Don't become a truck driver,or get out while you still can

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by herostoryrory, Jul 12, 2009.

  1. dancnoone

    dancnoone "Village Idiot"

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    Can I possibly interest you in truck driving school, Barber College, Medical Billing, or some other rip off schooling?

    Good luck with that new minimum wage job......
     
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  3. RLIGHT276

    RLIGHT276 Light Load Member

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    Hey 112 did you try to find a local otr co.I haven't driven since oct of 08 and had no trouble in getting hired on with an o/o,his truck is leased out to CRST malone,they passed me with no trouble at all,I also had an oppurtunity with perfetti trucking in blairsville Pa I didn't have to take a refresher course at all.
     
  4. IROCUBabe

    IROCUBabe Road Train Member

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    I like the fact hubby has 10 years cause that means he gets to ah 'train' me any time the experience issue comes up.
     
  5. Allow Me.

    Allow Me. Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    :biggrin_25510:Why would anybody in their right mind live/work in Phila, Jersey, N.Y. ? Filthy dirty, disgusting, over crowded, over taxed, congested Hell hole. :biggrin_25510:
     
  6. 112racing

    112racing Road Train Member

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    i have fond nothing that appeals to me yet as far as home time or money i'm just looking to make around 800 a week or so and be home twice a week or so i just want to get some money together for now and i need to get my hazmat again as i let it go a couple of years ago because i didn't need it and it takes about 90 days to get it now then after i get that and some cash together again i'll put my truck back on the road i know a hazmat hauler that just got a 5 year job that will put my truck on when i get my hazmat
     
  7. 112racing

    112racing Road Train Member

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    because we have lived here all our lives
     
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  8. notarps4me

    notarps4me Road Train Member

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    If you keep getting shocked every time you put your finger in a light socket... you going to keep doing it and wonder if you will not get shocked the next time....?:biggrin_25523:
     
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  9. dancnoone

    dancnoone "Village Idiot"

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    You need to get out more. :biggrin_25525:

    There are people in this country who actually enjoy pain and suffering. They call it a fetish. But I'm beginning to wonder.
     
  10. Truck Vet

    Truck Vet <strong>NRA AMA Libertarian</strong>

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    One reason I got a local delivery job is I no longer
    go up to NJ, NY. I sometimes go to PA, DC and VA
    about once every 2-3 weeks and am back the same
    day. They are bad enough, and I get paid by the
    hour which helps my stress level when stuck in traffic.

    If I lived in NJ and did not want to move out I would
    get a long range run. It is amazing how much more
    pleasant it is to drive in NC, and say upstate NY.
    The lighter traffic also make the snowstorms more
    bearable:biggrin_25525: You go OTR and make it to Texas the
    miles add up quickly and stress is even less.

    The nice thing about NJ is you can say to
    your Dispatcher, " just send me far away,"
    You should have no problem finding return loads
    cause no one wants to go there.
     
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  11. 112racing

    112racing Road Train Member

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    is that why i have frizzy hair?
     
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