guys im so confused need some advice..

Just a suggestion. I don't know what else your good at but, at your age, I'd be trying to get into a town highway department around syracuse. Most towns have their own. Plow some snow in the winter, haul some asphalt in the summer, and alot of sitting on your butt playing euchre. Retire at 55 and move to florida. Everybody pushes LTL but, it's a volatile business and isn't real secure, has alot of ups and downs till you get seniority which will take a long time in a state that isn't growing but declining. The other thing is grocery but, Wegmans is in Rochester, and Tops is in buffalo so your sol there

 

Plow "some" snow....in Syracuse they measure it by the foot and plowing snow is a never ending position. And the further north towards Canada on I-81 the worse the snowfall gets.

 

LTL is Lighter Than Truckload. Until you get some real experience behind you I don't see you getting any kind of a driving job that pays great, is local or that doesn't include any overnites. Have a heart to heart with your wife and list the pros and cons of going OTR, such as time home, wages, expenses you will incur daily don't lowball it either. Most big companies will have accounts where you can shower for free so that saves you $10 a day, buying truck supplies, paper towels, cleaner, rags and whatever else you need plus meals sodas and snacks. If you go OTR your expenses will run from $150-$200 per week. I don't drive any more but as an O/O my personal expenses ran around $300 a week cause I used IdleAir almost daily. My advice to you is to get an OTR job and get at least a year with them and then start searching for the job that makes your home live easier. Or you can explore buying a truck and leasing it on to a company close to home, it will give you a little more freedom to choose what loads you want to haul.
I wish you well my friend and good luck.

 

Less Than Truckload.

I've hauled trailers jammed completely full of product that grossed the whole rig at 41K.

LTLs typically have a dozen or more stops on them.

 

Busy time of the year for LTL, plenty of new drivers on the road. After the holidays when vacations are done for the year, plenty of new drivers will be sitting home laid off. trust me, happens every year.

 

Then they can go back to Werner/Swift any other mega bottom feeding fleet.

 

I thought this was another transgender thread.

 

It IS just "some" snow when your from there I grew up a mile from the lake in Rochester. It's amazing what you get used to

 

It was snowing in Rochester NY on Veterans day. My son was delivering at a Sears up there,he said it was sticking to the grass ,not bad enough to call out the plows ,they get that lake effect snow from lake Erie,not as bad as Buffalo NY though(right next to the lake)