To truck or not to truck.

Couldn't have said that better myself!:smt023

The only thing I would add is to the ones who think that trucking will let them see places they would normally never get to see...... It isn't much of a sight at 55-75mph and if you do have the chance to stop, you'll not enjoy it as much when your family is at home and you are there.

 

Agree with the above 100%
Voted NO....

The only reason i still drive is because its about the only thing i know to make a halfway decent living.Not like we are getting rich,thats for sure.

It takes away the years before you know it.
Missing deaths in the family,kids growing up,cheating wives....you name it.
Been through all of that and two back surgeries....

This is NOT the perfect job.....

 

Is there a perfect job ?

I voted NO and for all the reasons already posted , my son has gone into trucking as has a nephew , doing good up to 8 trucks in less than 3 years.

 

I think it is ok for a temporary thing to do but not long term and not as a career choice. The industry has slid downhill so far since even ten years ago I cannot imagine it improving. You can argue until you are blue in the face but as far as OTR goes you will be treated like a truck. Nobody gives a crap about you and your time is worth zero to nearly each and every person you come across. You arent even payed for your time or it would be a great job and career. Payed by the mile is absurd when it barely pays the bills in the end. Too many sacrifices are made in your every day life and the reward is not on par.
As soon as I get squared away and/or spring arrives I am outta here so fast. The biggest mistake I ever made was signing up for this crap a second time around. I was once happy.
BOL

 

I agree with all of the above posts.

The supertruckers will say you guys are not cut out for trucking.

 

I also voted no,..

However,..If one is lucky enough to get into a good Union company with a good contract and get payed for all time spent working,...It isn't as bad as the otr world,....

I'd still tell a young wannabe too go back to school and find a career path that lets them have a family life and a future,....

 

I voted no for most of the same reasons already stated however I wouldn't say no for 100%.

I got into this business long before I had a family at home to provide for. By the time I met my wife this is all I really wanted to do or was good at. I tried to give it up but I couldn't make a good enough living doing other jobs where I was home everyday plus I always had the itch to be back on the road. LTL jobs have never been much in this area so that was not an option really. I went back on the road and have provided a good living for my family but I have also sacrificed providing them a good living for missing most of it. I still love to fire up the truck and take off I just wish there was a better balance between being gone and being home with my wife and kids.