New Engaged Team From Texas

Hello everyone,
My name is Samantha and beside me is my fiancé Terry. We just started trucking school only a few weeks ago and will be graduating soon. So far it has been both fun and challenging. Currently we live in Grand Prairie, Texas (right by Dallas/Fort Worth). He is 22 and I am 23. We decided to give OTR truck driving a try. We are both young with no children and thought this would be a great opportunity to try out. We have been looking into several companies to work for and have not made a decision yet. So far we have been thinking Us Xpress, Covenant, or Schneider. We also thought maybe an oilfield company may be a good way to make money, but have not dug deep into that yet. Someone told us truckers over seas make good money, but I have seen nothing on that. Still researching our options.

We hope to make friends with some other couples and team drivers out there, also those living in Texas.

We have been doing our research a bit. We know we want to be company drivers- not lease. We are fine with doing OTR with little home time- if that is what pays more. We are looking into companies that are team friendly and little-no touch freight.

If anyone has any advice out there that would be great. Any recommended companies? What trucking is like for couples?

 

Thank you, that is what we are hoping for. We were told by our teacher that after a year a driving we should save up as much money as we can for a truck to be o/o and call companies for our own loads. We put in apps with USX (so far our #1 choice) but it seems so hard to get ahold of the recruiter we were assigned to. I've called her 3 times over the last 2 weeks and left messages. She still has not called back. hmm. Are there many young people in trucking? Seems like most are older, and not many women either.