I was a _________ before trucking....

Trucker - 3 years
Finish Carpenter (Interior Trim) & Painter (self-employed) - 10 years
Autho Rep for American Home Shield - 3 years
Going back to pulling gears now!!

 

Just some factory bull...got tired iof staring at four walls now no one can hold me down!!!

 

After I got out of the service in1971,I worked in the woods setting chockers and chasing landing and whatever else they could find for me to do. then in 74 I went to Alaska and started driving truck building the transalaska pipeline haul Rd. Then It was back to the states and drove log truck for a few years till I decided to try line haul. My first line job was for May trucking. Been at it ever since.

 

Grew up on a farm, Dad drove truck.
Left for Army basic the day after HS graduation in 75.
Worked in a glass factory making medicine vials until layoff and Army National Guard.
Reupped for another tour in 85 ( as a tank mechanic this time, didn't really like getting shot at and blown up )
Spent the last 18 years as a CNC machinist
Just lost that job two weeks ago due to work slowdowns
Decided I'd had it with factories and start C1 driving school in Ft. Wayne In. next week then, ( if I pass), on to USA Truck for the real training
Dad said he'd disown me if I ever drove truck, but he's been gone for ten years now and the kids are grown. I've had enough of 4 walls and having some suit and tie get the credit for my skull sweat

 

That won't change. But the guys at the top wont take too much credit. They do take a picture of you every now and then for promos.

 

High School
Army Field Artillery Scout
Trucker

[break to go overseas]

SCUBA Instructor
Red Cross First Aid/CPR Instructor
English Teacher

[back to the states]

Trucker

 

military out of high school 8yrs
driver 3 yrs
good year and air national guard now

I HATE GOOD YEAR #### contract i hired in under has me at 13 bucks an hr for 3 yrs i got six kids i miss driving but really miss active duty air force as a heavy eguipment operator/ sixty gunner but the one thing i want to do is own my own truck.

 

corn cannery
gas station attendant/tire repairman
orchard worker
US Air Force
warehouse worker and drove straight trucks delivering groceries
semi-conductor manufacturing
regional trucker since last November

 

Before I was a driver, I worked for a nation wide recovery company (the repo man) and was a locksmith. Currently I'm not driving and back in the locksmith world till about June, then back to driving.