, 10k maintenance, insurance and Bear Fees.
Not much left of that $80k per year.
“I’d love to have been a trucker, if I had been younger. Throw on some podcasts and hit the open road.”
Well, how old is too old to be a truck driver? It’s not rocket surgery.
The cellphone has made driving of any vehicle much more dangerous than in the past. I have ‘retired’ after almost 20 yrs of rowing gears (van, reefer, flat, oversize, construction, hopper, etc. Got out clean, no wrecks, one speeding ticket (2005), no CSA points on my record. I truly appreciate the courteous drivers that I would encounter each, but their numbers are dropping every day. A month away and I don’t miss the big city logjams. The open road, especially between ol’ Muddy and the Rockies I will miss.
I’m a retired long haul trucker. I got in back when it was a fun lifestyle. The government has removed all pleasure from the job. Now they monitor every breath a driver takes. There is no longer any freedom of the road in trucking.
I sort of wish I had done that too.
Right now I’m close. I’m an expert in my field and have been a technical trainer the last couple years. I outfitted a large enclosed trailer with product demonstrations and samples. My job mainly consists of traveling to see customers in an 11 state area to hold training sessions for their employees and customers.
Tons of windshield time. Last week was my first long trip in months. I have more scheduled for May and June.
The rig is big enough that it qualifies as a commercial vehicle so I need to follow the DOT rules and stop at weigh stations but light enough that I don’t need a commercial driver license.
My son is 21 and is a full blown trucker. He works for a lumber yard and mostly often drives flatbed semi’s. He loves what he does and is directly keeping hundreds of men employed.