What do you enjoy the most about being a truck driver?

@ EZX1100 I believe that most carrier, dont care about their driver. Why would they be this way is beyond me!!!! I guess went you have a dispatch that has never driven a rig(18 wheeler) they have the tendency of telling you what time they want you to your drop,thus when you bad conditions, traffic,ect How in the world will you get there on time lolololol in anycase its better to have a job than not too

 

Depending on the Load sometimes I might have a bit of extra time.
If I set my Alarm for 4am (or whatever) and don't feel like getting up, I just go back to sleep.
Or along the same lines If I don't want to drive 10h today, I just shutdown early.
And as long as the load gets there on time and legally nobody gives a.....
Try that with a Regular Job.

 

Not having to deal or interact with others all day!

 

Mainly the job security and being able to be in demand. I don't take any crap from my bosses like most people do. There really is no more freedom. Someone in an office makes a mistake they don't get a 1200.00 dollar ticket for example. Used to be a great wonderful occupation when we respected one another and our industry, but it has gone through a complete metamorphosis since I have been involved and is now more like some sick abortion of a lifestyle. I am only thankful i got to experience it at a better time but a time that is definitely gone forever. From the closing of mom and pop truck stops to the complete trash huge companies recruit and "train" , it is very absurd. Then they cry about driver shortage after 90% pf new drivers get awful training and tricked/scammed into losing their ### in a lease purchase. They leave broken and poorer than they came in and will never return but yet the same scum bag companies cry about a shortage. Ya a shortage of Scam victims maybe. It is what it is and I do what I do I am too old to change now to a more decent profession that does not prey on the poor and the bright eyed.

 

loaded and heading home!

 

Being retired...at a young enough age (63) to really enjoy it!

 

I enjoy leaving home the most..Come to think of it- I also like returning home. Heh. And that's the way I roll..

 

funny thing, before i started i was afraid of all the solitude

now my wife says i am enjoying being a loner

i dont know if i have just made the best of what it is or if this was always within me

but loving it, nevertheless

 

Going home is the main thing. Not having someone looking over your shoulder is a good thing, but with some company's put dash cams on the truck takes a little away from that. My company talked about putting cams in the cab to make sure we were driving properly, using signals and the like. They changed their mind after they found out they would have no drivers LOL. Plus they may get offended by some of the things I do in the cab sometimes