Getting an early jump on my next career!

Greetings, I am a "new" driver looking to get a head start on my next step in life. I am currently a truck driver in the Army and will be retiring next year. Yes, I know, totally different world. I currently possess my TX Class A with NPT, passed the HAZMAT when I took the tests last year but haven't been printed or paid for the background yet (no worries, just not digging the cost without immediate benefit).

For the past couple years, I was a part-time hotshot for a local outfit on weekends, but due to a change in my duty position in the Army, I can no longer make long-distance runs on the weekends. This leads to my question: Would it be wise for me to pay for the background to change the N to X and try to apply for a part-time gig delivering fuel? I see a posting locally seeking a part-time night-shift driver for Maxum (owned by Pilot/FlyingJ) based out of El Paso, but I am not sure if the hours would fit my availability. I will be calling them this next week to see if the schedule meshes with my current role (Platoon Sergeant for over 100 troops, hence killing my ability to drive too far away from base lately). Would this be a recommended course of action in my case? My medium-term plan is to take my RV out to Odessa and try to get a vacuum truck gig out on the oil fields next year, but if this turned into a good long-term opportunity, I would stick with it.

Anyone know anything about Maxum Petroleum (I believe the subsidiary is Canyon State Oil)? Another possibility would be Coastal, but I don't see any PT job listings.

As for my "experience" that no insurance company seems to recognize, I have not only pulled the M969 5,000 gallon bulk fuel tanker, my primary role in my career has been grossing out at 232,000 lbs in the M1070 HET system hauling the M1A1 Abrams around. Of course I have done a bit of flatbed line haul in between heavy haul assignments (M915/M872, basically a Freightliner FL120 with a DD60/Allison for the newer ones and an old Custom Coach Company with an NTC400 Cummins Big Cam II and a 7155 Cat 16 speed for the old ones pulling a 40' flat or a 44' step), but I have over 10 years rolling the big truck.

Thanks for any help y'all can offer.

 

If I happen to be late for duty due to my secondary employment role, it has been discussed in length in the past that I am required to keep a blanket leave from on file in order to place me in a leave status for the duration of the delay. As I would be moving to local runs, I doubt the leave status part would apply as long as I didn't miss an entire duty day. This would be dependent upon whatever new agreement I come up with between myself, the CO and 1SG.

Most troops woud be automatically denied, but I was grandfathered in, as I was already hotshotting on the weekends and holidays before this chain of command took over (actually since before their predecessors took over). I have never missed a duty or any duty time from secondary employment, and I plan on keeping it that way. After all, I want to go out on a good note after 20 years.