Missing the highway

Might want to check out moving campers around, can be on the road part time and don't need a cdl.

 

welcome to the forums fellow squid!! lol.

how about you get a dually p/up and try shuttling travel trailers around from dealer to dealer.

just a thought.can't say how to get into it .

might try looking in the expediter section.

 

dang the guy above me beat me to it !!!

must be a good idea.lol

 

Consider a regional delivery service driving non-cdl trucks. We have one here that employs almost 100 "retired" guys (all 65 or older) working 10-20 or more hours a week for $12 bucks an hour. They love it, and so does the owner, whose more worried about drivers getting too old instead of who should be drug tested.

Even though returning to the road seems romantic, I've gotta believe the honeymoon would be short and sweet, while the reality would get old real quick.

Congratulations on your retirement. May your new job be "working" hard finding how many ways to enjoy it (if you must have a "job" to enjoy yourself). Seemed to work for my grandfather. My .02¢.

 

I will be 73 in January and I am still trucking

 

Nobody cares about all of your experience. It doesn't matter. Except to a trucking school. There is where it matters and you can make a difference. Unfortunately with these companies, if you've been out for 3 years, it's like you're brand new. But these new guys would benefit greatly from your time and safe millions. Do it! Lol.

 

I have two drivers of 74.
One retired then came back as a run around in a 4 wheeler.
Take kids to school and fetch them , fetch spares , deliver invoices what ever need doing.
The other is a cantankerous old goat who will outwork many a third of his age.
Drives a 10 wheeler with a crane mounted at the rear moving mostly electrical panels.
I don't think he will ever retire willingly.
He has been on his annual leave for two days now and somehow found a reason to come to work on both of them then inform me he has to come in tomorrow as well.
His wife passed away earlier this year and I don't think he wants to be at home.

Point being , you are not to old if you really want to and you health permits.
More important however is time with your loved ones as you don't know when that opportunity will be gone.

 

You might consider buying an older model semi. Taking it around to some truck shows.
There you can hang out amongst other drivers and retired drivers. Also, help educate people that aren't truckers, but enjoy seeing the big rigs.
Several times a year you and your wife could go to different truck shows. It would give you something to look forward to doing without all the hassle of being on the road meeting deadlines.

 

I read this comment and I don't understand. there literally thousands of small trucking firms run by individuals that understand what extensive experience is and what to do with it. Not all companies are run by impersonal HR departments.

 

Can you try driving a shuttle bus over at the Villages. I bet there are plenty of retired dispatchers and drivers living there, just think of all the "bench rac'in" you could do about the good old days and make some change on the side.