Should I relocate for better driving opportunities?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by aramil248, Jan 27, 2019.

  1. Sirscrapntruckalot

    Sirscrapntruckalot Road Train Member

    You didn't ask me, but I'm going to invite my self to the interview...

    Murdoch. Funny, an handy with explosives. Can't beat that.

    @ the OP...Don't go to Atlanta, or surrounding metro area. Even if they think there is a chance of snow, they will freak out. Days before Super Bowl, Atlanta braces for winter storm impact

    Ha, funny. The link is for Tuscon now new. It was the second result. To funny.

    Oh an this is Atlanta in snow..
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    Arizona an the southwest look better an better don't they?

    Sirscrapntruckalot - Surround yourself with people dumber then you are if you wish to seen as smart..- Life advice from someone not me
     
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  3. aramil248

    aramil248 Road Train Member

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    I'm actually thinking if I move to Arizona of doing some sort of regional work to keep me in that area and away from the cold
     
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  4. Chinatown

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    @Dave_in_AZ probably can give you some leads.
     
  5. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Well even regional, you're going to go somewhere where it's cold in the winter, then come back.

    I'm troddling around the southwest at the moment, but that also involves some hard hand unloading stuff. Most guys would never do it.

    Everyone and their brother flocks to Phoenix in the winter.
     
  6. Chinatown

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    Do you have endorsements?
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  7. aramil248

    aramil248 Road Train Member

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    only tanker. I have done the background part for hazmat but have yet setup the test
     
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  8. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Yes you should relocate if there are not enough job opportunities where you live. It's the American way. I suggest you look at the paper road atlas for cities at or near where 2 or more interstate highways intersect. Those places usually have MANY trucking companies. You should also look at the handful of states with no income tax. FL, TX, TN, WY and a couple of others don't tax your income.

    There are MANY factors to weigh before deciding to move. Make a list of pros and cons and then decide.
     
  9. mover man

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    How long have you been driving? There are plenty of driving jobs in Maine. If your otr and stay out for 2 or more weeks before going home. Then there are even more jobs available. Dont fall for that only paper and water cones out if Maine #### either. I bounce between mass and my, I get loaded and unloaded in Maine with no problem. But even if you have to dead head to mass. Whoo cares you get paid for driving, not for what' in the box.
     
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  10. aramil248

    aramil248 Road Train Member

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    I have a year but because of a few months last year of no work the companies up here choose to be picky. Like pottles keeps posting about wanting drivers but won't take me because of that unemployment
     
  11. mover man

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    Potties SUCKS they are actually doing you a favor.
    Have you tried bissen or hartt? Central Maine moving and storage owns a freight company. Can't remember what they call it. Its all freight out and back
     
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