The Old Man's Advice

Good advice @Dave_in_AZ and @LtlAnonymous especially.

 

I have no luck. I wouldn't get those. I'd get those wtf, omg, loads.

I'm good with my van. We make good money. Plenty hard enough work for me.

 

I'm still at a crossroads despite all the advices I've gotten tbh. I could either stay with my current starter company for a year despite the pay for the experience , I could go to reefer company , or I could to to flatbed one . Flatbed best paying option for me but I'm not sure I'm wanting to do the labor of it all (despite being Late 20s) and people keep telling me freight could dry up . Reefer seems nice but it seems to come with some odd hours and starting out doesn't pay as much .

I've sat on it for days but the answer still hasn't popped into my head yet. I've got to decide by the time I take hometime next weekend somehow...

 

Dont chase the money. Do what u enjoy. Every side of trucking has BS attached to it. And there is no amount of money that can make up for that. What do u eventually want to do intrucking ? Like 5 years from now ?

 

Most will tell you stick out yhat 1st year.

 

Any sort of dedicated route where I'm home once a week?

I just don't know specialty wise. I've never done flatbed reefer or tanker and it's hard to tell just based on watching some videos.

One thing that scares me about flatbed is being responsible for securing all your loads. I'm already a paranoid person I feel like I'd be stopping constantly to check straps, chains , etc.

Tbh I've had alot of really labor intensive jobs up to this point and the local delivery jobs and some aspects of flatbedding I can't see myself doing for 20 years or more.

My personality I like to be left alone and do things in my own time. I'd hate having some person in my ear again all day that's what I really wanted to get away from was intense micromanagement and extreme physical labor