So the time has finally arrived. I am once again done with OTR driving. All the bravo sierra laws and tactics the state and federal governments are doing to make it impossible to make a decent living. No more having to worry about freezing or burning up because it's "illegal" to idle. I got home and turned my furnace up to 70, then left my apartment. No sitting around a truck stop waiting to get another load or waiting to go deliver. No more lumpers or 400 lb. a-holes dictating how long I sit in a dock. No more crappy truck stop food or fast food being my only choices. No more toilet paper made from petrified tree bark.

I found out about 6 weeks ago that I was hired by a local fuel hauler. They have a new account they picked up here in Central Ohio and I was one of 6 drivers they hired. I did this before and was laid off last December. Took me longer than I wanted to get back to hauling gas, but the time has finally arrived. I just flew home (in leiu of a bus ticket) and have a week off before I start. It feels good to know that I won't have to go back OTR.

I hate it. You can keep it. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

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They call me Biscuit

The best thing about being a pessimist is very rarely do you let yourself down.

Good luck Biscuit in the new job.

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Outta here

Best of luck to you....your situation is rather sobering to those of us who still want to get into this career...but hauling fuel is the job to have..

-H

Good luck to you, Biscuit.
I love being over the road and wouldn't want a local job.

I'm with ya Biscuit. Now that I've landed a decent local job with enough of an income to hometime ratio to keep that home living good, I've never been happier. I've always been told to never say never, so I'll just say that I don't see any reason in the foreseeable future for me to go back OTR.

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Keep that diesel burnin' and those tires turnin', but get there safe to keep on earnin'!!

Best of Luck to You!!!

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KC

"For every trucker with a headache,there is another with an aspirin in their pocket."

Tough Times Don't Last...Tough People Do

I wish all the rest if the "so called" drivers out here would quit too! I'm sick of the "I can't find a local job" crowd out here screwing it up for the rest of us!

Good luck with your local job...C-YA!

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I'M A HIGH TECH REDNECK BUT I'M STILL FROM THE OLD SCHOOL...

REDD'S RIGHT: FLATBEDDIN' AIN'T FOR SISSIES!

Funny how that works,..Eh????,...

Congratulations,..........Local is good!!

Dude, you'll be back, YOU WILL BE BACK. It's in your blood. You just think you can walk away, but you are only kidding yourself. You're laughing now, but, you'll understand what I'm talking about soon enough.

I can't speak for anyone else,...But I know that the only way I would consider otr is if my local job dried up,....Until then I'll take the 20 bucks an hour and over time after 8 and be a very happy man,....Hopefully this job will take me to retirement,....