My Plan

Better Idea, get a taco-truck and serve food to truckers. All you've got to do is beat the price of the truckstops (how hard can THAT be?) and better quality!

Also, when I was taking Greyhound across country (thanks to Orientaion) we had to have multi-hour layovers in small cities across the midwest. I think you could open a sandwich shop within walking distance of a bus terminal and offer better food at better prices. $7 for a pre-packaged baloney samdwich?!?

You can involve your kids and wife, and be home at a reasonable hour.

I mean, my dumb-a can't cook, so that option's out, ergo, I drive a truck.

 

Great idea! Cash business, he already knows how to cook, and "most" truck stop food resembles something you would be served on a stainless steel tray in the "big" house. And I can't speak for everyone else, But subway loses it's luster after a while.

 

Being "detail oriented" won't hurt you atall in specialized stuff like glass hauling. On the contrary it helps with load securement and care. You could very well wind up as one of their "stars" on the high end of the pay scale. Go for it.

Oh, and as an ex-chef; should your dispatcher give you grief you should invite him to "help" you in writing your new recipe book..... "1001 ways to serve Idiots".

 

If you studied hard, you should fly right through your permit tests. I got through all of mine, general, combinations, airbrakes, double/triples, tankers, Hazmat on my first pass. I did the same thing you did, crammed hard for a couple of months. I'm sitting on my permit for now, but it's good for a year.

I sat in class at my local CC for a few days, drove around in the parking lot in a crappy old shop truck, practiced shifting and pre-trips, and said nah, I'll think about this deal a bit more.

Good luck!

 

I think you have the right frame of mind going into this! And not like most people say im gonna get my cdl and drive a truck and get rich!! LOL keep us posted
oh and like somebody already said DO NOT LEASE PURCHASE!!!!! no matter how good they make it sound.

 

Yea get some experiance over 2 years before you consider buying a truck , it will make your life much easier in finding a job as a O/O and reasonable insurance prices.
You can get a good truck for about 20-25k mine is a 04 freightliner century with 540k when i bought it i paid 23,575 out the door with 10 BRAND NEW goodyear tires. I know you will do great!!!

 

i am agreeing with everyone that said do not do it. i cant imagine giving up being with kids if i had them. you'd be better off finding a local job driving a straight truck. they're easier to land then a tractor trailer local job and pay isnt that bad. i'm making 31,200 a year salary, blue cross blue shield bennies, 500$ yearly bonus's, 6 paid holidays, 3 of which we work we're paid double on those days, 3 of which we get off and paid.