Why i became a truck driver..

What motivated me was...I had maxxed out any more ability to move up with this company, It was day in and day out the same thing over and over kind of work, I started to look forward to lay offs{which never came}, Only a 3 man shop I was tired of working with my co-coworkers...yes they worked and did thier job, I was just tired of the same old faces. The job I was in was insignificant to me...weekly meetings and pep talks of how its great at this job..left me daydreaming and apathetic. I WASNT laid off or fired...but i knew it was over for me there, my mind wasnt in it.

In my final year there I paid for driving school {$3200}and went on weekends and continued to work weekdays, like 16 weekends in a row. During those 6months i researched and read anything and everything I could about driving, the hours,laws complaints and the advantages.

I also purchased things I would need to be OTR, tools, laptop, cooking tools, some things in bulk like 5 boxes of soap ETC...i did this so those costs didnt hit me day one out on the road and be 5 times the cost at some truck stop. And it all saved me a ton of money during my first yr...granted I made somewhat less than my old job but the preparation for the 7 months prior was well worth it.

So heres the gist of those wanting to drive....PREPARE PREPARE. mentally, economically and material wise.

Out with my trainer I was really at ease because Id prepared, It was a joy overall! My first truck may have been a Pig hauler or had a CSI type crime committed in it by the way it smelled...using a bottle of pine solution I pressed on thru it.

I did the 1 yr and a half with first company, ups and downs...And my very first load after trainer was a load of Police tactical gear and the belogings of 3 depts of police to a police convention in seattle, HAZMAT hell this was dangerous...then had to back yes back the load thru a parking lot full of cop cars. I never sweat so much in my life since.

So Everyday I can look out my window and what i see is new, anyone I have to deal with is usually for a few hours or less..never seeing most again no matter how they treat me. my pay goes up based on predictable factors...not on what positions maybe open at that time. and the time alone I can do what I like without having to worry about coworkers liking my music or my tattoos.

Sure there are peelots and drivers who stole my headlights to avoid buying thier own....BUT guess what its far better FOR ME out here than stuck in that job from years ago. Im among my own kind and 90percent of it on my own terms.