What did YOU do before driving a land barge?

Currently I'm hauling livestock. Ten to twelve hours each day, and I get to sleep in my own bed every night.

Worked for a building supply company for a few years delivering drywall and stucco to job sites. I really liked this job...pay wasn't the greatest, but it had decent benefits. Most of the time I was done after 8 hours. Unfortunately the housing market crashed, and I was out of a job.

Did four months for Gordon Trucking when I graduated from AIT driving school. It was a good starter company, but I couldn't pass up the local gig that became available.

Worked in a chemical plant primarily loading/unloading tankers. It was very tight in there, and this is where I gained skills moving trailers around. This job is also what got me interested in driving truck for a living.

Army for six years as a watercraft operator (88k). Primarily I was on LCM-8 and LARC LX-60.(you can google it if you want to know what it is) Aside from that I did a heck of a lot of duty driving for company and battalion.

 

Was a grunt in the Army right out of high school in 65. Worked in a chemical plant in Cleveland Oh and on the docks until 72 when I got the truckin' bug.

 

I might not be that old but Ive always been working.

Worked in a theather in highschool. I was a supervisor at a pizza place while I was doing Junior college. Worked in a tool store. Now i drive a beer truck for $40k a year and only have to work 4 days a week. I'ts a pretty good gig

 

As a Specialist E5 in the U.S. Army, I was filling an E6 position as Officers' Personnel Records and Pay Supervisor, Headquarters Army Air Defense Command, part of the NORAD Headquarters in Colorado Springs. Previously, I had taken truck driver training in North Carolina. With lots of letter writing, I lined up a driving job with a manufacturer in Sedalia, MO before being discharged from the Army.

 

I worked for TWA (used to be a Airline) for 38 years before they sold the company to American. I had no desire to move to Dallas.
Last job was scheduling pilots in the training dept. They would displace the line pilot if they needed to line check a bid pilot. Bid pilot got to stay home and still was paid for the trip.
Also worked in Capacity Mgt, setting up the overbooking levels for each flight. Also did Flight Attendant scheduling and planning.
Oh, in the mid 70's spent 3 years in Jeddah, Saudia Arabia working for the Saudi Airline as Mgr-Flight Crew Planning.
I got my CDL and hauled concrete then switched over to the end dump side and am now hauling concrete pipe on a flatbed. Home every night except for a occasional trip out of town.

 

lets see...spent my highschool years working cement and roofing
joined the guard, went active for a few years
was a diesel mchanic for a few years ( used to have 5 ase certs)
got talked into gettin my cdl
ive pulled reefer, vans and rocky sets and flats
finally bought my own...btw im a SSG in the reserves now

and lookin into hualin cows...lol

im a glutton for punishment i swear

 

During high school, I volunteered about 30-40 hours a week at a local Christian Rock radio station and fell in love with Radio, ended up getting a degree in Radio / TV broadcasting.

Then I got a degree in Education. Graduated in 04, taught that fall in Vegas with my wife. We resigned that next summer when my wife was hired in MN (our home state). I worked up there as a para professional and at nights at Wal Mart about 20 miles away. She wasn't brought back.

We then moved to south central WY where we were hired on to teach. Apparently I didn't do things I wasn't told to do, so I was cut, and my wifes position was cut due to lack of funding.

Now, we moved west to another town in WY and my wife was hired as a teacher. Im working for Schneider on a dedicated account and Im making a bit more than I did last year as a teacher and after a year with my raises if I stay with the comp, I will be making quite a bit more than I would have as a teacher back there.

I have a hankering to get back into the classroom, but Im tired of the politics and the gossipers in schools. I love kids and teaching but the stress is a big turn off. Not sure what I want to do. Hate having two degrees and not using them.