It can be quite a transition. Ill never forget the day I locked my apartment and handed in the keys. Having no place to live as a trucker is more of a mental thing that anything though. I only take off 4 days every 3 months; the more I roll the more I make. Try to ignore the financial aspect until you get your own truck, because if you really look at it its pretty depressing.
Now that I've been on the road a little while I'm doing pretty good. Making descent money and happy with what I do. My truck is my home, and that doesn't bother me at all. with no apartment comes no bills, and I'm saving money extremely fast.
Just think of it as an adventure and you'll be just fine.
Newbie Team Driver Wannabees - Can We Do This?
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I agree with you that it's going to be more of an emotional thing, the feeling of having no place to call home other than a truck. But I guess home will be wherever we are at the time. We are definitely thinking of this as an adventure and most days it is pretty exciting to be making such a drastic change. We are looking forward to having (almost) no bills and being able to save money and watch our bank account grow, like you are doing. We will still have a few bills to pay, we still owe a little on the travel trailer and we'll be paying monthly storage rent for our stuff that we need to keep, but that's minimal expenses compared to what we have been doing for decades, it will be a nice change (we think). It's good to hear from someone else who is doing the same thing we're considering doing, it makes us feel much better. Thanks for being here with us!
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We have been googling all things trucker related ... and reading, reading, reading until our eyes cross. We've found some really interesting things, but the most fun and entertaining (to date) are this guy's videos on youtube. His name is Vince and he takes the viewer along with him on his truck, explaining things along the way, showing the countryside he's driving through and talking about what it's like to be a trucker. We sit at my computer monitor for an hour or so each night, watching Vince drive, visit truck stops, look for places to park his rig, load and unload, complete paperwork and talk about what he's doing and how far he has to drive each day. And he loves his job.
The videos are a couple years old and there are 21 of them to watch. The music is really great too!
What strikes me most about Vince is his temperament. He remains even-tempered through everything that he is faced with each day and I think that's the most important lesson we can learn as new truck drivers... to stay cool, calm and collected, no matter what we're faced with, (and we'll be faced with a LOT of different situations in this business).
If you haven't seen his videos yet, here is a link. His name is journey95, so in case the link doesn't work, you can google him.
Enjoy! We sure did!
http://www.youtube.com/user/journey95?feature=watchLenrod Thanks this. -
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