Really in the fog now.....

So here goes.... I guess I'm looking for advice/direction now.

11 years driving trucks, with a healthy mix of local work, road work, even filled in as a yard jockey at a couple places. Clean driving record and license. I'll put it this way, When the company has a new customer to deliver mushrooms to in NYC, Boston, Pittsburg, St. Louis or Chicago, I wind up getting the tour of duty. Over the years I pretty much had to learn the hard way, how to get a truck into whatever. I've handled Reefers, Dry van, any flatbed you can think of, dry bulk tanks, and dump trailers time to time.

Even though I haul mushrooms now, bouncing between Pennsylvania and Wisconsin mainly on a six day run.... I think over all, I'm bored to death with it, and want more out of this license, especially better pay if it can be found out there anymore. My most favorite job I've ever had, was running cable reels for "Verizon" for a small fleet third party flat-bed carrier. Most of the deliveries were in the northeast, usually in the smallest place in a city you can imagine, but there were many times we had to find a new tower they were putting up in the middle of nowhere Ny, PA, MD, or WVA, VA. These required us to sometimes manually get the reel off the deck, and onto the ground, some of the reels weighing near 2,500lbs. Not to mention the ride to finding some of these towers, most times on the side of a mountain off of a nasty little man made road. I'll mention too, In the long view, I don't want to be turning and burning ten years from now, looked into the rail-road for awhile, but unsure there too.

My ideal job would have plenty of driving, but some kind of manual labor included. The job has to pay though, and again, I know I'm asking a bit much with the whole economy in a wreck. Not looking for just another OTR company, unless it is as different as they come. I will mention though, I'm single, no ties, especially once I get my van back up and running, relocation to the job, and housing won't be a problem at all. I will also mention I've read over a lot of the oil-field work posts here, and still debating, only because I can't stand getting hired to a (fly-by-night) outfit, a little job security is needed to keep my attention. I find myself conflicted too, whether to go for broke up to Alaska and do that gig, see where I'm at?, like I said, Lost in the fog.....

Opinions, pointers, anything?
Thanks in advance.

 

Could I ask one of the moderators here, to move this post, over to the seeking employment threads? My mistake fully, I scanned around so much, so fast the other day, I wasn't aware of it, and hate double posting. Thanks.

 

Ok, well after countless hours of thinking about it, I might fold this hand, and head out west sometime in March, in hope to find a oil field job for awhile, a new bike idea is haunting me now.... need the money. So if anyone could tell me, if it would be a good idea to get my tank and haz certs back on my license, while I have to renew it anyway? And how long can you work out there before you are required to transfer your cdl to whatever state your working in? The standard 30 days I suspect?

 

I actually tried a couple of times to get into "oversize" full-time, both companies didn't give me a second look, but so goes life I guess. Besides, the weather, and danger might do me good..... it's been awhile,lol. Thanks.

 

I'll write that down. Never gave car hauling a real thought, not to mention those ten car rigs scare the crap out of me..... I can't image all that can go wrong trying to load them, and get them around state to state, you guys got the biggest job I know of.... thanks though.

 

Don't worry, I'm way ahead of you. I know how this goes, it's the nature of the beast you know..... Thanks for your concern.