Why did you quit OTR

I wear normal vans high tops over nomex socks. No need for those $300 redwing driving shes unless you are in a sports racer with the pedals 3cm apart.

 

i actually was also signed up with a few temp agencies, and none of them had OTR work (here). all local day time, no nights.

i was going to want to do some quick road work, years ago' like on my vacations, or long holiday weekends.

 

I’ll check them out!!! Hard to find someone willing to hire for just 7-8 weeks over the summer!

 

I just completed my 2nd full year at Walton milk hauling doing farm pickup. I've already broke 60k still over a month to go.

I did OTR for 3 months in 2017. It sucked for me. Being apart from my wife.... I was not prepared for that. She drives me crazy sometimes but I can't stand being away from my wife of 15 years.

I own a home. When I was gone I wasn't home to deal with anything. The basement flooded, we had plumbing issues, the car was not getting preventive maintenance.

Then there are my two sons. Mathew who is 8 and Noah who is two.

Mathew got sick lately.... Extreme headaches, nausea, throwing up, dizzy ECT ECT. I drove truck today but was able to take him to the hospital.

I can't imagine being "on the road" with a child in the hospital.

Unless my wife died somewhere and my kids were grown.... Local for me.

 

Before I got married, I loved the solitude being out on the road for weeks at a time. If I wanted time off,I just told dispatch to add a day or two to the load I was on. Farm and construction equipment doesn't have set-in-stone appointments.
Now, married, the wife rides with me. Sometimes I miss the solitude. I oftentimes miss taking unscheduled time off to just ride my bicycle. She has friends all over the country and thinks we can just go wherever.... it's a long road, but I'm slowly getting her over that notion.
Being an owner leased on, you'd think I have more latitude than as a company driver but it's the opposite. There's always something that needs fixed or modified or adjusted or...something.

I haven't quit OTR, don't think I ever will. I started out that way and, save for a 10yr previous marriage, I've been on the road in some form or other since I was 17. Maybe I'll slow down one day...I've got a few things I want to try. For now, though, I cant imagine sitting still for more than a day or two.

 

I have a pair of hi-top Chucks I lace up just to the third hole. Caught them on sale at PayLess for $35! Haven't invested in nomex socks or gloves yet but I probably should. I'm debating on whether I'll wear the Chucks when I start driving a truck? Perhaps I'll get a second pair?

 

Hidden truth/lies.
I last worked for an OTR trucking company 2-3 months ago, the company was giving me work assignments which were violating DOT rules/hours of service and I resigned after 2 weeks. The trucking company prior to that one did not inform me my driving job would include unloading 40,000lbs trailers by hand (I ended up spending more hours a day hand loading/unloading trailers than driving). I may come back to OTR with hope I'd get hired by a more reputable company than the megas I was driving for.