What was your previous prior to trucking? (For those with a career change)

Well, retirement ceremony is this Friday...22+ years USAF. I have 90 days of Terminal Leave saved up. Start with SAGE on May 9th.

 

10 years in some form of Construction Supervisor, Construction Safety and Health. And before that served 3 in the Army, Deployed to Kosovo/Bosnia region.

 

Truck Mech then Network engineer then Trucking now I;m tied to a desk and hating it.

 

guess im the odd ball lol all i ever wanted to do is drive a truck local for 11 years otr 22 years

 

I drove trucks from 1984 until 1994 then decided to try something else.

That something else was commercial radio. Had a lot of different responsibilities, commercial production, show production, promotion coordination, on-air shifts.

Did mobile & club DJ work on the side from 1998 until 2010.

Did in stadium sound production for the Houston Astros 1999-2001 for the home games. Got to close out baseball in the Astrodome & open up Enron Field which is now Minute Maid Park. Probably the coolest gig I have ever had.

 

Remodeling contractor for 35 years, self employed in cabinets and carpentry for the past 10 years in Phoenix, until the housing market fell apart here.

 

Diesel Mechanic in the army for 4 1/2 years, thought I was going to head to AZ after I ets'd to attend school to become a engine builder. Decided I really didn't want to be a mechanic anymore, went and got my cdl and here I am now.

 

I was a lot lizard. Then one day I got the bright idea if I was a truck driver I'd be the one doing the kicking out of the truck. Now I just hire myself.

I started working when I was 12 delivering newspapers. Then I worked in a few restaurants prior to going in the Army out of HS. I was an Improved Hawk Fire Control Repairman (24H). That was fixing the radar and control panels for the Hawk Missile system. Then I had a stint as a groundskeeper at a zoo when I got out of the Army. Then after dating the southeast regional FAA directors daughter, I got a job as an Air Traffic Controller. After 4 years we broke up and I kind of got blackballed from the FAA of sorts and quit. Then I worked in residential construction mainly as a carpenter, but I've done about every aspect of homebuilding. Then I worked in a chemical plant's lab. Then I got a union job as a warehouseman. My last year I was promoted to foreman. Then back to building after getting laid off. Then I finally made a commitment to something I always wanted to do and went to truck driving school in 1995.

One thing I like about trucking is it's easy to change jobs. As you see, I'm not one of these 25 year employees.

 

6 years working as a outside technician in the CATV industry.