Am I crazy

You're not crazy; local work is horrible in my opinion. I tried it and hated it.
You can take home what you're making now and much more with hazmat/tankers or some food grade tankers.

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You can go 'round and 'round on this subject. It's all what you want out of life. I was always a local driver. It's not that I loved it so much, it's just I had so many other interest's besides sitting in a tin can day after day. I had a farmette, kids to enjoy, classic cars to tinker on, I was an avid snowmobiler and motorcyclist, none of which would have been possible with an OTR job. Like I say, make sure OTR is what you want to do, as someone who wants a different life than OTR will grab your local job in a minute.

 

[QUOTE="semi" retired;4465269]You can go 'round and 'round on this subject. It's all what you want out of life. I was always a local driver. It's not that I loved it so much, it's just I had so many other interest's besides sitting in a tin can day after day. I had a farmette, kids to enjoy, classic cars to tinker on, I was an avid snowmobiler and motorcyclist, none of which would have been possible with an OTR job. Like I say, make sure OTR is what you want to do, as someone who wants a different life than OTR will grab your local job in a minute.[/QUOTE]

Yup! All good points! I have a high school buddy from Maine that still runs logs all over the state and is home daily. He has a ton of hobbies that he gets to spend time with.

 

That is why I am looking to go local. I am an avid fisherman and I love to write books. I have not worked on those since being on the road because during 10 so tired to write and hometime too busy taki.g care of things.

 

If your employer is 63 miles from your home, and you do that commute 6 days a week, that's a whopping 756 miles you're putting on your personal vehicle each week. That's a LOT of wear and tear for a car, especially when you think about tires, more frequent oil changes, gas, rust, insurance premium...

 

What he said with. http://flint.craigslist.org/trp/4896303038.html

Problem solved your welcom

 

[QUOTE="semi" retired;4465269]I was an avid snowmobiler ...[/QUOTE]
what did you have?

 

I'm OTR and right now I'm averaging $850 to $900 a week, but I live in my truck, I don't own a car. I'm divorced, which happened way before I started driving, so I go to the state my kids call home once a month for 4 days to spend with them. so needless to say the only bills I have are my cell phone bill, my Sirius Radio bill, and food. So what I'm making versus what you're making, while the dollar amount is the same, in the end it is a lot more. I don't have to spend money on gas, rent, car insurance, utilities, excetra excetra excetra. but as stated in the previous responses, it is a life style as much as a job. I have considered getting a local job but everytime I think about it I think about those bills. Paying the rent, buying a car and having to pay car insurance, all those utilities, and when I think about those things I start to feel crazy for considering getting a local job. I would love to be able to see my kids every weekend but at least this way when I do see them once a month I have enough money in my pocket to entertain them for those 4 days doing fun thingsthat I wouldn't be able to afford if I had to pay rent, car insurance, gas to get to and from work. So depending on your situation that could be a tough choice. If you're married with kids I would recommend staying local but find something closer to home because 63 miles to and from work is a lot of gas, and miles that's creating maintenance on your 4 wheeler. Not to mention that you're spending an hour driving to work and an hour driving home. that's 12 hours a week you could be spending with your family. so if it were me the answer would be, single hit the road, married with kids stay local but find something closer.

 

Hi rank, well, that was many years ago, but I ran Yamaha's. If I was to buy a sled nowadays in would be Arctic Cat all the way.

 

[QUOTE="semi" retired;4466831]Hi rank, well, that was many years ago, but I ran Yamaha's. [/QUOTE]
Hehehe. My old man had a GPX 433 that I cut my teeth on.