Question about where to live when you first start OTR:

I will do the same thing in about a month when the bank forecloses on my house. Going to live the bill-free hobo lifestyle! I plan on getting a hotel room with a pool one night a week.

 

It seems more and more drivers are living in the truck; single people, married couples, girlfriend/boyfriend. It seems to work fine and good for putting money in the bank.
Look for companies that have APU's on the trucks if you plan on living in the truck. Examples are System Transport & Melton Truck Lines.
both have Texas terminals. They both will hire students that graduate from good schools. I think they both probably approve of DTS (Driver Training and Solutions), a Washington based CDL school.

 

Best bet is to just give your niece the car to use while you are away as for a home you just should live out of the truck they are just like an apartment on wheels and you can always take a 34 any were if you want to take it in Texas just tell your dispatcher they will in most cases try to get you there to do that they have a heart to

 

Nothing wrong with that, but you do need a "home base" for tax purposes, or you lose per diem deductibility, which is very substantial. So pick the a member of the family or friend's home address as your also for mail and tax purposes, and of course, your CDL requirement also. Other than that, there is nothing says you can't just live out of the truck for as long as you want.

 

Can you use a PO box?

 

You can..... There was a post on here stating the RIGHT way to do it....If this is the way you want to go, I would post a new thread asking about the right way to set up a po box (I don't know unfortunately) all I can remember about the post was, it was very informative, something about leaving the number off of apps, using a place like mail boxes etc,and getting your own key to the place....like I said I don't remember exactly but some one will chime in.

good luck

 

There are some mail forwarding companies you can use for a "home base" address, the address reads just like an apartment complex. Not a too bad yearly fee, and when they get mail they send you an e-mail of what arrived. Letter, magazine, etc. Some have websites that you can log in and check what mail they have accumulated for you. To make the "set up" complete. When you know you're going to be at a certain location, say an OC you can have them forward it all (at a cost) to there so it's there when you arrive. Used similar such services when I lived overseas. Also I think a lot of full-time RVers use these places as their home domicile for license/tax purposes, as they don't own a brick an mortar home. Check which states allow you to use that for a home base for CDL, and remember to pick a state with no state income taxes.

 

Another idea is to just use the trucking company terminal address. I know business travelers who live out of hotel rooms do this. The question is would the company agree to it?