Possible Career Change at age 56

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  1. Swift007

    Swift007 Light Load Member

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  3. MericanMade

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    Keep in mind you have to give up everything in normal life you love doing.

    If you have no life, go for it.

    If you’re like me and like blacksmithing, woodworking, gardening, keeping backyard chickens, home improvement projects, landscaping, gourmet cooking, moonshining, and seeing the wife everyday, then it’s a huge sacrifice for a $14/hr, 70 hr/week job.
     
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  4. HiramKingWilliams

    HiramKingWilliams Heavy Load Member

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    There’s definitely no need to go OTR and work 70 hrs per week. I’m not bashing that, there’s a certain appeal to it. However, you can go right outta CDL school and get a local daytime gig and make $50k-$70k your first year with weekends off (for the most part anyhow).
     
  5. MericanMade

    MericanMade Heavy Load Member

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    Every local job I looked into required a year of experience. Even dump truck and cement truck jobs require a year of experience. But that’s been my mileage.
     
  6. Iowa80

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    55 here and I just got hired and I'm a brand new driver.
     
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  7. Iowa80

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    I'll disagree with the experience needed. A regional carrier just hired me, home four nights a week and one required Saturday. Pay was better than a local hotshot with Werner or Schneider would get... and other than CDL school Ive got ZERO experience.
     
  8. FozzyNOK

    FozzyNOK Road Train Member

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    I wouldn't suggest anyone get into this industry anymore...
     
  9. ProspectiveDriver56

    ProspectiveDriver56 Bobtail Member

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    Why is that?
     
  10. FozzyNOK

    FozzyNOK Road Train Member

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    Well the only thing positive for new people is that they have no idea how much worse the industry is now than it was 30 plus years ago.
     
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