Can I quit after every six months to travel?

Sure.

Should you? No. Carriers are desperate for drivers that are loyal and stick around past the 6 month mark. The good carriers will stop considering you the more gaps in your employment history you have.

 

Maybe try Mast trucking in ohio?

 

You are already traveling.

You are not working up to anything as a drivah... 6 years 10 or more you will still be a drivah. There is no real corporate ladder. If you drive long enough you might become a trainer and when your driving years are no good, you become a dispatcher if lucky or something else. But there is generally no pathway upwards.

You can quit all you want. But you might find that quitting will work against you when you look to hire on again. At some point you would not be desireable as a driver and not be hired.

 

Yes, it is the only reason I got into trucking for this kind of flexibility. I usually work seven months and take off five. I travel to Thailand and the Philippines during the winter.


I thought I could take a leave of absents but the two trucking companies I have worked for have required me to resign and then be rehired. No big deal. I started at TransAm Trucking, did the leave and rehire 3 times with them, moved on to a 40 truck refer outfit out of Omaha, left and rehired twice. Now with a US Mail hauler, will leave for Thailand in January.

I have always kept in good communication with the companies about my end dates and return dates. When I am working, I keep my head down, run hard, don't complain. Never any talk of a refresher course. On return, take a day for the drug screening, then good to go. Has worked out fine.

Six months may be the threshold for refresher. Talk to your company about the policy, if I ran into that, I would just make my leave five months, three weeks.

 

Are you independently wealthy or do you expect to make a years wages in 6 months because "truck driver"?

 

To be sure they are a one hit wonder. If your overhead is low enough it is possible to do it....IF you land the right job.

 

What's the threshold time for this?
For instance are you still an employee if you only leave for 2 months?

 

My recommendation from what I've heard: Oilfields and live in the truck.

 

It depends on the company but both companies I worked for told me I had to be back before 90 days to remain on the books as an employee.

If you leave employment, you can keep your health insurance by continuing to make payments out of your own pocket.

In spite of what other assume, I have never had any problems leaving and coming back, gaps in my employment can be explained, employers accept the explanation. The last time I came back, I went with a US mail hauler to get more home time to take care of some projects. I put in a basic application with 4 companies, I got a call from all 4 telling me I was initially approved and encouraging me to continue with the pre-hire process.

 

i dont like the word "quit" lets just say you want to work for a company and leave with the opportunity to go back at any time, and if you cant you will move on to other things in life, when my family asks me if i quit a job i tell them no,i left and the boss said come on back anytime, the door is open.