I was a _________ before trucking....

Started my career at the ripe old age of 9.
Newspaper delivery
dishwasher
busboy
short order cook
missionary
truck mechanic
auto mechanic
local delivery (pickup)
youth minister
minister
airplane washman
sales
warehouseman
construction laborer
medical "parts" courier (ie: "stuff" removed from people in surgery) THAT was some strange stuff!
Cooler serviceman
And for the grande finale (more stuff is there - just can't think of it right now) - and the career that has one manager complaining I'm making more money than he does (crying lemonade, have a cup)
TRUCK DRIVER!!!

 

I was a state correctional officer for 8 yrs at Colorado's largest prison. I love driving and don't miss my previous job at all. Prior to that I was a small town police officer for 4 yrs and an MP in the Army for another 4 yrs.

 

Worked at Ford Motor Co. last 12 years on the line.

 

OTR Truck Driver at 17 and O/O at 25 (laws were a lot different then)

Dump Truck O/O

Drunk/Drug Addict/Criminal

Rehab

Truck and Construction Machinery Dealer

Telemarketing Company Owner

Bookie

O/O Trucker, again, at 50.

Always missed the road - but was usually obsessed with making money and ignored my hearts desires.

What a long, strange trip it's been!

 

In 10 years 6 months and 3 days I will be a truck driver. I am currently a burnt out police officer waiting for retirement so I can start my trucking career.

 

My last career I was a paramedic.Love it but it gotten to much for me.

 

What I`ve done in no particular order: paperboy,lawn mower,carwash for dealership,sanitation engineer(lol),manual and skilled labor,machine operator in metal working plants,heavy equip operator,owned paint and body shop(hated it,too),O\O at least 3 times,and a Bad Example.

 

...genius...

 

houdini,really i was flexo,and you were?

 

Milby, don't fight it!!! I was a cop for 17 years, came from a long line of cops, grandfather, father, my son. I got run over by a car and got a medical retirement, bu-bu-bu-bu-bu-bu-bu but I'm mu-mu-mu-mu- much b-b-b-b-b better -n-n-n-n-n now!!!! I just finished trucking school and accepted a spot with KLLM. Hopefully everything will go well with orientation and I will go into my driver training and solo. Been looking foward to this move for a while. I take it you are finishing out your retirement, and waiting for the day. I wish you the best of luck, but do not suggest you retire the way I did. It was quicker, but it hurt, made me grit my teeth and stuff like that. Hope to see you out there someday. NEWB