I'm Out.

KillingTime · May 27, 2017

Farewell. *tips hat*

pattyj · May 27, 2017

TampaTony said: ↑

Today is my last day as a over the road trucker. It's be a very difficult time for me. I was kinda forced into this job in the first place due to the oilfield crash and living in a very small town in Wyoming that has very little to offer in terms of good paying jobs. My OTR career lasted only a year and a half.

I'm now cleaning out my truck and will be moving my family back to florida. I hope to get a job building boats again, something I did 13 years ago before I had any kids. Now I have 3 kids, the oldest being 12. Man time really flies by. Anyway it's be a long strange trip for sure.

I'm not going to be negative about my time as a trucker even though I could go on and on about how much I didn't like it. Trucking wasn't all bad. Trucking gives you freedom like no other job that I have experienced. I got to see places I would have never had the opportunity to see otherwise. For this I am truly appreciative for.

I will say although that truckers are some of the hardest working people on the planet but also some of the most underappreciated people on the planet. Truckers work there butts off for not nearly enough pay or respect. I will never look down on a trucker because I know what they deal with every day, something that nobody can understand unless they have been there.

Good luck truckers and be safe out there. I bid you all good day and will always salute you.
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Drivers are thinking good more loads for me lol.Seriously though you take care and best of luck.

blairandgretchen · May 27, 2017

Best of luck sir.

crb · May 27, 2017

Best of luck in your future endeavors.

noluck · May 27, 2017

Who know maybe you'll start hauling boats. That wouldn't be a bad gig.

kemosabi49 · May 27, 2017

crappiejunkie said: ↑

Only advice, keep that cdl active in case boat building doesnt work out. Im sure there are a lot of local driving gigs in Florida.
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Definetly keep it active. May open a few doors for you later on. You can go to the dmv and change your medical card to "Excepted Intrastate" and won't have to renew your medical card.

blairandgretchen · May 27, 2017

kemosabi49 said: ↑

Definetly keep it active. May open a few doors for you later on. You can go to the dmv and change your medical card to "Excepted Intrastate" and won't have to renew your medical card.
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Absolutely. Gretchen has done this for the meantime. Too much effort to let it lapse.

RockinChair · May 27, 2017

@TampaTony I'm glad you'll be home with your family again. Best of luck in the boat-building business. What is your specialty?

TampaTony · May 27, 2017

RockinChair said: ↑

@TampaTony I'm glad you'll be home with your family again. Best of luck in the boat-building business. What is your specialty?
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I'm a Cabinet maker and CNC operator and I have done fiberglass tooling.

Woodys · May 29, 2017

Just wanted to throw it out there that there are plenty of local home daily trucking gigs in Tampa.

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