Avoiding Burn Out

I am looking forward to hearing the replies.

 

i slowed down to a regional job. Predictable hometime and consistant miles are working for me lately. It used to be runniny hard made me tick and maybe it will again but now this works. In the past i took local work and that was nice for awhile, but then i was ready to run long miles again. This is work keeps me from burnout, but really some days i'd rather be somewhere else-same felling i had with local job where i can home every night.

 

Some avoid burn out by bringing their pet with them, or they have their spouse as their co-driver. The likelihood of you burning out on the road is increased if your entire life is at home waiting for you. If you can bring some of that life with you it helps get you through it. Other people who have nothing at home and the road is their life can endure it longer because that is their new state of being.

 

Started out long haul, was running 5200+ miles a week, home every Saturday (4 a few hrs). (nearly divorced).
Went to regional, 2500-3000 miles a week but almost same hrs as long haul.
A few years ago I found the sweet spot for me;
Log truck all summer and dedicated refer all winter.
Log haulin pays good,you start your day at 3:00 Am and most generally are home playin with mamma before the kids get off the bus.
Its real easy to find a highway job for the winter, I have a dedicated 4k miles per week all winter then after spring breakup (spring thaw road weight restrictions) I go back to Log hauling, and thats what I consider a fun job!

 

Smoke TONS of pot on your 34 hour break to relax!

There you go Puppage. I done did it.

 

Seriously.
We switched to a company that got us home once a week for 2 days.
Before that, it was 6-12 weeks out at a time. That only lasted 18 months in total, and life became more manageable when we were home weekly.

Not to say we aren't burnt out - 6000 miles a week , week after WEEK after WEEK still gets to you, and 48 hours ain't a whole lot to get stuff done . . . but no pain, no gain.

 

My signature just about sums it up.

Honestly out of the 3 months or so that I stay out, I'll do various activities while I'm not driving/working.
Visit museums, sporting events, casinos, nice restaurants, strip clubs, friends in other states, and twice a month I'll grab a hotel room while on a 34.

No way I'd be gone for months and spend 22-23 hours in the truck EVERY SINGLE DAY...
The longest I've stayed gone was around 7 months, without taking official "home time".
I usually see the people I want without taking home time when I grab a load to the Bay Area every now and then..

 

My man! You always come thru

 

just like a musician .. its the same old song and dance

Over the past # of years.. I've had a hand full of top 10 hits