Not sure what ro do...

Drive Train in Dyersburg TN

 

Well it starts when I was 17 I was working for a large local tomato farmer here in my hometown small town called Ripley. The boss had a dedicated run where he went to Indiana and sold his tomatoes. Well my last day working there I just turned 18 and his driver was sick so well he asked me to help him make the trip. Keep in mind this farmer was like another father to me and he was out of options or maybe he trusted me idk. Worked for him since I was 12 every summer I got of school and sometimes he would even check some of us out of school to go help plant his tomatoes. Keep in mind this Indiana trip was 12 hrs one way from his house. He would drive there while I slept and the plan was for me to drive back as he slept. Well the trip when flawless and was a success. I wasn't hauling a 50 foot trailor r whatever but was biggest truck I ever drove before. I loved it and he paid me very well for that 1 trip. Also drove a few water tank trucks for a local cotton farmer growing up and loved it. After turning 18 I started working on the river and that takes a lot of traveling chasing them dredge boats. Have put prolly a million miles just chasing them drege boats on MS river even been to gulf of Mexico 50 times r so. What im trying to say is I enjoyed traveling was the highlight of my career. been pondering on this trucker thing since I was 18 r so but parents talked me out of it said its to easy to kill someone r myself driving a big truck. I consider myself a pretty good driver. Was driving on the interstates of Memphis Tn at age 18 chasing those riverboats. been to a lot of places and my favorite run was going to Freeport Tx. That was one of my favs cause it took me forever to get there from my home town lol. And as far as the money goes yes it makes life easier bringing in 4 digits week but I also have a passion for traveling and they say if you love doing what u doing for a living then you will never have to work again. So we shall see. And I know im not gonna be making 4 digits a week in my first year trucking but that's just a goal I want to set for myself.May even lease a truck after a while idk but for now I just want to survive my first year and not kill someone r myself and not wreck my truck.

 

I missed a lot of things but if I could do it all over again I prolly would have went to collage idk maybe I wouldn't have changed a thing...

 

Yes that's 1 of my other options since I have 3 more weeks to play this out. Still gotta call the local school I have applied for in morning since so they wont think im skipping class r whatever. Also gotta call Schneider and tell them the change of plans. And hopefully they both understand my condition im in. if they don't then I will just start school as I have already promised cause I really don'see myself finishing my career in a factory after all.