What's your background prior to driving?

What job/professional/vocation did you leave to start driving?

Worked as a night time supervisor in a warehouse.

How long have you been driving?

Since 2006

Are you OTR or local?

OTR

Do you have a family at home?

Yes


If you have kids at home, what are their ages?

12, stepson. I always explain since people look at me weird because I am 25 and he is 12.

If married (or have a significant other) does he or she work?

God #### right she works. Since my insurance sucks, but the pay is good. Her insurance is great and her pay sucks.

Thanks Fozzy for highlighting these questions for me.

 

What job/professional/vocation did you leave to start driving?
I have been a pastor for 26 years. Have my Master's of Divinity. Have started and/or served churches in WA, OR, IL, and now MN. Originally was going to be a teacher/coach. I am planning on pastoring part-time once I start driving. We'll see how long that lasts. Eventually will probably do just one or the other.

How long have you been driving?
0 - starting my cdl school tomorrow (Aug. 20). Should be ready to start with a company by October 1.

Are you OTR or local?
Will be going OTR.

Do you have a family at home?
Yes. Plus a dog and a canary.

If you have kids at home, what are their ages?
I have two children. One gone in college, the other is now a Senior in High School. By this time next year we'll be empty nesters.

If married (or have a significant other) does he or she work?
Yes she does have a good job with the state of mn.

 

What job/professional/vocation did you leave to start driving?
I worked as a geologist all over the world, and then as an English teacher. Getting my truck drivers licence was the best thing I did, and I wake up every morning looking forward to going to work.

How long have you been driving?
1 year

Are you OTR or local?
Local

Do you have a family at home?
No

If you have kids at home, what are their ages?
NA

If married (or have a significant other) does he or she work?
NA

 

What job/professional/vocation did you leave to start driving?
I was a Mental Health Counselor for 20+ years, specializing in Substance Abuse. My last job was for the state of Michigan as a Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator, working for one of our counties. My pay was $34k/year plus medical ($4k/year). I should be able to make that my first year of trucking, and hopefully will go up from there.

How long have you been driving?
I am in Week 3 of my CDL training at Roehl Transport. I finish this week, and will spend 4 weeks with a driver/trainer. I should be on my own as a company driver by Oct. 1st.

Are you OTR or local?
I signed up for the Great Lakes Regional in flat beds. Will be driving WI/IL/IN/OH/MI/PA/NY/NH/VT/ME.

Do you have a family at home?
Yes, my wife of 25 years and my youngest son (a Senior in HS this year). My two older sons (21 & 23) are on their own already.

If you have kids at home, what are their ages?
son - 18 y/o

If married (or have a significant other) does he or she work?
My wife is currently unemployed, but is interviewing for a job with a local college. Hopefully, she will only work during the school year, and have the summer to travel with me in the truck. She has NO interest in being a driver, but would love to see the country through the windshield.

 

I was a cabdriver,bartender, worked in several woodshops and ran a carpet cleaning company for a few years..

Also spent a few years in the Army...

 

What job/professional/vocation did you leave to start driving?
After 15 years in law enforcement/private security, I decided to chase the teenage dream of driving a truck. I got my college degree, worked as a cop for a year, a private eye doing insurance invesitigations for 6 years with a 1 year leave of absence to work securtiy for the Dept of State in Somalia, then burned out on PI work and went into private security for 4 years as a retail security specialist and a security consultant. I was living at the local firehouse as a full-time volunteer firefighter as well.

How long have you been driving?
this fall makes it 12 years.

Are you OTR or local?
I had been OTR until this summer. I have no immediate family, have lived in my truck all these years and finally bought a home last summer so I am now hoping to shift to regional or local work so I can resume having a life, LOL!