What would you do if you can't do CDL job any longer, and you ain't young no more?

I would more than likely go into operations/dispatch/planning preferably for the company I am with at this time… we drivers make great dispatchers. We know the road; we know how this whole thing operates.

 

I would LOVE to make this happen, and be "surprised" by the money I make!

Might still be able to pull it off.

And I agree with the John Deere guy.....I'm through with buses, and crawling through the hatch behind the rear bench seats to get at the engine and top of the transmission....

 

I dispatched for awhile and it’s the worst job I’ve ever had. Here are some highlights.

Driver thought he could go around the fast food restaurant and got stuck. Had to call cops and close down a 5 lane road.

Drivers mix up trailer numbers on the reg.

Driver lost his dry van door on the interstate because he forgot to close it.

Actually had a driver one time always late. Found out he parked for the entire school zone time like 7-9am instead of just driving slow.

All day every day just putting out fires.

 

Getting a job aboard a cruise ship would be the dream job.

 

Depends on what your other skills and interests are .

I’ve been :
Draftsman , park ranger , owner operator, maintenance supervisor at a hospital , facility manager at a conference center , and Enviromental field technician taking soil and water samples around leaky underground fuel tanks and a factory worker , and a couple other occupations .

 

I’m 27 now, so at ive so far done welding, ironwork, now trucking. If I were old like your post suggest:

- be a fishing guide (crappie) on a big local lake
- trade stocks
- get into building high end furniture / decorations
- professional poker player (used to make 1.5k a week before I had kids)

 

I stopped working on trucks well over a decade ago. Went heavy equipment and now more or less stick with hydraulics exclusively.

 

all the yard jockeys I ever saw looked angry and stressed out

 

Most of the ones I saw didnt. The dudes at the jbs pig operation in beardstown, il had it rough. Dusty terrible facility, no ac, probly no heat either