Wannabe is SoCal, Career change at 58!

Good job! You will do OK and 58 isn't too old in trucking at all. In fact, many people these days are several years older than you and entering the trucking field. Welcome to trucking.

 

Wishing you all the best! I turn 58 this fall and I felt I might be a little to "seasoned" to make the change into trucking. Having passed CDL school with the younger crowd I feel a lot more confident that I can hold my own. Good Luck and post your progress when you get some free time.

 

I see more and more drivers in their 70's out there,even one that was 80.

 

Not so old, I started at 54 and will be 58 in October,also doing a very physical daycab job that a lot of guys years younger couldn't handle.
Good luck out there..........still ride a Harley?......I have over 1/2 million m/c miles with over 178,000 on my current H-D.

 

Hauling Woodchips Y2k? I started there 18 yrs ago. Harley here too,I'm 51 next month.

 

Yeah I haul chips some still but since the pic was taken I've switched to a live floor and this time of year mostly haul bark and barkdust.
Come Fall I'll be hauling shavings and sawdust a lot but still some chips from time to time.
I haul from the mill to the grinder and then the finished product to the retailers that have the blower trucks etc.
When the seasons change I'll be hitting a lot of nurseries with sawdust etc.
It's more work than chips but I like the variety and I'm always busy, never waiting at the chip dump and I get paid better as well.
Not a bad gig, mostly 5 days a week although this time of year I do work a few Saturdays but again that pays well too.

 

Ya ,I actually miss those days, I hauled chips on walking floors,unless I delivered someplace that had a tipper.

 

That's what I'm pulling, a 53' four axle walking floor.

 

You'll do fine Charley. Plus So-Cal is a great area to live as a trucker as there are many opportunities there.