Becoming a trucker at 59 years of age?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by iamtrying, May 16, 2019.
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Okay, how about this one? Got a call today from the company I work for. I live in Oregon. So it's like this: Pick up in Nampa Idaho and deliver in Buffalo, NY. You need a full clock and have to roll immediately after loading. So old man, we want you to run your ### off all night every night for the next 4 nights. So what do I do? I'm going to run my old man ### off every night for the next 4 nights. Make bank and ##### about it later. That is how you make money in this business as a company driver. Gnight.
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So the question is, is loving to drive and wanting to start a new life enough reason to get into trucking at my age?
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I am also 59 and retired from owning an insurance agency 10 years ago. After a few years of retirement, I was bored to death The wife and I while still in love after 30 years of marriage and 3 grown kids are independent and do our own thing these days. Somewhere along the way I wanted to try trucking, so I got my license with the intention of being an owner operator within 5 years if I could handle being a driver. Some days I wonder if I made the right choice, but most days I love it. I now have my own rig and loving it most of the time. The wife and I are fine and seem a bit closer with me being gone a few days at a time.. The biggest adjustment was working for trucking companies that could care less about you. When I got my CDL, I had literally never worked for anybody else or written a resume in my entire life. I worked for 3 trucking companies before becoming an owner operator. Two of them treated employees like garbage, and the last one was just ok, but I had to get out on my own if I was going to survive this business. So far so good.Final Drive, iamtrying, dirthaller and 1 other person Thank this. -
Narrow it down what you'd like to do, and that way we can tell you how crazy you are.iamtrying Thanks this. -
Check this company > Joe Jurgielewicz & Son Ltd.
Hire new grads.
Reefers hauling ducks to west coast & Florida.iamtrying Thanks this. -
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I have a street vendor friend that sells one to me for about $2.00 for the whole roast duck.
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