Profile For San Holo

Thanks for the input. Gotten to do some minimal driving in school already, so heres my week one update. Clutch actuation isn't tweaking, grinding or causing damage. I'm really very surprised. There's pain, sure, but, like I said, I don't feel like its damaging, and theres gonna be pain no matter what Im doing. Is my leg dead after a while? Yeah. Shaking? Yeah, but so are half the other students. Feels like i just got done at the gym.

As far as chain apes go...ready yourselves, chain apes. You will be used. I figure I'll just insist on a no touch long haul gig. If it takes me a little longer to find the right company/gig, thats fine by me.

Still haven't done continual driving, tons of shifting or a million other things I probably don't know about yet, but I gotta say, I'm pretty excited about this stuff.

I've had ACL and Meniscal reconstruction on both knees and have intermittent lower back pain and don't lift heavy loads. Jobs that require me to be on my feet for hours on end now run havoc on me for a day or two after. Practical example: bowled three games the other night, now limping around with lower back stiffness and pain.

Should I consider becoming a truck driver?

I love driving long hours anywhere and enjoy the solitude of the open road and a radio on. Can pull long hours with little to no sleep and recharge on little sleep as well. No wife or kids. Truck driving seems like a good choice. Repetitive motions, so long as I have breaks in between and am not jarring my legs at odd angles are fine.

I have no actual knowledge of truck driving over long periods of time, having only driven 26' automatics for an old job, which I enjoyed doing.

I worry about the clutching and whether or not moving loads around the back of the truck is just a given in any truck driving job. If I were just picking up and dropping off loads between long distances, with no heavy lifting, I would only then worry about the clutching.

I was hoping someone out there can give a former Jarhead some straight talk on the matter. Class starts on Monday.