Hello from the new guy!

Hey everyone, just wanna introduce myself here. I currently run cars and other rolling stock between San Diego and the Bay Area / Sacramento. I'm an active duty US Marine a year away from retirement, so I'm going through all the growing pains now while I still have good income coming in every 1st and 15th of the month. Got my CDL through a program on base back in Jan 2011 (Troops2Truckers) and have been busy running cars & RV's around. Got my authority last November after I returned from Afghanistan and pay insurance every month just so I can run about 2 weekends a month up north and do local stuff otherwise. I do enjoy driving, but it can it can get lonely, even on those 2-3 days out (I know I shouldn't complain!) and when I have break downs there's no boss or dispatcher to call and tell them to bring me another tractor. So I'm still trying to decide if I really want to continue as an O/O, go with a local compnay, or do something totally different- heck I'm a helicopter mech in the Marines but have no ambition to do that. Thanks for having me onboard and I hope to learn alot!

Danny

 

Hey Truckon, nice to see a familiar face

Chinatown, yes I have all endorsements except passenger- I don't wanna deal with a bunch of screaming kids or a bus full of flea ridden meth heads LOL. I see AR trucks alot, they have a blue cab, and the AR is done up in a gold ribbon right? As far as a passport- I could get one but I'm not loloking to go OTR- about 2-3 days out is all I really want to do, but things may change- that remains to be seen. And like you, I too don't care to stay in aviation. I'm gonna stick it out and hope this O/O deal works out because I like keeping my money, but it's always nice to have a backup plan.