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Message:: [QUOTE="Buc, post: 12312493, member: 100889"]^^ Now that's what I'm talking about. I spent a while looking at moving up into specialized/heavy haul...but my last back injury effectively put me out of the flatbed game for good, much to my chagrin at the time because I genuinely loved what I did. That said, I've found a new specialized lane that pays me very well: mobile medical imaging. <img src="https://b1540206.smushcdn.com/1540206/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-1-scaled.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> (Not my truck or company: just an example.) Before this job found me I didn't even know this kind of work existed. But now that I'm in it, I wish I knew about it sooner. I do get a daycab and my company pays for lodging & meals while I'm away from home (which, for my current operation, is quite frequent because these services are in high demand); on top of that, I get paid hourly ($30-plus/hr) with OT after 40. (And I do more than just drive; there's way more to this particular segment of service than simply moving equipment.) All of which is to say: sometimes you just gotta know where to look; sometimes it finds you (as this one did). The money is out there; sometimes you may just have to move off the mainline to find it (or hope it finds you).[/QUOTE]