I have nearly five years total experience of driving a truck otr/regional. I am a thrid generation driver. Almost all of the men in my family either are, or have been in trucking. I left the road a little over a year ago to "give up trucking". I got tired of the lifestyle and wanted to be home with the family. Saying that, I used my associates degree to get a boring job working in a cubicle for 9 bucks an hour. The money part isn't real important for the fact that my wife makes pretty good money and we live a modest lifestyle. After 2 months, the Road came calling. I went back on the road for about 9 months, then I left again, this time for good. I have a nice little job driving a rollback. Im on call 4 days a week, 20 hours a day. It has been 3 months now, and it's starting to get old. The road is calling again. Today in the mail, I got a recruiting flyer from a company that I left over a year ago. My wife just grinned, said she "could see the twinkle in my eye" lol Everyone that knows me would agree that "I have diesel in my veins", my question/comment is this: Anyone else with a similar story? Have you tried to give up the road just to be pulled back? I almost feel like a character on that TV show "LOST" that was one a while back. When they Island called them back.lol It's not going to cause any problems at home or anything like that. My wife understands, and she was the first to say that "I couldn't make it without having a logbook and somewhere to be by a certain time." Cheers to ya, be safe.
Obviously I think I just posted that under the wrong category. Should have been the next one down, for experienced drivers. sorry
Can't speak from your actual experience, seeing I don't have any driving experience yet, but I've had the road calling me ever since I got out of college and found out just how over-rated cubicle jobs are. I'm all lined up for school on May 2 in Johnston County, and can't wait to dive in and start learning everything I need to know. By the way, I noticed you're from Rockingham. Any pointers on some good companies that are hiring rookies in this area?
You should definitely try Schneiders walmart account...DC right there in HopeMills. Although Schneider doesnt have a terminal there, when I drove for them, I was at the DC atleast once a week, and Campbells soup there in Maxton too.
I miss it when I'm not doing it.............than hate it again when I am, the best gig I had was regional, some nights could of been home during week, and always home on w/ends leveled me out!
Drove for a little over four years for an O\O and gave it up for close to 10 years. Went into manufacturing management did pretty well at that but never lost the desire to go back otr. Finally jumped back out almost four years ago now. Of course some days I miss the sitting in my office and going home at 4 or 5. But not enough to give up the road and do it again lol. Good luck to ya driver
Yeh, do a layover at the little truckstop across the street from Campbells Soup, heh,,heh..heh..heh!!
As.Mike Ried so poignantly wrote.in Prisoner of the Highway: "I could give.my hand to another line of work, but my heart would always be behind this wheel"
