I say this, the Sea had a powerful awful pull on me... Part of my family traces back to fort street in 1795, in Baltimore. It's a number three port int he USA at one time.
But heavy equiptment is where it's at, them tonkas is play time with finesse not work at all. Id do it for free eith either a light D9 or a CAT wheeled loader. but don't tell anyone that.
Cant do it anymore
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by ZhenyaP1991, Sep 26, 2016.
Page 18 of 24
-
-
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
-
Big Don and KillingTime Thank this. -
10 months at it, I dig the job, I'm pretty decent at it... but the weeks away from home, the people and community I care about. That's rough. Dispatchers always trying to get more time out of me... there's even an incentive ON TOP OF the incentive for Maine drivers to team up and support New England thru the holiday hullabaloo... I feel alot like @BostonTanker in that I'm so close to the 'magical' year that I should just stick it out. And on the other hand, I feel like I've already wasted a bunch of my time and I have no reason to just say '#### it' and go local. Leave this 'living' in and babysitting a truck to the guys that want to avoid or don't have a home to go to.
I'm torn, clearly. But I get a little bit more pissed off everyday. Historically that isn't a good thing.207nomad and BostonTanker Thank this. -
bentstrider83 Thanks this.
-
x1Heavy Thanks this.
-
-
I was very fortunate. When I was a young job hopper, it was absolutely nothing to quit a job cold in the morning, find another in the afternoon, and be working the next day. And like a number of posters here, I've worked numerous different kinds of jobs. I've also worked several jobs at one time, to the point of almost killing myself. And many of the fairly good jobs I had, I also had another one part time. (Not money hungry, just divorced...'nuff said.)
One thing to be sure is that wherever you get your education, if you are a part of a popular education, or trade, you will have to leave that particular geographical area, or you won't make any money. (If you graduate from a Food and Beverage school, don't expect to find local work that pays you anything. There's too many of you looking....)
Be willing to put in your time, and when you are working, ACTUALLY WORK! Untether yourself from your smart phone, your Ipod, and all the other gadgets and doo-dads that folks take to work with them. In other words, have a good work ethic. Without it, you'll just coast along, waiting for somebody to hand you something.
Is it easy to be "successful?" Hell no, but nobody told you life was easy, or fair.
I'm editing this to add another thought here; Being in the right place at the right time really helps, and quite often is just a matter of luck. OTOH, it might be that doing research and staying on top of whatever you want to do, can PUT you in the right place at the right time.MACK E-6, KillingTime, Oxbow and 2 others Thank this. -
Some good thoughts there Don but any kind of school is not possible for me. There is an aviation mechanic school not far from where I live. I went in there several months ago out of curiosity. Bottom line, the school costs thirty five thousand dollars and $50k if you also want to get avionics certified. Supposedly there is a shortage of aircraft mechanics but the pay doesn't justify getting that buried in student loans. Especially considering it took me over a decade to pay off the $10k from HVAC school. Even if I wanted to go to that school I couldn't because I have to work full time or end up homeless.
-
-
Yes I completed it and got all the certifications. But it's been 13 years and I forgot literally everything having been out of the field almost that long.
Big Don Thanks this.
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
Page 18 of 24