Trans Am as seen by Broke Down 69

Don't ever let them get to. Your spirit is only broken, if you ALLOW it to be. As for the owner being er, perhaps a bit angry, don't bet on it. Maybe it is him that is telling them to put all new company drivers into their POS trucks, so they will lease a "new" (which undoubtedly will NOT be actually new,) truck.

Aw come on man, you're in So Cal. The land of milk and honey.......

 

Who knows how much abuse that purple truck has had in the past.
For all we know one off the previous drivers might have left a "present" somewhere.

 

Will one of you TransAm lease ops please abandon your truck in Florida so Broken Down 69 can make some money, please?

 

And that my friend is what eventually breaks your spirit in this business.

I spent my first 2 years out in 2009 & 2010 about 300 days away from home each year.

I felt disconnected and lost...

I determined that if I stayed in the industry I was going to find a regional company that I could do linehaul with and get home more.

I did just that and got home at least every weekend with an additional night at home in between.

Since then I got my own authority, truck & trailer and essentially do the same. I'm very much at peace with where I'm at now and don't envision ever going back to another vocation, even it meant being home every night.

3 nights a week home is plenty for me. Plus, I'd be hard pressed to find a job in my area making what I do now anyways.

 

I am impressed. Not only have you made a change but you realize what you have to do now and seems you have the drive to get it done.

 

I was driven by financial desperation for first 2 years. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do in life to survive.

I almost lost my marriage and our home 8 years ago when the economy crashed, I was a spec/custom home builder. It was tough, however, by God's grace, hard work and determination, everything was redeemed.

I could go on and on about the amazing things that have happened to me along the journey. However, this thread is about Broke Down 69 and getting him out of the Purple Turd

 

Without him there is no us!