Have you ever moved to a different city to get a better trucking job?

Line haul outfits such as Old Dominion Freight Lines, Estes Express, R&L Carriers.

 

I’m in that boat now with several opportunities in Denver.

 

Here's the rub … unless it's gig with an LTL or a local company, a lot of dedicated gigs are contracts. Contracts expire.

So you move to get on a great local dedicated gig … 1, 2 or 3 years down the line contract expires and isn't renewed with the company you're with … you're out of job or maybe get an offer from the new company, but lose all your vesting, maybe cut in pay and the way they run their operation makes that sweet gig not so sweet anymore.

 

nope...i aint about to leave my home for a job anyplace..but then, i live in a very high traffic area as it is now.

but there may be "some people" that in order to get a job...PERIOD, they have to move away.

 

Fact!

 

it is part of the job !

 

Yeah, but I don't have anything tying me down someplace.

 

there is ALWAYS something, someone, tying you down, or a part of your life. be it your favorite barbershop and the guys that you talk to there, your favorite diner, your friends, etc,etc.

no one is a complete ghost or orphan.

 

I've done it twice.
First time it was a 250 mile move to a neighboring state.
Second time 10 years later was 440 miles to the south end of the state.
Gotta do what ya gotta do sometimes.