OTR

Don't know if it is or not but I am doing it anyway, but I also have an interest in starting my own transportation business in the future and this is just a stepping stone for that goal.

 

Canada has standards

 

If that is directed at me, I started at Pierceton Trucking, Harrison, Oh. that terminal has been closed for at least 12 years. To my knowledge they only have 2 terminals left open, the home office in Pierceton, In. and I think they have a few trucks left in Cattlesburg, Ky. You have to keep in mind that we are talking about 30 years ago, no CDL, no FMCSA, and only about a 10th of the regulations that we have now. All you needed back then was a chauffer's license, and a dot physical.

 

This is a false statement

 

I want to know when the good ol days of trucking where? I never saw them, my dad and uncle never saw them(they started in the early 60's) my granddad never saw them( he started after coming home from WWII) I mean come on wkould you really go back to spring ride rigs, no ac, no Jake's, wipers that barely worked, natural aspirated engines, split rim wheel assemblies, should I go on? We have it better now than ever before the biggest complainers are those who can't conform and do their jobs or just haven't quite figured out how to beat the laws yet its always been the same they make regulations we learn how to bend them. Some we can't but if you do your job right and don't worry about things you can't control you will get home and sleep alit better. Oh here's a good ol day fact, my uncle's first job - .04 cents per mile that was 1962, ill take my .50 plus incidentals and benifits and be happy.

 

How so????

 

I worked a local job for many years, and my life did not revolve around the job, not home just to sleep, I've have been back over the road sense jan. 2007, my life doesnt revolve and this job ether, Im home just about every week, You make your life yourself, one's life does not have to be "WORK A TRUCKING JOB, HAVE NO LIFE", if thats how your life been the 9 years you have been doing this? you made it that way

 

It's pretty hard to have a life when you work 55-60 hours a week.

 

It all depends on what sector of the trucking industry you want to get into (flatbed, tanker, reefer, etc). Just remember, do your research on what trucking school you'll attend and then research any trucking company that will hire you. Be prepared to work for low wages and long hours on the road and away from home your first 6 months to a year. This is your training period where you will be paired with an experienced driver for team operations where he/she will teach you the ins and outs of trucking and you'll gain valuable road experience.
It's not easy work and your hours will vary day to day, this is not a 9-5 job! You'll drive 10-11 hours a day/night and on top of that, an hour or 2 or 3 or 4 of sitting, waiting, loading and unloading. Unlike your average Joe or Jane, when it rains, sleets or snows....you drive. And one important thing to remember, never think that you've learned or know it all, I don't care how long you drive a big rig. I've been trucking for 37 years and I still learn something new every other day or week. The day you think you know it all is the day you become a danger to yourself and others.
Good luck.

 

I lost the bet and then couldn't afford to leave.