Profile For Max E.

Well, let me offer a different view. You are young. You do not have a family to support. That is good! It will be great to go trucking. But let's say you like it and decide to stay in the business for "3 years." Around 1 and 1/2 years in you meet this young lady working at a dinner. You talk. You click. You date. OMG, am I really getting married? Next thing you know, you have a child to support. Well there goes going back to school to be a teacher. Things sometimes do not go as planned.

This is definitely something i need to and have considered.. thanks for the input and the personal story. it definitely puts a different perspective on it. lucky for me i still probably have 5-6 months before i need to make a choice. a lot can change in 6 months! especially when your 22 year old single guy. haha. this is something i have always wanted to do though. ive been dreaming about it since i was a kid.

Thank you all for your responses! I guess its one of those things like you said that truckers just have a bad name. Hopefully when i do this i can change some of those stereotypes among my family/friends. this is something i really want to do and hopefully they all can realize that. if not well then i guess they weren't that great of friends to began with! This is something i have been thinking about and talking about doing for awhile now. i just need to pull the trigger and do it!

first off i would like to thank you all. Out of the countless of trucking websites i have been to this is clearly the most informative, positive, and upbeat one out there! Anyways on to me. Im obviously looking to getting into trucking. Im young, 22 years old to be exact from Phoenix, Arizona. Trucking is something i have been dreaming of since i was young. passing by those huge rigs on the highway i would just dream of driving one around the country (Even now i find myself looking twice at a big rig while i Drive by). Its a dream of mine.

My main concerns i guess is more about close friends/family. it seems like when ever i bring up becoming a truck driver around them they think im giving up on life. i get the whole "you should stay in school" lecture from about everyone or i get the classic rolling of the eyes and are you really thinking about doing this? School is important to me dont get me wrong. I am currently 8 weeks away from getting my 2 year degree from a local Jr college (Yay me!). and i do plan on eventually getting my 4 year degree to live out my dream of being a teacher and a football coach. However i feel like if i dont at least give trucking a shot it will be something i regret. this will also probably be the easiest time in my life since i am single and dont have to support anyone. So my planes are is to spend 1-3 years trucking then go back to school (one year if i hate it 3 years if i love it). which peoples response to this is "you will find yourself getting stuck in it." which most of the time i just think if i love it then who cares if i get "stuck" in trucking. did anyone else face something close to this?

I currently have a class B CDL for my current job of driving a school bus. so i do have experience there when it comes to driving a bigger then average vehicle. i do have enough money saved up to attend a local private school here to get the Class A CDL. lucky for me since i already have the Class B most schools ive talked to are willing to give me discounts. so i can afford to pay cash for it.

so ya.. i guess im just posting this to introduce my self and to see any other personal experiences people have had in getting over issues when it comes to close friends/family. also if any of you happen to come out to phoenix (Good idea right now.. high of 70 today). i would love to be able to talk to you personally about trucking!

By the way to Old School who had the post titled "I Love this Job." that was probably the coolest thing i have read.