Living On The Road ..,.,.,..

I'll be starting my trucking career soon & this is exactly what I plan on doing. My goal will be 3 years. In fact, I'm not financing anything ever again. What a ripoff.

 

Saving money is great and being motivated to do it is even better. Just be sure to get some down time evry now and then, dont burn out and go off trucking because of it. Their are lots of trucking jobs that you can make excellent money and not have to be away from home 365 days a year. Get some experience and then find a job that pays good money and you will have the best of both worlds. Have a life man, you only get one!

 

What a great thread.

We planned on renting a small studio apt while road-bound for the first couple of years, but now we're rethinking this. Both our cars (10 years old) are paid off but I have a couple of student loans that we wish to pay off by the end of the second year of trucking. Once that's done we'll have no bills and we have no kids, so we plan on saving the rest for our retirement. Only problem is that we both eat mostly salads and veggie dishes and very little meat, pastas, and grains, and so we're concerned about our diets. However, it looks like we may be able to manage eating well while running up and down the roads.

If anyone has some creative ways to handle storing fruits and veggies while on the road I'm all ears. Heh. I wonder where I can put my container-sized herb garden. Can't live without my dill, basil, and lavender! :smt031

Thanks, Ellie

 

Beans and rice, rice and beans!

My wife and I got rid of our place and lived on the road. I waited a few months into it before making the decision to sell the house, to make sure she was going to like being otr. I recommend you do the same. When we came home we would either stay with relatives or just get a house on the beach for a couple weeks.

I do recommend that if you make that leap you liquidate as much of your stuff as you can because you will end up paying more for storage than your stuff is worth! (Been down that road) If you have a relative you can leave your prize possesions with I would do that instead of storage.

You will be surprised how much money you will accrue without rent, electric, car, etc...

Good luck man!

 

What a great thread......hope everyone will continue to post. " A day in the life of OTR" type thing. I think it could be a great sister thread to the "Where are you" thread. Reading the posts gives me the gnawing itch to try OTR, then I quickly think of winter and big cities. I love reading about OTR daily life tho, thanks to OP for this thread.

 

Giving up the house doesn't necessitate working 365 days a year. I still take my time off. Sometimes I go couch surfing with family and friends, other times I get a rental car and go camping, sometimes I just park in a truckstop and wander around town for a couple days coming back to the truck to sleep. You gotta have some fun, and blowing a few hundred here and there is not going to matter much in the long run. Sure, I could have had more money in the bank if I hadn't done those things, but I'd also be one grumpy burned-out lady. I'd rather be happy

 

Like 1nonly said, you need to have some "me" time out there. Enjoy your career while you are out there. You need to have health balance of work and play out there or you will burn out quickly! Besides, one of the big reasons of being out there is because of the freedom. Enjoy some of it!

 

Great Thread, I Plan on Doing The Exact Thing !
The Ex is Buying Me Out Of The House, Going To School Then Hit The Road For A Few Years.
Just Have A Few Details To Work Out. Going To Need An Address For Tax Purposes And Such.