lack of self confindence/want to be a trucker

WELL i drive for 7 years now.. the idea of an accident is scary.. most of them happen around taking turns too fast i think.. drive very cautious around turns.. i do .. slow

 

Anybody would be nervous to change careers if you are wanting to change make it a safe move go to trucking school on weekends and obtain your cdl then once you receive it you can search for jobs ltl jobs pay very well and are obtainable fresh out of school just have to apply to all of them and hope they are short handed in your area

 

You'll be ok; most are nervous at first. Trucking is easy really.
Freymiller is a good choice for you in your situation.
www.driveforfreymiller.com - click on "Recent Graduates."
Freymiller will reimburse your cdl school tuition back to you.

 

Did it when I was 55, I'm 64 now, retiring next year, will be over a million miles. You can do it. The real question is, you mentioned " kids are mostly grown". Kids need you since they lost mom. Don't know how you can raise kids alone from a truck in God knows where. Good luck with it. Maybe you wait a little longer till the kids are fully grown.

 

One Kansas driver posted on here that Seaboard Foods hired him right out of cdl school as a company driver. Refrigerated and feed tankers and livestock pig trailers.
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Just go for it, get in touch with Chinatown, he'll give you the names of companies that are in your area and will train you to drive.Definitely learn on a manual trans, so you don't limit yourself. If you like the solitary lifestyle and don't mind staying out there, the moving industry might be for you, they stay out for months at a time and make big $. Don't procrastinate, just do it, believe it or not you're not that old for a trucking career, companies(good companies) want older, more responsible people to drive. Man, if I was you're age and had no strings, oh well, also very sorry for your loss. Good luck and don't be scared, it's nothing but a thing.

 

Go to the nearest truck stop and spend few hours people watching. If those people can do it, you can do it too.
I don't know how else to cheer up a grown ### man

 

Visit a cdl school in your area and chat with the school administrator and instructors.
Watch the current students practicing. You'll see, it's no big deal to learn.
54 yrs. old is young in this industry.

 

It’s not hard to learn how to drive a truck, like any new skill you’ll have to put in the time and practice to get the feel for it. You’ll go through all the stages of learning from totally overwhelmed to completely comfortable in 2-3 months, and then when you get out on the road, you’ll quickly fall into the rhythm of it.