35 years old, thinking of becoming a trucker.

Get your licence, you may have to put up with crap for the first year, but get some experience, and look for a good carrier.

 

I'm guessing LHT means long haul trucking. That means very little time at home. I'm sorry to hear your parents both have cancer. If taking care of a small dog would be an issue I assume their condition is serious. Are you sure you want to jump into this while your parents are dealing with cancer? Trucking will always be there but you can never get back the missed time.

As for taking a pet on the road many do it. It might limit your options as some companies don't allow them but many do.

 

Where are you located in Canada? I would advise if you get into this seek out local work only because there are going to be some hard times ahead and you don't want to be 2000 miles away and receive a phone call while you're in a truck and it's the last time you talk to your parent. If you have the financial means, spend the time with them. You will never regret spending that time instead of driving a dam truck. Nobody gets to the end and says gee whiz I wish I had spent more time at work.

 

Think again

 

i second that notion

 

I'd find a better job.

 

Plenty of companies allow pets in their trucks, so as long as your dog can adjust to the change that shouldn't be a barrier.

Depending on the type of job you start with, home time will vary. My company has an excellent "in case of emergency" policy (that I have thankfully never had to use) but if I got one of those calls out on the road, it's still taking me 2 days to get from Houston to Halifax (which I run basically every week). Not all airlines are equally accepting of pets (2 cats in truck) and I obviously couldn't leave them in the truck if I had to get home in say, 6 hours.

I don't know why so many guys talk such a bad game about trucking, if you think there's better work out there, then go find it. Personally, I think $75,000/year is about as good as it gets in the Maritimes for an unskilled job with no professional designation, education or red seal required.

 

$75k my ###.

 

Maybe $75K if you peddle your *** . lol