Need Help & Advice...4 Year Break and Returning To Work

Sorry for taking so long to respond. I had a very busy day yesterday that lasted til late in the evening. Thanks to all who responded.

Chinatown, yes my home in Florida is not too far from Jacksonville. Greatly appreciate the recommendations and I'll definitely take a look at each one. Yes again to Louisiana State Taxes and the amount of taxes LA takes out over the year is not good.

lual, thank you for your kind comments. Very thoughtful! Trimac is a good company and I've known several drivers who used to work for them. I will see what they're currently offering. Regarding the South LA job market. Yes, if a person wishes to haul tankers,hazmat or both, you can usually find a job. The benefit I have from growing up in that area is, I've been doing this for so long and know so many people in the industry, that I know how most of them operate and I know who to stay away from! I'll leave it at that as I don't like being negative.

tscottme, yes I've pulled refers early in my driving career. The refer noise never bothered me but, to acknowledge your comments about wait times and delays at shippers and receivers..... Been There Done That! Wouldn't mind at all pulling a refer if every place I had to go would just get me IN and OUT within a reasonable Time Frame. I don't know if that's a possibility and when I'm rested and ready to work, there's nothing worse than sitting around waiting.

kemosabi49, Good Point and normally would agree. If I exhaust all other possibilities and do not secure a good job, I would consider that path. It's not the company or the job, it's the Memory Association that will come along with the job. Basically, I've had to recover from a serious trauma I'd never wish on my worst enemy and unfortunately, within that trauma, my previous job and everything that it encompassed, is a part of that trauma. Trying to Move On and Move Past the bad if you will. I hope this explanation makes sense. I normally would never talk about this but have been encouraged to speak about it as a part of getting over a mountain of pain. Easier said than done.

 

Thanks Chinatown, I'm checking all of these out and more. Good to hear detention is being paid on the refer side. Never had to worry about that too much pulling tanks. All detention time was paid.