Worst part of trucking career?

Waiting all day for a load then getting a load to drive all night at the time most people are getting ready to go to bed 9:00 PM. Sleeping in the daylight. No truck parking available.

 

What is the worst part?? For me being away from my wife and my dogs. I've been single for most of my 20 years of driving but being married for the past 5 years makes it harder on her. Other than that, I love what I do. Things are just gunna piss ya off. Like waiting on your load. Or a dumb ### taking his time on the fuel island. Just need to remember -- is it truly worth becoming pissed off about. Sit back relax and enjoy the show.

 

The seat. It can be painful to drive long hours. Notice all the truckers getting out of their trucks looking like their back or legs hurt? It's because they do hurt. The industry needs more comfortable seats and better suspension on the seats... like the Bose truck seat (but it's dang expensive)...

 

Applicants with things ( DWI , DRUG CHARGE , ASSAULT , SPEEDING TICKETS ) that deny employment and calling every 5 minutes wanting to know why they were not hired.

 

Lack of places to park. Driving by a closed rest area pisses me off

 

The little hometime OTR drivers get

 

Dealing with the incompetent people in the office. They hire people who have no idea of how to trip plan or even understand the geography of the USA, much less what it actually takes to move a load from point A to point B safely...

 

Tip of the iceberg, friend. I know what you're saying, and I agree wholeheartedly, if I were in your shoes. If you were in my shoes, your quote would say

Jobs, parking, showers, highways, shippers, truckstops...etc.

 

For me, the most frustrating thing was being sent all over hell's half acre looking for a non-existent empty trailer. (We didn't get paid for time or mileage going for empty trailers.) So some clown in the office would send you out to some place where there might be an empty. When you get there, either there is no trailer there, or it is in unsafe condition to move. (That is the only reason it would still be there.)
When you spend several hours out of your day searching for an empty, then several more either waiting for road service, or dragging it to a shop for repair, it cuts way down on the paycheck.