What did YOU do before driving a land barge?

I will not even get into high school jobs, and before. Just too many.

1. U.S. Army Calvary scout.
2. Delivered pizzas for a month or so (did this in high school for a while also)
3. Truck driving school, got A, hardly used it, drove mostly dumps with occasional low boy load. 6 years.

4. College. 4 years. Drove trucks for old company summers and winter break.
5. Ski instructor winters for several years. 1 summer at boat yard as mechanic. 2 summers at log home company, sold building supply's, and ran warehouse.
6. Childcare counselor with court placed youth. Worked in units then group home, 5 yrs.
7. Back to driving. Cement mixers, Bulk trailers, End Dumps. All for same company. 1.2 years.
8. Decided it was time to check out OTR trucking, and here I am.

I probably missed a few things. And school jobs were varied, from dish washing, mowing lawns, prep cook, houseman at conference center, pizza delivery, sweeping floors, cash register and stock boy at drugstore, tearing down GM automatic transmissions to see if they could be rebuilt...ect ect

 

fast food during the high school as well as some factory work as well going with my dad in the truck (pulling mobile homes) joined the Army as an 88M (truck Driver) right out of high school been in 3 years with a tour to Iraq for 15 months... cant wait to get out and get into some real trucks

 

i was a transmission rebuilder out of high school. drove heavy duty wrecker then onto dump trailer, tanker, flatebed and containers. then i had kids and went back to transmissions and drove part time, till i moved to vegas and bought out the guy i was working for. 13 years later, im ready to hit the road again!

 

It is always fun seeing how many former military people drive trucks.
We were all willing to fight and die for our country in the service. We went for various reasons, but all of us wanted to serve our country.
Now we drive trucks. So we are the largest group of service professionals in this country. We serve our country still. We are still willing to put our lives on the line every day on Americas roads, to insure that Americans have all the things they think they need.
And once again, we don't do it for the honor or the glory (truckers get none of that), we just do it anyway.

 

and nobody pays any attention to either (military or truck driver) until something bad happens then its all over the news blaming the entire military or trucking industry...

 

1.Snack bar in a dept store during high school
2. Worked in College Library first year in college
3. Museum gift store at the same time as Library
4. Nurse's aid during Nursing School
5. RN for 20 years
6. Asst Manager of a convenience store for a year
7.Clerk at a Movie Rental Store for 2 years
8. Manager of the same Movie Store for a year
9. Kitchen manager and sandwich maker at an upscale Wine and Cheese shop that was also a deli for 9 months
10. Stay at home mom now

In 2 years or so, I will be an OTR team driver with my hubby! I have to wait for the youngest of 4 to graduate from High School then we will go to CDL school and be on the road!

 

Hey lv gn
Looks like you are a fellow drag racer, I run at Top Gun .


10 years journeyman GM , Mazda , Subaru parts counterman. Started as a delivery driver and worked my way up, still to this day the best paying job I've ever had.

1988 to 2005 owned 4wd parts & service shop in Sacramento, mostly Jeeps , we did everything engines, trans , tcases, modifications, restorations. Sold the buisness in Aug 05 .

Went to truck school in Sept 05 in Sparks , Nv.

While looking for a decent driving job I ran a drilling machine working with fence contractors.

Moved to Nevada Sept 06 , drove propane delivery truck , Milk tanker , Intermodal containers. All low wages, pitiful

Now work for US Mail contractor , 48 ft vans drop & hook , meet the Vegas driver in Tonapah, swap and go home. Decent wage for Nevada but bid run so I get 10 hours straight time no matter what.

I'd like to find a regional job maybe out a couple days a week and home on weekends .

 

cool! what kind of car do you run? we just raced in bowling green in may at the GS nationals. im the 1st buick regal v6 to run in the 6's. ran a string of 7.0's and then won the big gun shoot out with a 6.98 at 197 mph. you can see the run here.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Len-FreemanPERFORMANCE-OF_162723.htm
next we will run in PSCA. in the 10.5 outlaw class.

 

Wow

Not even close to your league. I run a 66 Dodge Coronet all steel plus my big ### runs low 11s , pump gas so I can have fun racing and not spend a bunch.

My tranny builder in Sacramento used to run a Grand National , Bruce Tole .

I know a few guys that run PSCA, Chris Alston, Fast Freddy Hall , built a few rearends for them.