Enjoying the OTR life but miss being home.

You got into trucking because you wanted a new car.

Well.
I hope you get to drive it from time to time, now and then.

And the other stuff?
You really didn't research what it was to be a truck driver before you began your trek... did you.

 

21 yrs old.

 

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I believe companies end up with quite a few drivers quitting just for this reason of being homesick and lonely. My husband did do training with another company for awhile and I know a lot of companies won't route loads anywhere close to where the student lived. He ended up with on kid who lived near Hope, AR, jumping ship at a truckstop pretty close by, the kids' wife was pregnant and he missed her. He had one disappear in another area, not even close to his hometown.

If and when you get your own truck, check and see if you can get Sirius radio, even if you have to get one of the portable ones that plug into the cigarette lighter, that way if a car race is on, you can listen to it.

Some trainers will also continue to be your mentor and a call to them could help also.

Being on the internet on places like TTR, take time also. There are also groups on facebook you can join that are truckers.

Going home can be stressful, esp if you have a house to keep up, and clean up before you leave.

 

Good Job man! Try to get your hometime around races and have a blast for a few days. I always felt like I better rest on the road than at home because you are trying to put 15 days lost into 2 1/2 days at home! Problem is it gets in your blood and you love it and crave being out there. Always great to get home but not too bad on the open road!

 

Way to go man.

 

Correct about that, Very short staffed and need 4 Qualified drivers ASAP. 4 Retired Jan Feb March April. The new folks "hired" on are already leaving. Can't do the job or impatient of 3 months pay raise $7.90 per hour and the ABF package. SEE YAH! Thanks for more OT