How to NOT get bored of driving?

It takes me longer to get to that point, but yeah, I hear ya. I listen to a LOT of audiobooks, podcasts, sometimes some music. For me, the change of seasons helps a lot, and also, this is exactly why I run OTR... I find the variety helps me stay interested longer.

 

I often wonder how warehouse workers don't get bored with their jobs.

 

I have been installing cabinets for nearly 26 years in the last 30 years.

Every few months 3-5 months I really start getting bored with carpentry. It's not even the lifestyle that I'm sick of, just the air nailing portion. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE carpentry. After my weekends of binge drinking I thoroughly enjoy that first day returning to cutting miters. Followed by a sharp drop off in interest.

After a few weeks of not swinging a hammer, I'm good again for another 3-5 months. Anyone have a similar issue with working? Anytime I send myself on a 30 cabinet week I dread those long running the clock to near max 7 hours leveling time per day.

 

I work 4 days a week.

 

Well sometimes I work zero times a week.

Note: not good if you're self-employed.

 

Maybe u need more excitment with what u haul. Id get bored to when the only time ur outside the truck doing work is closing the doors. I dont want to just drive , i enjoy the work part of flatbedding even know sometimes it royally sucks

 

I run a lot of2 lane s, lots of scenic, old iron, tractors, trucks cars. Watch out for the farm equipment, and buggy s.

 

I'm getting out of flats just because I got tired of being filthy all the time, and I'm an old man (58), so I figured, why push my luck. Got really sick of tarps, too. I was tarping probably 80% of my loads, just a guess.

More ironic irrelevance: My very last FB load was also out of Antioch, but GP sheetrock... and I darned near got blown off the top of the load. First time for that, too. I figured the writing was on the wall for me, although I KNOW I'm going to miss flabedding. A lot, at times.

 

Yep i can definatly relate to that . Always dirty doing flatbedding . Tarping is not fun sometimes especially weird angled loads with sharp edges that take longer to pad and protect than to actually tarp. I had my first fall off the deck earlier this year , no idea how i didnt break anything or bust my head open on the headache rack . Got lucky, but was shortly followed by my 2nd fall off the deck only a couple months later . Only out of getting in a rush and not thinking things thru....