Stopping in Fargo??

my suggestion is look for truckstops in your area http://www.dieselboss.com/truckstops.asp

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.