Should i be a professional Driver?

Your dad obviously loves you and wants the best for you. Offer him the opportunity to train you after you get your CDL. Two guys are in trucks all the time, it's called a team. Offer to team up with your dad and run team loads and allow him to teach you the tricks of the trade he's learned over the years.

As your father, it's naturally in him to want to see you succeed. He's proud of what he does and he wants to know you have a career, and are able to provide for a family. Take this chance and go out on the road with him. It's a chance to bond and time that, 10-20 years down the road when he's gone, you'll be glad you took.

Never waste a second you get or an opportunity given to you to spend time with your family. Their time is limited here on this earth. It's something many people, myself included have learned the hard way and regret every second of passing up that chance.

Good luck in whatever you choose, but you'd be crazy not to jump on this opportunity.

 

Your a grown man now I mean that in a good way not smart ###.Do what is right for you and your family(the one under your roof).Trucking has been great to me and my family I have a wife and 2 boys.If you dont keep you happy then you wont be able to keep your family happy.Best of luck to you

 

First of all, you are going to have to be 21 to run Interstate. Most big companies won't touch you until you are 23.

If Dad has a steady, good paying gig, I wouldn't suggest he changes jobs so he can be a trainer. Most of the mega carriers don't let family train and assess new hires. Too much room for bias.

I don't think he's making an assumption. If you haven't been trucking since you met the girlfriend/now wife - that's pretty much it in a nutshell. If you loved truckin, you would have considered going out on the road to get knowledge anyway. That's food for thought. If the little lady is going to balk at you being away, it's not going to work for you. If Dad is an OTR driver, that tells me there's not a lot of local gigs around for you to cut your teeth on.

Well, I read his post and checked his profile and I don't see how you are arriving at calling him and his father "good buddies".

I don't think Dad can officially train him without changing jobs, and even then, he probably wouldn't be able to anyway.

As I see it, Dakota is pulled by the lure of the money. I don't know if any kids are in the picture, but if not, why don't you and the missus apply for student loans, get your CDL's and see about running team?

You may have to wait until 23 to do so anyway, but I know of a young couple that did that and they are having the time of their life and making pretty good money to boot.

Good luck.

 

Because his trucker status is "truckers significant other" but the only trucker he mentions knowing is his dad...So hes his dads significant other.

It was a joke.


Edit: He changed it to student.

 

Oh.....

I never saw the "significant other" part.

My bad.

 

Hey man.

I think it should be this simple -

IF your wife and family are supportive, truly supportive, and you KNOW to the best of your ability that situation will be ok, only then, do it. That is #1!! Family and self-respect are the only things you really have. It's not going to be easy, being out there while she's at home. You'll miss stuff. So will she. Think of all those things, and concretely plan for as much as you possibly can. Maybe plan to do OTR for a year, then look to be home more. Nothing is permanent!!!

I wouldn't agree to your pops training you. Putting a family member like your father in another role (teacher) creates conflict. Dual relationships are not allowed in other professions because of this conflict.

You probably know more about trucking than many people here, including myself. I'm not talking down to you. I do have perspective I can offer. I'm just trying to say be as SURE as you can where your priorities are, what your motivation really is, and don't be rash or impulsive. Patience is so important, I can't possibly overstate it...

Good luck!

 

Not everyone has the situation where they have a good relationship with their parents. One or both. It is sad, but true. Sometimes a father/son team will work great. But for others it would be a terrible idea.

Only the OP knows what his relationship is with his dad.

 

go with your pops for a week, if you can. Just to see if you and your wife can be apart for the time. Or just try a month straight. I figure, if you can stay out for a month, then 1 week wouldnt be so bad. 2 weeks wouldnt be as hard when your dispatcher leaves out no where near home. Also, just because you can stay out for a week or 2 or even 3 at first, doesnt mean it will always be that easy.