Should I relocate for better driving opportunities?

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  1. aramil248

    aramil248 Road Train Member

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    I have been wondering if I should relocate for better driving opportunities. Because it seems like not many companies are up in maine. It's just a thought that I get every now and then
     
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  3. Western flyer

    Western flyer Road Train Member

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  4. ibcalm19

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    Yup if you want to proceed in trucking.
     
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  5. bryan21384

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    Who do you drive for now?
     
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  6. Bakerman

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    Why do you live in Maine?
    Are you a Christmas tree farmer?
     
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  7. Midwest Trucker

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    Maine = high cost of living and low pay from what I heard from someone who lives and drives for a Maine trucking company.
     
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  8. Chinatown

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    Are you asking because you're bored or because you are contemplating moving?
     
  9. x1Heavy

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    Yes.

    The only things coming out of Maine to the Nation seems to be that bottled Water. They get everything else and pretty rarely at that.

    I am familiar with Maine from History etc. All over it. HOWEVER. In my lifetime Ive only been to Maine with a load three times and to pickup a load twice. That's the grand total of my trips up there.

    Come out of there if you expect to be in trucking. You're in a pretty remote corner of the Country.
     
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  10. Tombstone69

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    I used to go to Hannaford bros at least once a week, coming out of NJ. Every once in awhile I'd p/u that water your talking about,into Hunts Pt. Funny thing, made the same money doing a 3-5 stop NYC. Way back when I pulled a skateboard I would run up to James river paper co.,Berlin NH,then cross over to Me and get a load of northern white pine going deep South.That paid real well,but tarping was rough,all uneven lengths.Then either plywood or southern yellow going back to NYC.Made for a nice round.
     
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  11. aramil248

    aramil248 Road Train Member

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    Shaffer. Well technically you can say Crete also since it's the same company but I hauled 2 of those boxes and they seemed worse than the Shaffer ones.
    because it's where I popped into existence
     
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