Should I start in trucking business? It seems to be not worth it....

There might be local jobs in your area that wouldnt need you to go back to school for and could keep you home. I would look into something like that instead of the OTR options. I am OTR but doesnt sound like you want to be so why be miserable? The new regs and things will need some catching up but nothing you cant handle

 

The new fed regs are nothing to worry about, and the industry hasn't changed that much since you stropped driving. You will have to answer you other questions yourself, we can't say "DO IT" or DON'T DO IT" for you. If you are looking at it purely as a financial decision there are a lot of ways to make more money with less hours. Is it worth it? Depends on how bad you want to drive and sleep in a truck.

 

Come back to trucking if you love it! If you are just coming back for anything else, you are going to be miserable and end up leaving.

That is average for probably most of alot of us out there. Working for a big carrier will not get you much better. If you want to make more, you have drive smarter, not harder. Pull tankers, pull flatbeds, run line-hauls, from flat beds work your way into oversize stuff. Pull ammunition and explosives, work oil fields, haul cars, There is a ton of different things you can do. The new regs are what they are and as Truckers, we will adapt, We always have. Yes, We'll b!tch and moan, but we'll find the best way to work through and we'll truck on.

Get behind that steering because you love that dam truck and find something interesting to pull or something interesting to do. Otherwise it's not worth it.

 

1) You should be able to take a refresher course at a school for a lot less than $3,000.00.
2) Do you have something else you can do where you can make as much or more money?

This is something you will have to figure out yourself. You are right with the regulations though, it sucks and it just gets worse. I've tried to leave but can never find something that pays as well as driving. Things that have changed in ten years are as follows.....Newer EPA crappy engines, more regulations i.e. CSA 2010. and ........it seems like every small town has a "friendly" DOT officer now just waiting to take your money and impact your driving career.

 

I can't get it through my head that "only" 40K is bad money. 40K is GREAT money for someone who only spent 3K on an education.

 

40k for 70 hours worth of work and living in a closet. The math 40000/52=769.23 gross per week / by 70 hours per week = 10.99 per hour with no OT. So your 3k education just got you 2 jobs at Burgerking. That's why 40k is bad money when you are working 70 hours a week, living in a box, under some of the strictest regulations and rules, hounded by people that care nothing for you, harassed by Law enforcement that sees you as a source of revenue(Not all, but sure seems like alot) being told by a piece of paper, when you can and can't work, regardless of how you feel.

So no 40k isn't great money at all for 70 hours worth of work per week

 

from your peviousposts i can seewhy you would say that.

 

Garciaman, if you are working a "dead end job," but are making good money, with benefits and are home every night, why in the world would you want to trade that for another "dead end job," where you will be starting at the bottom. Unless you are very lucky, you will just be trading one DEJ for another DEJ. One that requires a whole lot of you. It is stressful, and will likely be very physically demanding, if you get a local job.
Sure, there are good things about trucking. I loved it, for the most part. But fighting traffic all day, dealing with shippers and receivers who have the intelligence of a retarded chipmunk, and the personality of a weasel, coupled with a dispatcher who is always going to be pushing you, is not a lot of fun.
Bottom line, of course, is that it is up to you.