Won't Be Driving - Thanks for the Help!

Heritigefest maybe?? Octoberfest?? Musickottenfest?? Polka days?? Ah yes,in a town 96% German,there are no shortages of reasons or excuses to get f##### up!!!!!! And in winter to.(especially winter)

 

thats verry true. ask some truckers if you are curious about these type of job. i did ask several truckers. they deliever grocery at my work during night time. i met two of them. far as i know he said its not bad job, unless you dont mind driving alot! that first thing he told me lol. and second advice he told me, do not buy your own semi truck that soon! just work for company for few years.

DeafTrucker

 

Heh, yeah, Polka Days, that was it. And we used to hit a whole string of towns down in that southern part of the state; it was just a big continuous party!

 

Come on Injun...we was jus a talkin...
*backs away slowly*

 

That's a good assessment in a lot of respects. Personally, my life has been anything but living in a closed world. I've been around the world a few times and lived and worked overseas in a couple of different countries and cultures for a few years. I've worked at quite a few different jobs, from filthy grunt work to the corporate world. Going into new situations is nothing new for me.

Reading this (and other) forums has been part of my evaluation. I also read a couple of books, which pretty much told the same story as what I got here, minus some of the negativity. I also went and talked with the instructor and students at a community college, to find out what their backgrounds and plans were.

The positive points that you laid out were part of the initial attraction to me. But there were too many things that worked against it for me. Being away from home for long periods of time for OTR. The difficulty in finding local jobs. Sitting behind the wheel on a daily basis - I like to take a long trip now and then, but being in a truck day after day would be a grind for me. Dealing with all the things that have to be done to stay legal, get the loads from point to point and keep the wheels rolling.

Probably the main thing I figured out along the way is that it requires a major commitment, it's not something a person can do on any kind of a casual basis. I already had one of those kinds of careers, and decided I didn't need to do it again.

So, all of this goes to the purpose of the thread, to present a viewpoint to those who may be thinking about it.

 

I wish I had done more soul searching myself before starting this. I have a loan of $6500@18% and honestly, that is my main reason for going forward at this point. I have just completed phase 1 of training and came home for my daughter's 10th birthday after missing my son's 5th birthday. I'm really not sure how long I will be doing this, but time will tell...

 

$6500@18% for a driving school????

 

Holy $$$ Batman!! OUCH!!

 

It's not more soul searching you should had done, you should had searched more for a less expensive trucking school.

 

Tell me something folks,does one HAVE to go to trkn school now to drive? I"ve only been doing this 7 years,but when I started I learned EVERYTHING myself as I went along,flatbedin to..(not braggin) that is just the way it went down..