Two years of not working by choice

My friend got burnt out on his factory job he had for 14 years and left on good terms to just take time off and lay back and go on a sabbatical for two years and travel a little and enjoy life. He is single, has no kids and lives in a house totally paid for; his parents left him the house when they died, he also got some insurance money when his mom passed away - not that much money to live off forever, just enough to well take two years off I guess lol. He has been talking alot about wanting to get a truck driving job because before he got his factory job he went to a local vo tech school and got his cdl, but the factory job came along and he took it without ever getting any truck driving experience or even applying for any truck driving jobs. He has kept his CDL up to date and current, has a perfect driving record, no felonies or misdemeanors, nothing like that. He wants to go to Roadmaster for training or maybe even one of the company sponsored training programs, but I told him he would never be able to get a truck driving job with his current employment record of taking two years off, and not working now as well. He says in the spring he is going to either go to Roadmaster or one of the company training programs, he talks about Roehl and Prime alot. Do you think he will be able to ever get a truck driving job after being unemployed by choice for two years? Why do the trucking companies act like you are a murderer or something and won't hire you just because you decided to take some time off from working? That doesn't seem right at all. So do you think he has a chance, or should he give up the idea of being a truck driver? Thanks.