Sorry for the negativity of my previous posts Rob,.... On a more serious note,..... If you really want to get into coach driving when you retire,...Then maybe you could talk to the local school bus company's or schools if they run there own buses,.... If you can work it around your day job you might be able to get a part time job nights and weekends hauling the kids around to sporting activities band stuff etc....... It might be a way to gain some experience for after you retire,......
Yes,........And in all reality I have one of the best ltl jobs in the country,....Just having one of those days,....... And I also apologize to the others on this thread for my previous negativity,...
That is possible. I know the schools here in my county train their own driver's. When I took some time off earlier this year I called them thinking I'd be a shoe in with my OTR experience & being already licensed. They told me that I still had to go through their training.
I had "one of those days" before. A lot of them when I was company. I like O/O better... I have all the same responsibilities as I did when I was company. But now I have the freedom to make decisions with no recourse or hardships...
it happens to people, its called job burnout and mid-life crisis. Can a new OTR driver make $2500 a month or should i set my sights lower? I was a part-time tour driver in the late '80 in nrn ill. took groups to chicago, i enjoyed it.
It's happened in the past. But right now with a downed economy & lack of freight it maybe more difficult to make that.
My grandmother used to take coach tours out of Galena Ill, In the late 80's through the mid 90's,....She traveled the country on tour buses on seemed to enjoy it a lot,...
You can't make $30 a year driving bus, friend. I've been driving for 8 years and only topped 30 once, in '08, because of the hurricanes. Just about any company will give you a shot, though, depending on what part of the country you live in (maybe that was my problem, wrong part of the country). Handling a bus to me was a light challenge, mostly since I 'grew' into the position by starting out driving and ambulance, then a 30' tour trolley. Getting a class B is a lot easier than a class A. Can't hurt to try!
Your plan sounds perfectly reasonable. Don't let a few wet blankets on the forums here discourage you.
