I need some personal help.

Try Pepsi behind Rick 66 , Heavy Duty Trux in Bloomfield advertises short 2 or 4 day runs, Republic Services has been running ads for trash haulers, this pays well, I think they are union and should have good benefits, Mid-Continent Nail (Magnum Fasteners) in the industrial park advertises home most weekends. Con-Way Express and UPS are in town also but much harder to get in with. Fed Ex has a terminal in Corning if you move to N.Ar. Good luck.

 

You might try delta concrete or semo concrete might be hiring with all the construction going on. Might also look into dump trucks.

 

It has been said before.
You need,before you take any new job,to sit down with your wife and come up with a plan you both can live with.
As long as you don't do that ,the reason you lost 4 jobs in 1 year will still be there.
It about setting yourself,your relationship certain goals which you then work to realise while those goals are supported by all involved.

 

This made me El Oh eL!

 

I've had to deal with this same thing. I'm 32 been driving for 12 years always local till 08 and boy let me tell ya I know what he's going though.I have 3 girls and a wife been though a ton of jobs. I'll brake it down for ya so you don't feel so bad about all the jobs.08 was out of work for 8 weeks after layoff lost my car over that. Then played hell to get any otr job found Equity transportation worked there for a year quit went to Oakley worked there for a day quit went back to Equity quit again went to IRT quit there went to Pemberton Truck lines quit that went back to IRT quit again and took a temp local job quit that wentback to IRT quit that and found the best job I've ever had now.It will all work out heck to this day I still carry a piece of paper in my wallet with all my past employers date and info on them just in case.

 

I am going to add to that, the easiest company to stay at is the one you own. Its the only way I can keep a job because I am too #### strong willed and opinionated for my own good.

 

As far as I knew, my father was always a truck driver. My family informed me he had another life. He was a coal miner and served time in the Air Force. Two-thirds of the family moved to Texas. My Mom got a job at TI and my dad was "shiftless". They lived with my grandparents. He got a job delivering bread, then sandwiches. Then he moved onto furniture and a box truck with Mayflower. He went to a rodeo, proved himself and bought a tractor.

My mother went with him for the first 2-3 years. They both left us with our grandparents. We had the best upbringing. We saw the whole US. We spent summers on the truck. We learned so much! Our teachers called us liars. I excelled at geography. My childhood was pretty ###### good.

My grandparents were often split up, during the depression. It was a necessity. My first husband was a sailor and he was gone 7 months of a year.

Our family understands absence can be necessary. It also builds character. My current husband is a truck driver. He's been driving trucks for 25 years.

He's a "real man". If we have a blizzard, he makes sure everyone has fuel, heat and food. He plows fields, feeds cattle, breaks ice and changes tires.

I am married to Superman. If anyone forgets it, I'll happily remind them. What do your wife and kids think about you? That's all that matters.

Tell your Dad to kiss your ###. (Just make sure he has food and fuel, during a blizzard.)

 

This guy gets it!

Military dads stay out for months. No one questions them. Truck drivers stay out for weeks. They're doing a job and we get to see them more often.

Two week-ends a month is pretty good. Sure beats a military schedule.

 

First of all your first responsibilities are to your Wife and Son and not to your personal feelings and wants. That's what a man does, provides for his family no matter the hardships. We PROVIDE. I know that this seems heartless and perhaps a little cruel but that baby boy did not ask to come into this world and I'm sure that your lovely wife went into this marriage depending on your promises to care for her. So Man-up and while you're out there in the road just keep believing that you're doing all this for them. And no matter how your heart feels it's for them that you're doing this. In the meantime start calling other companies that offer local or shorter runs. Remember this......others (ie. Military) have to be separated much longer from their families......so a few weeks is bearable....Good luck and God bless...........