Thinking of going into the trucking industry

You would think, Wasn't quit 50, Was about 45, But the grey hair was with me since my late 20s.

 

You said it best.....it takes a lot of practice. The shifting will get easy very quickly. The backing was the difficult part, particularly the alley dock and parallel. We had to double clutch in school, then when I went out with a trainer, he put an end to double clutching

 

Generally, I'm nice to the clueless but I'm with @SteerTire on this one.

Also, I had to Google Kinesiology. That was money well spent.

 

It's pretty easy to make 60k as a company driver after or even within two years.
I wouldn't want to be an O/O for that money.

 

Why do they say this, the word professional only applies to maybe 100k of drivers.

 

A round of cancer battle over 9 months turned me grey pretty much instantly still in my 30's Its incredible. But it's settled down quite a bit in the 50's now.

I wish to express on the side a little bit as a homeowner who put the trades to work on our dwelling and property many times. They usually had a younger soul in his 20's or so well on his way to become a master at some point in the future. These are the people who will be outrageously successful in life without a dallop of that fancy wasteful college crap.

I went to college not much more than around 16 years ago and found it to be a cesspool. However all of that including the debt is water under the bridge, a 46000 total loss in our life. Could have bought a older large car with that. Ha.

 

Community college is the way to go. By the time i was with my trainer i could float gears and was decent at backing.

 

Make the investment to go to nursing school you seem like you want to serve people which want leave you. Make the sacrifice I understand the need to make a living & not living paycheck to paycheck. Don't give up on your dreams. All the best to you