Advice please

The job I do isnt food service but its physically demanding all the same.

There is a 50 year old on our fleet that has more energy than I do. I'm 36 now.

He works out and he eats well.

Of course I didnt really like rolling with him because he was always going out of way off route to meet his dietary wants. He also drove around looking for his gym so he can work out and get a shower. He also wanted mass on Sunday. It got a bit irritating.

A couple of times I would wake up and look out from the curtain amd the truck would be parked on the shoulder of some road, in front of a Cracker Barrel. He LOVED that restaurant.

But I digress. A healthy older man can do young man's work.

 

Run a dump or belly. Or work for a farmer. etc.. Where u from?

 

I have been known to go a block or 3 out of route for a cracker barrel, or applebees, or. lol
The way you guys talk about the truckstops lack of sit down restaurants, if I had to go back down there and run otr again, I would be looking for something like that about every day, from the sounds of it. lol

 

The places we stop there is usually a decent restaurant within walking distance, or a grocery store, or both.

I dont like going off route for lunch because we have multiple stops during the day and it makes us late... Or we finally get to said restaurant and parking is sketchy.

I like getting to my first stop for the next day then I will walk to get something. But during the day when we have appointments I dont like worrying about anything else.

 

I totally understand, but my case was different. I pulled a flat or step, rarely ever had an appointment and also rarely did short runs, so was generally a day ahead of schedule anyway. I also didn't do a lot of multiple drops, unless I put together a load of parcels. I did pull a 17 drop load out of Ar once, but only because it paid good bucks. lol

 

Oh yeah. If you are a day ahead of schedule. If I can stop and check the area on satellite, and put the address into truck GPS then Id be fine. But random unplanned unresearched stops, just getting off the interstate Willy nilly to chase a Sushi bar, I hate that.

I would love to OTR in my own truck. Hard to give up the team checks though.

 

I would be some kind of mad if my truck stopped at a sushi bar, probably mad enough to fire it and get a company job. lol

 

I did a 6 wheeler for 7 yrs. before T/T, I got lucky with a Local Job, that was desperate for Drivers. Literally the first place I applied.Took a pay cut, but got the experience needed.The OT worked doubled my old pay. I’d go with the combo Job, it should work out well, very common these days, chances are you’ll be working 50+ hrs a week. Making more than an OTR Newbie/ Trainee. Plus home nightly.T/T experience means you’ll never have to look hard for a Job again. You’ll pick your Job, from multiple choices. 6 wheeler jobs, don’t pay well, and are scarce.Too many Drivers available. Switching to OTR will be easy, in the future. Lots of Jobs.