What would you do?

Hey everyone, this is my first post here although i have been following for a while now gathering information. Basically i'm in need of some advice. A little about me first so you can better understand my situation. Im 27 i have no debt and i have money saved. Right now im going to school in southern California to get my cdl im about done and wondering where i should go from here. My plan is to go OTR and gain experience. I do love traveling via the countries interstate system and have already been most places from Alaska to Florida. The problem that i have with OTR is it doesn't pay very well. with the rules nowadays about how long you can drive before resting and this 34 reset crap your pretty much getting screwed. i know you can do alright but i want to make a little more. After i have OTR experience this is where things get a little fuzzy. There are a lot of options and i would like to know what some of you experienced truckers would do??? Being from Alaska my first thought is oil work im thinking north dakota though. Also i worked at a pretty major Alaska "truck stop" and i never talked to a single operator that was payed by the mile. Every trucker whether it be the guy moving the mail on a daily basis or the guys that just came through every now and then was making close to 30 an hour plus or minus some based on experience.(not to mention Overtime) Im sure their are some being paid by the mile but i can tell you right now if its not pushing 45-50 cpm they are disgruntled. This is where im coming from. Like i said no debt or responsibilities of any kind pretty much just want to go where the money is. What would you do?

 

Yeah i know the problems associated with north dakota. I just like the idea of a new boom, also i know people in trucking on pretty much every major oilfield in the u.s. It seems like #1 north dakota is the easiest to get a job at and #2 the money seems to be better.(except north slope but im good on that i dont want to completely hate my life) I know a lot of oil workers and i have never heard of someone actually enjoying it. Most want out of it but cant because they have tied themselves down with debt. Im looking to make a lot of money and not spend it. Thats the way out. I just want to make money and a lot of it. Honestly like the idea of not working on an oilfield thats the main reason i wrote this was for other ideas. Thanks for the info about Prime or Schneider. It seems like there are bad things written about every trucking company out there. Those two included, but i know how it is that's probably mostly just a bunch of crybabies that dont have a very good work ethic.

 

If i stay in Alaska then i will do that. Im in socal right now well because socal is awesome except for the traffic. I now with experience i could do that pretty easily but i don't have experience yet. Ive driven the haul road up to deadhorse (it is open to the public) and i dont want to try to drive that road without a decent amount of experience. Im motivated but not stupid. Like i say ive been lots of places but i have never seen hills like that anywhere else(combined with a small 2 lane hwy and winter weather) and im not just talking about atigun pass. The thought honestly scares me. Also the mangled trucks that are abandoned at the bottom of those hills should tell you something as well. Thats why im here, im looking for the "if i could do it over again i would" kind of statements. Also i have no real experience outside of AK and while i know i can make good money up there i also know its not the only place on the map. I'll do what i have to do though even work for the brits.