Hello

I just joined the forum. I have a little over 3 years driving experience but I have been away from driving due to an injury for the last 13 months. I am talking to a Shaffer recruiter to see about going out with a driver trainer and how long and all that. I will be out of the northeast, but I only want to drive national. Most of my driving experience has been in the northeast so far and I was getting burnt out before my time off and I don't want to do that again. So anyway that's my story in a nutshell. Hope to participate in some good trucking conversation here in the future.

 

Hi STexan..that would be an awesome run. I don't mind being in the NE some of the time but I would like to get out further west every once in awhile too.

I see you're from Dallas? I was born and raised in S. Texas. I would love to drive and live out in West Texas somewhere between El Paso and San Angelo but looks like there is a housing shortage out there and I don't know if they would hire a "yankee".

 

Oh and by the way I'm thinking I will stay out around 30 days or so. I don't really have any obligations anymore so I'm free and clear to stay out as long as I want.

 

Thanks for the info! If I can't get on with Shaffer I think I'm going to drive down to the San Angelo or Odessa/Midland area and rent a room and see about getting a job hauling oil or water or something like that. They seem to pay a really good wage. I bet there's alot of guys applying too though. I talked to one outfit down there south of San Angelo and he said they already had 70+ applicants for the 15 openings that they had. I changed my mind about going down there after that because there's also a housing shortage. I still might do it though.