Should I go back to trucking? Should I be worried about recession?

Yeah dont listen to negative news about the market, it swings up and down all the time. All my positions are in the green and have been since I started trading.



I remember when Lyft announced they werent happy with mongodb product and they wanted to leave for Amazon. Stock dived like $12. I held. It's up now like 20 since their last earnings report for a total 138% gain so far. In the short-term market movements are kinda irrational mostly emotional movements.

But if it still bothers you food freight is pretty consistent. Everyone has to eat slow market or not.

 

You sure about that? It was just a joke, ha, ha, but I wouldn't be surprised they're listening to me type right now,,,

 

Even if the economy bottoms out, reefer drivers won' be affected. No matter how bad the economy gets, people still need food; the highways will be booming with refrigerated trucks hauling food to the lower 48 and Alaska.
I pulled reefers for 18 years and the ups and downs of the economy never affected me at all.

 

I hear ya about the office windows, seeing the same thing everyday kinda grinds my gears, i prefer my window to be moving at 65mph . i tell ya if u been gone for a couple years it will probably be a little different but nothing u cant adjust too,

 

Do you still have a cdl?
How many years since you drove?
You may only need a refresher course or if it's been too long, may need a full cdl course.
Some cdl school have weekend classes for people that can't quit their current job during training.
www.drivefordot.com will reimburse you for cdl school, up to $7000.00 and they have a terminal in Atlanta & Vidalia.
There you can run local/regional/OTR, so that's a good benefit with choices.

 

We got people who can’t comprehend a metaphor.

 

I also see a huge market “correction” on the horizon. If you get back into trucking you might see 50% driver cuts. Are you better than 50% of drivers? I would say so, since probably about 50% of drivers have one year or less of experience and won’t last anyway.

You’ve proven yourself in the past, so you will be ok. Sell the house ASAP, diversify your portfolio, and live on the road.

P.S. Can you please share with us your success at getting out of the industry?

 

if you did not have your CDL and a current DOT medical, you will need to go back to driving school, at whatever cost to you, in your area.

you will of course have to start at the bottom of any company, since you have no prior experience.

what ever it cost you back then, to live on the road, is maybe about 1/3 rd more now.

you will (in many instances) go to places you do not wish or like to go into.

you will most likely have to deal with a dispatcher that could give a flip your past.

you really wanna go back to this crap..??

you said you worked as a dispatcher ....for a while...

what are you doing NOW for a job..??

depending on your age, some other trade or technical training may be of a better paying, stable, HIGHER income, than a trucker.

good luck.

 

Examples?