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bigrig · **^ Top** #1 10.19.2007

I read a thread on here about a wanting to sit down with a trucker if they were in the area and I thought that was a good idea. I am a student in Fargo and I was wondering if anybody on here runs through Fargo on a regular basis. If so I would be really interested in sitting down for lunch and talking a bit about the industry. I am really interested in trucking and plan on getting my CDL once I graduate from college. I would pay for lunch, just wondering if anybody would have the time to sit down with me and just chat a bit I would greatly appreciate it...Thanks!!

Too-Tall · **^ Top** #2 10.19.2007

my suggestion is look for truckstops in your area [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link.

and hang out there drivers lounge, game rooms, stuff like that you will find drivers with enough free time to start a convo with

bigrig · **^ Top** #3 10.20.2007

Thanks Too-Tall, I see you drive for Roehl and i suppose you don't come through fargo, I am actually thinking of going with Roehl when it comes to the point of chosing a company(a couple years off yet). I am just wanting to get a drivers perspective on the trucking industry and what the job entails. I know there is a sta-mart right down the road from where I am and also a Flying J so I might just have to try and spend some time there. I was hoping somebody came through fargo often and would be willing to sit down with me but I will just have to go spend some time and the truck stops/lounges that are close to me. Thanks for the response!! Maybe I will get lucky and somebody who runs through fargo often will sit down with me and chat!!

Tip · **^ Top** #4 10.20.2007

Big Rig, what's your major? I'm wondering why you'd go to college and then go trucking after you graduate. You can do better, brother. There's CADD, electronics, electrician's training, welding, and such at the two-year level. At the four-year level you have all kinds of potential outs. Trust me...if you get the degree, you should put it to work doing something that stimulates the brain cells. If you go trucking, all the bouncing and all the fumes may kill a few brain cells. Boredom may do it, too, as will the sedentary lifestyle and weight gain.

Dennis in SE PA · **^ Top** #5 10.20.2007

Yo Tip....

There seem to be alot of people with college and graduate degrees that choose to go trucking.

It is not the last resort for these people. It is the first resort - what they want to do.

There are probably more intelligent AND educated (there is a difference) people out there on the road than you suspect.

bigrig · **^ Top** #6 10.20.2007

I am a business major, I know I can take that degree and probably end up in a managment position, possibly making big bucks and maybe I will. But my future plan is to get into trucking, drive for many years go O/O and at some point start a small trucking company with a few rigs. Plus I figure if I really don't enjoy trucking I will be able to get out of it and go into business somewhere. For some reason I have always wanted to drive truck and that is what I am going to do, if I don't like it I have the degree to fall back on and having that degree will give me a lot of knowledge about the buisness side of things.

Too-Tall · **^ Top** #7 10.20.2007

i choose trucking over college any day. i cant do the same #### differnt day kinda crap. same office same suit n tie same crappy cubical same idiot coworkers that think a poorly printed picture of a cat on a rope is the funniest thing since sienfeild. with stupid momentos and dumb 'motivational' posters and phrases posted around the office and cubical to give some semblance of meaning to a pointless boring exsistance.... vs no uniform, no bosses/managers, freedom, new sights and experiances.

i worked as a security guard in an office building and i saw these cubicals and work spaces and it was downright sad. i mean seriously SAD how these ppl exsisted. when the water cooler and the copy machine is the highlight of your day when you visit them... its time to consider something better.

racerx22288 · **^ Top** #8 10.20.2007

that's what is so appealing about the trucking industry...you DONT have a manager breathing down your neck, you DO have a window office with changing scenery everyday, you DONT have to feel trapped...but at the same time, the trucking industry right now has a 140% turnover rate, many people find it's not for them, so i guess it is always a good idea to have something to fall back on when you decide your dream isn't everything you'd hoped it would be.

bigrig · **^ Top** #9 10.20.2007

The more and more I thought about it there is no way I can do that whole office thing day after day. My mom does something like that but within a school district and I have been to her work and that **** is not for me. I love my mom dearly and more power to her, that is what she loves to do, I just don't think I can do it. I used to think that is exactly what I wanted but over the years that has changed. The main reason I am staying in school is for the business background because I do want to start my own company, plus if I have my facts straight you have to be 21 to drive out of state, by the time I turn 21 I will be damn near graduated so it works out good. Sure I will have a lot of debt but I think in the long run it is going to pay off.

Tip · **^ Top** #10 10.20.2007

Too-Tall, Big Rig, Racer, Dennis....man, you guys are gonna make me go get my CDL back. I know what you're sayin'. I know exactly what you're sayin'.

I used trucking to get my degree, and then I drove about 1 year after I graduated.

When I was driving, there was nothing like loading up a 2500-mile run on a Thursday before a 4-day holiday and just rolling for days with no alarm clock, no phone calls, nothing. Just the window rolled down and Garrison Keillor/Whatever on PRI. Definitely no cubes and no idiot co-workers. I know all about the cubes and the schmucks these days.

You guys stop all the talking. You may make me have to go to the DMV next week.

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