Resident Free-Home Less Roll Call

You can't claim per diem that way.

 

80% of $59 a day for every day that you are away, is a big benefit to lose.

 

i like having a place to call "home." when i bring a woman back to my pad, i'd like her to stick around long enough to get the task finished. i don't want her running away when she sees a truck.

 

I lived on the road for a couple of years in the early 90's. No home, no apartment, nothing. Took pay either via com-check or by cashing a company check at the bank it was issued from. It worked out well enough back then. Couldn't do it now. Even if you don't have a home you still have to go back to see familiar faces. Also, you can't buy anything substantive. If it won't fit in the truck for a couple of months it's not worth spending the money on. I still carry a bit of that habit with me.

 

V8-Mack if a driver wants to go that route its best to use a family member's or friends house as a home address. That way you can get the tax benefits of being on the road and place to get mail. I may be wrong,but I thought an actual address was needed to have a CDL.

 

I tried that, let my apartment lease lapse.

But now I'm trying to get a "local" job and where exactly is local again?

I've had a couple of companies turn me down because I wasn't within their hiring radius. HELLO?

Right now I've got a regional short-haul (just started, wish me luck) and I've spent the last 2 days looking at apartments to rent untill I can get enough together to buy a house.

###### I want my own place again,,, and I want,,,,STUFF! Just STUFF!

 

I'm getting divorced right now, and will be doing just this.

I have my address down as my mother's place (sadly, I'm 39) to cover taxes, cdl and my ham radio license.

But I will have no place of my own, and will take time off wherever I want, which will be very cool.

I'll be able to visit friends I haven't seen, and I'll actually be able to stop at some of these places I've seen out here on the road (get a hotel, rent a car)

I'll be able to sock away a LOT of my cash, as the only bills will be storage and my cell/internet. I'll also carry auto insurance, the basics, as I will not have a car after the divorce.

After two marriages, I don't want the hassles of a "place" right now.

So, I will definitely be a "wanderer".

Would be nice if we could get a "sticky" thread going in one of these forums so that anyone doing or thinking about this can have a clear place to go with questions or ideas about living like this.

I posted recently some questions about going this route, got some good answers, plus did a lot of research on it and found some more info. Wish it was all in one place, so the searching would have been easier!

 

you might want to check with the auto insurance company, after I got rear ended once and it totaled my beater I thought I could have insurance and no car, but they wouldn't let me. It may vary by company and state though.