If a person becomes a trucker full time hows does the job work easy question

Thank you But it's not that it's always fees, gas, electricity heat, garbage, water, property tax every year, home insurance, internet, cable, home phone, cell phones -_- It gets so depressing with bills bills. Thanks goodness I did not get a condo those have HOA. Home Owners Associations Fee's

 

Ok, trying to get the thread back on topic and helpful to the OP....

You need to make sure you thoroughly understand hours of service, but in a nutshell, you are given a 14 hour workday, of that workday, you are allowed 11 hours behind the wheel IN MOTION, are required to take a 30 minute meal break, and when the 11 or 14 hour clock expires, you must STOP for 10 hours. You are also given a 70 hour week. When that expires, you must stop for 34 hours.

Here is what I do, especially if it takes more than 11 hours' drive time (using a 50mph pace to calculate) to reach my next destination.

Set up my day so that I stop in a safe place for my meal break within the 5th hour driving. Before I continue, I look at my remaining drive hours and plan a safe place to stop for my 10 during the 10th hour of drive time. I try to use truck stops for my 10hr, but walmarts are usually okay for the meal break, just be sure you can find the truck entrance to park.

If I think it will be late when I pull in for my 10, I try to pick a t/a or pfj that has reserved / paid parking available and call ahead to reserve. A 10-15 dollar receipt is a good way to prevent violating your hours, so hedge your bets. If the break is a 34, I pay for the 10 and move the truck on the lot when more parking becomes available.

When I pull in, I fuel (sign up for the loyalty cards so you get your free showers), park, close my notes for the day and inform my dispatcher where I am and let him know when I can legally roll and how much more drive time I need to reach next destination. Then I go off duty, eat and crash out for 8-9 hours.

When I wake up, I shower, eat, do my pretrip, and roll again.

I do keep drinks and emergency food on the truck if I am stuck being (un)loaded or at a place without facilities.

As far as eating on the road, I do use the "fast food" offerings at the truck stops, but make sure I get something real every couple of days.

If you need a human break to stretch or use the bathroom, like the Nike slogan; JUST DO IT. Just choose an on route safe place for it.

 

This has to be a joke

 

Paid by the foot and piss where I please. Y'all done died and gone to trucker heaven.

 

To my dearest OP:

There's a lot about the trucking world that is confusing or downright counterintuitive. For example, if you listened to trucker lingo, you'd assume we hate animals as we are trying to actively avoid them.

As it turns out, though...

Lot lizards aren't lizards
Road gator isn't an alligator
Smokey bear isn't an ursine animal with a nicotine addiction

Also, County Mounties aren't Canadian cops on a bizarre exchange program sitting on horses by the interstate with radar guns.