Looks like OTR is it.......

Good for you. Let us know how things go when you can.

 

I think it's pretty easy to figure the return on investment in OTR work, Toona. Drive more, earn more. See? Easy! Seriously, I mean it. All the usual things are there, as in any job or line of work, but after all, nobody is going to pay someone to just sit there. (I know, I know) But really, after a brief learning curve, most of which you already have done, you get your dispatch, plan your trip, send in your documents, and on to the next one. It gets to be a rythym, drive, eat, sleep, drive, eat, sleep. OTR work can even be enjoyable, occasionally. If I was younger, single, I'd live in my truck for a couple of years, put all I could into an investment account with a savings account backup, and come out way, way healthy, debt free, and smiling.

 

Life on the road takes some discipline. If your good with eating out of a cooler, and micro waving you'll be alright. I mean I like a good hot meal too, but you'll spend a lot of coin if you just eat at the truck stops, and buy your goodies there. You need to be organized, not have any serious problems with your personal life where you need to be home at a certain spot, or you'll go bananas. Keep your sheet wired tight and you'll do great. Get you a Flyn J & Road King card so you can shower. Get a TV and an aerial.

 

@Dave_in_AZ is correct on loyalty cards. Don't do OTR without a loyalty card anywhere you MIGHT fuel, if have them.

 

You can get a refrigerator, more dependable than a cooler. Lots of RV cooking and recreational gadgets available, entertainment as well. Most drivers use a phone company with a good national footprint, strong signal, good availability. I use Verizon, I think it's pretty common on the road.

 

Verizon is the best.

 

Yea they had a list of the 10 worst things you can eat, cinnabons, big macs, whoppers, etc.. Out of the 10, they sell 9 of them at all T/S's.