One of the major benefits of trucking is you can pretty much live anywhere you want in the lower 48 eventually..but probably not right out of the gate..
Any local drivers ever relocate for better opportunities?
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Chicago, Indianapolis, most of Ohio. All should have jobs. Should.
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Remember, you were a trucker in Milwaukee and finally broke out and became a dairy farmer in Colorado.lual, Northern Nomad, 77fib77 and 2 others Thank this. -
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Or tanker in Louisiana, Houston, Beaumont Texas. Any of those would be easy to be regional. Probably local. Air gas is mainly a daily local job. Look at Ghent Ky it's hourly can make a lot of money not all airgas are hourly.
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,( they don't get my upper Midwest humor here for some reason) and they don't have dairy cows in Colorado, all beef, mmm, anyway, I read, a typical pay in Japan for a heavy truck driver is about 3-5,000,000 yen/yr, give or take a mil, about $33,000/yr or about 2330 yen/hr. That comes out to about $15/hr. to drive some corny cabover in some of the worst traffic and air quality conditions in the world. No, I'm going to disagree with you, pal, I would never give up my red, white, and blue, for a rising sun, regardless how seemingly bad it gets. I lived the American dream, that's right, in Wisconsin of all places, a dream many Asians would love to have , with little chance in Japan. I read, the Asian population in the US has DOUBLED since 2000, from 11.9 million, to almost 25 million today, so I'd say the Exodus is t'other way 'round.
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I don’t have family to raise, so it’s somewhat easier for a lone soldier to move versus someone with children to raise. Not to mention I can be more selective on where I move (a 1 bed/1 bath studio apartment would be fine for me but would be terrible for a family with 4+ children). And I do have a nest egg built up, so I could survive for a little while without employment (my car is paid off, so I have no debt other than rent ). And I could likely get my current job back if it didn’t work out. Of course, if I relocate and can’t find employment and end up going back to where I am now, it would be a TOTAL waste. -
Just do it man. People sit at the same old factory job for 30 years. Don’t do that. You have the perfect opportunity.
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