Eulogy for a steering wheel holder

I'll bet they lobby pretty hard for that requirement, too... kinda like the vehicle inspection scams many states run.

 

i would NOT recommend turning in that license. you NEED to earn ALL the money back that you put into it. this includes food, clothing books, school, even those coffee's during break times.

you may have more options than you think

for instance, there may be a truck repair shop that needs a driver for pick up and delivery of trucks to customers.

you might find a job as a fueler at an LTL company, and double as a yardman.

you can try AS MANY temp agencies as you can in YOUR area, and THIS INCLUDES, Manpower......

you can drive Class B trucks

frankly though, you ARE RIGHT...54 IS TOO OLD to start something else...

but tell you what.......

DON'T YOU DARE come over to my neck of the woods, to MY school, and tell MY 55, 57, and 63 year old student's they are too old.......

they just MIGHT whip your ###......!!

(it might take all 3 of 'em), because......i call them the "3 geriatric musketeer's"....


hang in there........things will work out.......hell......you could get a limo driver's job..........back and forth to the airport, steady pay and tips.....

 

like others said theres a reason for it. there always is for us honest and good people. i'll give you a little of my story, 3 years ago i bought my house (i was 20 at the time, im 23 now). the very next day i lost my job. i remember laying in bed with a girl i was seeing at the time 3 weeks prior saying "something isnt right i can feel it, im going to lose my job or something". so i did, a week after i crashed my dirtbike broke my collar bone in 3 places. between that time and may of this year, i have had 4 jobs, all with shaky hours, terrible pay. i started thinking to myself maybe God doesnt want me to succeed, there has to be something. and then i got the job i have now, making more money then i did when i first bought my house 3 years ago. through all that i know there was a reason. i've come out of the last 3 years a changed man, the ability to accept things as they come, and appreciate things especially a good job. i've never appreciated a job as much as i do now, and had it not been for the situations i was going threw bouncing from job to job, sitting awake at night and not sleeping wondering what life has in store for me, i would never have the mind set i have now. i feel like i've got a concrete foundation under me.

wait it out, see what happens, you could find yourself landing a job that you like much better, or maybe you might happen to meet someone with a truck company that has local trucks and will get you on board. you never know whats around the corner or who you're going to meet so always keep positive! good luck in whatever you do

 

First Off never call yourself or any other driver a steering wheel holder. You have to respect your profession and in general we all need to start treating the other drivers better if we ever expect
the rest of the world to.

Second do not give up your license, there are local jobs, cement, gravel, ups, fedx, etc.... I have 4 kids, there Moms stayed at home with them, for the most part I have worked local or regional.

 

Its just a bad term you know, like bea::: or N or what ever. Not trying to start anything at all.

 

yes it IS total bull crap......but all i can say, and it doesn't seem to do any justice is, "it's the way it is these days".

refresher training can be as little as 1 full week, which can be 40 hours....but it may be better if it were 160 hours....however, 40 hours may cost (say) $1,000, where as 160 hours WILL COST $3,500 +.......

by doing the refresher or retraining, what anyone is doing is proving or showing the trucking companies that one is committed to being the best/safest driver out there. (imho)

it's been said time after time, being an o/o is not a good move. now of course there are as many reasons perhaps as there are those that will say "go for it".......

maybe YOU have business education or sense. many others DO NOT, and fail because of this.......

many have NO money to put down, much less in the bank for those repairs THAT WILL BE NEEDED on an older truck. one can always buy a great used truck at Ryder, Penske, Arrow, etc,etc, WITH warranties.

but then, one NEEDS a customer base which to work from, OR a brokerage house......but a brokerage house CAN and WILL not pay you ALL the money, as they take a cut too.......after all, they are finding you loads....

now comes this, you are in the state of IL......you get snow, ice.....right...??

maybe, just maybe you ought to try construction companies that will hire dump truck owners.....then come winter, you can lease out (or buy) sanding/plowing equipment.....but be forewarned here too.....you may be spending MORE money than the snow events pay you........

i am going into my 3rd year(?) of teaching (and part time)driving now. on some weekends especially long weekends, i drive for a company on a part time basis mind you, "up here" in New England, sometimes down to VA, or NJ, or to Albany, NY and back, quick drop and hooks, but this is NOT every weekend. if i don't feel like driving, the guy i "work for" can find someone else. before my full time teaching, i did the 48 state thing, then regionally, then line haul, then dedicated. the insurance regulations take many times a "front seat" to all else......by the way.

sometimes my students like me, like today its friday, i'll be going in a bit later this morning.....i usually buy that 'box of joe" at McDunkin donuts....i think that's when they like me best......and with the temps TODAY at 10 degree's......

i'm simply LOVED by all of them..........

oh yeah, i am a "motivational speaker".......as you call me.....?????

sometimes i do this............just as well....>!!!!