What is it REALLY like?

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/good_and_bad_about_trucking.shtml

thats a nice list of some of the pros and cons, trucking is not a job its a life style you get paid for. you will hear that alot because its true.

 

Well it is still a rat race! Some of the rats are in trucks the others are in cars! If you like a sense of adventure and not knowing what state you will be in the next day then it is a job for you. I like to be on the move and not in a factory or under a roof. I flatbed now. I like to be outside and it keeps me in shape. The bottom line is you can have 100 drivers tell you what it is like and you won't know if you will like it until you come out and see for yourself. Good luck, keep us posted.

 

best thing about driving is the feeliing of freedom and no one looking over your shoulder.

bad things : traffic at night in a town you have never been to trying to find a shipper or reciever. bad weather is also a problem. a truck is very unforegiving. one mistake and you can find yourself in a ditch or worse.

overall you have to find a happy medium and just do it. it's either in your blood or it's not.

good luck

 

Couldn't have said it better myself!!

 

It's still a rat race, but instead of 9 to 5, it is from the wee hours of the morning to late at night, or maybe all night long.....only god and your dispatcher will know exactly what's in store for you.

 

and half the time the dispatcher is clueless.

 

Exactly right!!! You will just have to climb into a truck and join us for a while. That is the only way that you will know for sure. Like any other job, it has its good points and its bad points. Hope to see you on the road some time. Good Luck!!!!

 

I remember the first time I saw a real mountain (i live in north texas) it was amazing. I love going up in the northwest myself. I've been tempted to move there