Wondering if I should pursue trucking

Many of them forget that they were once beginners. Lisa9 go for it. Talk to companies directly and not recruiter services. If you can get your CDL from a school because that gives you more options. Also, check out Women In Trucking.

 

Slow Mack, the times have passed you and me by. LOL

 

Yes, people will try to steal your cargo from time to time. It has not happened to me, but it has happened to others on my fleet. The drivers on my fleet often park inside crowded city areas a lot.

Most locks can be easily clipped with a bull cutter. Or if not that, the lock is usually easily picked. Just check youtube if you don't believe it for tutorials about how to pick most cheap locks you buy at truck stops.

Even then, those sealers attached to trailers that we lock closed can be clipped with bull cutters even if we using an expensive lock.

If you are parking in a city area and concerned about the safety of your cargo, the best defense is to park against a building or fence. And usually parking against a building is a violation of some fire code. So park against a fence or some concrete wall, or a post of some kind that makes it impossible to open your doors, because the locks you buy will only save your cargo cargo from the random passerby, not anyone that knows a few things about circumventing security locks.

Most people can break into a locked trailer fairly quickly if they know just a few things.

 

It happens from time to time, it has and always will. If you see it happening to your trailer, just remain your truck and call local law enforcement for assistance. Insurance can cover any losses, but they cannot replace you. So stay in your truck.

Its not that bad though. Just use common sense and care for yourself.

You are probably better off trying to park at truck stops in rural areas. There are a lot of them. If you do need to park in a city area, try to park in a well lite area in the front of buildings, if possible. Close your outer curtains.

 

All this stuff about parking in cities and against a fence or something.
You are in a big rig and you can not just choose to park somewhere anywhere.

Plan your trips correctly and you will always have a safe place to park.
Refuse loads that would put you in an unsafe condition.