7 years since i last drove OTR any advice?

You been driving local for last 7 yrs.?
Found an OTR company yet?
Company driver or 0/0.

 

Best advice i can give is stay local

 

Where are you in Florida?
Lots of companies to choose from there.
Anyway, enjoy the OTR life; I never got tired of it.

 

Parking is the major issue today.
Most truckstops on the routes I go are full by 6pm.

Certain states will issue a ticket if you park on ramps shoulders etc..

 

The driving will be at you in a hour or two.

The ELD, Electronics, GPS and all the stuff from Dispatch will be your most challenging learning. Along with the permanent changes in the truckstop situation since your time.

I would not worry about the doing. That's easy part. The make work, paperwork and so forth is whats the learning.

I know it is easier to get into a big rig after a time away than it is to learn it from scratch when you went to school do do it.

 

Grab a pair of Flip-Flops and you’ll be fine.

 

Dont forget your Rand McNally “ATLAS”. Don’t trust those gps thingys. You’ll end up taking out low clearance bridges and dead end streets. I’m local and I still use my Thomas maps. I use my gps as a guideline but don’t trust it .