Should I go for it.

Best talk it over with the family would be the best option, consider whats the worst that could happen if I take this job, as opposed to if I don't? I also get the feeling you've got some doubts when it comes to driving skills operating a Semi, that is also something you will have to overcome if you intend to get back into driving the longer articulated vehicles. Bottom line is your the master of your own destiny, and if you don't set goals you'll end up working for someone that does.

 

We always say the Green grass on the other side of the fence, might be artificial.

 

If you have four kids at home , stay where you are .
The time you spend with them while they are growing up can never be replaced.

They will be grown and gone in no time .

I got laid off when my kid was about ten , in 2008 , and the economy was horrible and it took me almost a year to find another decent job,
So my main job became saving money and being mr mom . And taking him along with me doing handyman repairs at friends houses for cash,
And it was great .
My kid still talks about that year we spent together almost everyday .

 

Easy job? Keep it and find a challenging recreation.

Luck in battle.

 

You're leaving a 40 hour a week job for probably a 60 hour a week or more job with a variable dispatch time for possibly, but not guaranteed, $300 more a week.

You'd be working half again as long for maybe only a third more pay.

If you want an extra $300 for 20 hours work, you can do that, and probably better, at any fast food place now.

The challenging thing I get. Been there done that. Great for my ego. But in retrospect I would have rather taken the path that let me spend more time with my family.

 

Thanks for the input guys,
I really appreciate it a lot, honestly I wasn’t leaving for the money more for the experience driving a 53 footer I am really pretty good at backing not bragging but was driving a log truck around as a kid for my old man on our property of course but it taught me a lot and I got into some pretty tight situations and was taught how to get out of them with coaching but now help. Even in truck driving school my main thing wasn’t the backing it’s was memorizing all the components on a truck and telling the officer in perfect order how to inspect. I was mainly nervous of ice and snow which is coming in no time at all. Which I don’t have alot of experience in in that size and weight of vehicle that had me nervous. I regularly carried very heavy loads in a mixer truck but we never ran in really bad conditions. And a straight truck is no comparison even though we regularly run those but if it’s forecast to be really bad I’ll run a day early and park it.
Mainly I guess I wanted the experience so I would have it I love trucking and couldn’t imagine doing anything else and if something happens to this job I’d have experience that could get me another home daily job driving job that still made decent money, because the money I make here is odd most other companies in my area pay less and work alot more.

 

OTR is living like a stray dog.

 

Hey, the way is : "A pair and a spare..", never without.

 

Stay where you are for about another year. Every thing may be different by then, Much better, some worse who knows. Going now you will probably have to be retrained / be refreshed, whatever they call it where you go. Same thing a year from now. Everything is in a flux right now. Slow and steady is an old mans advice.

 

I tripped and fell onto the gravy train with my current job .

I could make more money somewhere else . But it would also require a lot harder work and a lot more stress .