Looking for advice for career change

STAY HOME! Your kids need a Mother.

P.S.- That is NOT a sexist remark...a 6 and 3 year old need their Mother more than anyone else on the planet. Do not screw their little minds up.

 

Border crossing was generally a pain in the *** when I did OTR from 2007-2009 maybe it's changed since then but going across the border was not something anyone looked forward to do to waiting for PAPS and PARS to clear customs and all that jazz. It took several hours each time I went across the border. I know they have some kind of program which helps you get across the border faster but other than knowing it exists I don't know much else.

As far as getting your cdl through a company goes I got mine through Schneider when they use to run there training schools. Being honest the training schools owned by companies tend to be worse then going through a driving program at a community college. The company will get you your cdl by training you and all but it's not free. They deduct that money from your paycheck until you paid off whatever expense the schooling was...usually it's deducted in small amounts over 2 years at least that's how it was with Schneider. If you quit before that you will owe them the money still.

Besides the CB you shouldn't encounter sexism. There aren't many female truck drivers out there as there are male but female truck drivers are not unheard of so why it's a male dominated job it's not a hostile environment for women.

 

Check out Averitt. They train, and have a lot of local junk so maybe you can get your time in and still get home every day.

Id consider moving too LOL sorry youre in the middle of no where

 

Do not go into trucking if you have young children. And your husband is OK with you working, and him staying home?

If you really cannot stand what you are now doing for a living, find something else to change to, maybe something in the healthcare industry?

Truck driving is not only poison to family, your income is variable, not to be counted on.

You seem like someone with a couple of brain cells still functioning, don't go into trucking!

 

Might get a job driving milk tankers up there; will see lots of dairy farms in the wee hours.

 

You missed a detail I'm curious on. How can you pay your house off by your husband leaving his Job? Other than maybe cashing out his retirement which I know some people do when they leave a job. That statement puzzled me.
If I left my job right now I couldn't pay my house off because of it. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.