Keeping a CDL after retiring

MO - wife retired 10 years ago, put her CDL on hold at the DMV. All she would need is a current physical to drive again.

And, probably hell to freeze over

 

My New York intra-state CDL would just require a medical examiner's report, a trip to the DMV and about $50 to become an interstate CDL again. It's looking less likely each year, though, even with my recent kidney transplant. Still, my job as a quality engineer pays better.....

 

Man - sorry to hear about the kidney. Doing OK?

 

You seem to have an eye disorder in one eyeball....Lol

 

Just go to the clinic at CVS pharmacy and get your medical card every two years .

less than a hundred bucks .

 

Joni Mitchell ( getting up there too) sang, "Don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you got 'til it's gone",,,When I came to Colorado, one of the "hoops" was getting a Colorado drivers license. People traveling to foreign countries have an easier time. FINALLY, the guy says, "okay, all set, do you want to transfer your CDL, $8 bucks" I said, "look pal, I'd stock soup cans at Walmart before I drove a truck again, just push the button" and with that ended 40 years of truck driving. Before all this, I inquired about a trucking job, but had several years of non-operation, they told me I had to start all over. With over 3 million miles, I told them, I backed up more miles than they drove forward, but didn't matter. I told them to cram it with walnuts.

 

That would be from, the drugs.

 

That's a great example. You just never know.

 

I've mentioned this before, but they were tearing up the street in front, and I was watching this guy, he went from the excavator, to the skid steer, then as he was climbing into the dump truck,( a really cool 379 Pete tandem), I couldn't help but say, "excuse me, what, are you a 1 man show here?" He said, he was the owner, and had /has an ad looking for help for MONTHS, nobody applied. He said, "I can put you to work right now". I said, I didn't have a CDL, he said he didn't care. When I asked him for cash, that pulled the pin right there. He couldn't do it. I suppose I could drive again, but my BP is too high, and goes against everything what I think retirement should be.

 

I will retire next year after 51 seasons driving truck in MN and CA.
I will pay for my 2 yr physicals and the upcharge for CDL renewal just in case..
I kinda want to go to my final nap as a CDL holder.