Counting the days until I'm a truck driver

In my first year of truckin', I met another newbie who just happened to be a retiree. He said he didn't like the idea of sitting around waiting to die. And thought that truck driving would let him see America.
He loved it! Said his wife would be joining him soon, and they were so excited.
Good luck to you!

 

Hope the next 10 years are both uneventful and quick for you.Enjoy your young`ns,they grow too quickly.

 

10 years will fly by. Hang in there you will be glad you did.

 

boy oh boy do i feel bad for you. all i got is 2 years and i thought i had it bad.

 

I have 6 months left until i retire at 52 , i hope it flies by i am ready to go now.

 

Hehe.... At first, I was gonna post that you dufus' resurrected a thred, almost ten years old. Then I realized. It's the same 'dufus' who started the thread almost ten years ago. LOL Doh!
I'm semi retired, 57, and going on to trucking.

 

How were those other 9 yrs of work?

 

I'm "semi-retired" and I am quite happy at it.

I also got very lucky in getting my first and second driving jobs. But that luck was probably made by being able to take a seasonal job at starter pay without having to scrimp to do it. And then being able to take a permanent position at starter pay as well. I wasn't worth what a driver my age with experience was worth and I #### well knew it.

Your strongest selling point as a retiree is that you are a mature adult with a work history. Your next selling point is that you are in a position to take starting pay without being in a mad scramble to get a couple cents more from the next company.

That means that if you prove to be competent you are likely to hang around for a while and make the company back the investment they spent training you.

This is your opportunity to be twenty-one years old again. You just have to be mature enough to understand ALL the implications of that statement.