Husband and Wife team drivers

as a husband and wife team you can make a killing. however the relationship WILL suffer. just a quick why....he is driving your down sleeping your driving hes down sleeping. depending on what your haul...both might be unloading or both trying to catch some sleep. your together time gets cut to meals and rest stops or layovers.

 

Well first it something I Know a lot about. I love the freedom you have at work. I am an owner operator, so I don't have someone looking at my every move. Even as a company driver if you want to stop you stop just as long as you get from a to b on time and can make your next move. I don't know you or your hubby nor your habbits. but you don't have some person telling you that you can take a break to smoke or use the bathroom. You see a lot of things out on the road. Some good some bad. but you learn to love most all of it. Me personal I don't truck for the money. I mean yea I need a pay check but I truck because I love it. I think my favorite event in trucking is seeing the kids wave their arms for the good old air horn. to see their faces when I light up the train horns makes me glow....

 

Np a few tips to save money if you get into this. once you get your cdl and get to work see what the company policy is on invertors. if you can put in a 1500 watt invertor and you have the space in the truck put a dorm fridge in the truck. find a hot plate and some pots and pans. this way you can cook on the road. the avg 2 person meal at a truck stop or most place now is 20 bucks plus tip so if out 14 days your look at close to 250 bucks for one hot meal a day me and my wife just eat 3 hots a day for a week for 30 bucks. plus cold drinks at the ready and what ever else you like... this is your biggest expense on the road.

 

Look into expedite . http://www.successfulexpediters.com/madsen/ . One big plus is expedite carriers will put you in a straight truck at full pay right out of school while OTR carriers expect you to go with a trainer 4 to 6 weeks at low trainee pay .
At expedite you have the right to choose or decline loads . Expected availability is 75% . Many expeditors work 3 or 4 weeks then take a week off . Before the week off they try to get a load close to a beach , national park , ski resort , etc. they'd like to spend a week at .
Parking is much easier to find with a straight truck . Many campgrounds welcome them .

 

My wife sees too much of me while on the road.
She is getting used to life out here and likes it more now than last year.

 

i go home weekends sometimes i stay out for a while depends on me