Stay out for months or stick to minimum required?

Careful don’t burn yourself out it will happen before ya know it.

 

3 months out your kids wont even know you. The wifes gonna need you more often then that. Find a dumptruck job and come home every night

 

You will absolutely burn yourself out. Or worse.

Gethomeitis is expensive for every day at home you are losing close to 500 dollars.

It's worth it.

I am one of those who had no trouble running say from early march through to Halloween end of October. Take leave and usually some unemployment, particularity in blacktop paving.

I am also accustomed to telling truckers that if you got a baby at home., get back there. Wife gets really resentful horribly fast while schlepping blown diapers all the time while you carouse and frolic in the bar 2000 miles away. (To paraphrase.)

 

Not sure with Melton but I’ve noticed with most companies I’m with the home rules are a suggestion. Honestly you have family with kids growing up. I would do 3 weeks out 4 days home. Dispatcher don’t like it he can eat dirt just run hard don’t complain give the dispatcher something good to deal with the constant hometimes.

 

Do not ever live in a company truck.
Find a home weekly driving gig!!!

 

I quit my first job in a week. Got another right after. I can quit today and have 3 other jobs before i make it home.

Show up sober, run freight where it needs to go and dont mess up your csa. Youll never run out of options. The world is making more trucks and widgits every year, but less and less drivers. Nothing to worry about.

 

I’m not one to harp on someone’s personal life, because it’s none of my business. And let me start by saying good for you for being a stand up dad and boyfriend taking care of your family. But you can make good money being home nightly or at least weekends. 3 little ones is a lot to take on for your girlfriend by herself man. There’s a lot of comments here about how they going to miss you, and bla bla, but let’s be realistic, you’re going to miss them just as much. You want to stay out 2 months + at a time, think back a bit. That was April. That’s a long time dude. Like I said you gotta do what you gotta do to provide for your family, and kudos to you for realizing that and stepping up, but your chick and kids aren’t going to remember that awesome paycheck you sent mom, they’ll remember the time spent with you. It’s such a cliché but it’s so true, you can’t get that time back. I’m sure you remember when your 6 year old was 5 months. Time flies and in the long run you don’t wanna be the one saying “I wish I would’ve been around more. Maybe too check out companies with rider policies. I know you got some young’ns but your eldest might qualify, some companies during the summer lax their age requirements since schools out. But to answer your question, if you have to and you already have your mind made up this is what you’re doing, keep your nose and record clean for 6 months and yea I think you’d be able to find a local or regional job. Best of luck in whatever you decide.

 

My wife/kids and i were apart a few months due to a situation i had to manage. All the money i sent got burned up to medicate the stress and loneliness. We have been extremely broke for years but the kids are happy despite the finances. It isnt about the money and like he said youll wish you could rewind the clock once its too late.