I'm an early 30s male, working in local government (union). It's a good job, no doubt about it, I'm content enough. Now that that is out of the way, I love driving. I have a class B CDL already (Automatic restriction). I even enjoy driving my little Toyota around aimlessly for the adventure. I don't have any family, and most of my friends have moved away and we stay in touch playing computer games and whatnot. I've looked at trucking since my mid 20s just because the lifestyle seems appealing. I'd prefer to travel all over the US and some neighboring countries as required. From what I've read this is more of a drawback for most folks because they're not with their families/friends, but as mentioned previously, that isn't an issue for me. I'm a little confused on what I might realistically earn my year, and one of the big headaches I hear from a lot of folks is how harshly you can be monitored by your company, which also made me wonder how folks enjoy driving their own rig and handling their own hauls, like an Owner Operator.
I'll leave that as the meat and vegetables of it for now and do my best to answer anything I wasn't clear enough on. I'm in no rush to change anything, like I said, I've got a good thing going on just wonder if I want something different from folks who are doing it before making a big change. I appreciate what ya'll do! Thank you
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Trucking for me?
I'll do my best to keep this short and concise,
I'm an early 30s male, working in local government (union). It's a good job, no doubt about it, I'm content enough. Now that that is out of the way, I love driving. I have a class B CDL already (Automatic restriction). I even enjoy driving my little Toyota around aimlessly for the adventure. I don't have any family, and most of my friends have moved away and we stay in touch playing computer games and whatnot. I've looked at trucking since my mid 20s just because the lifestyle seems appealing. I'd prefer to travel all over the US and some neighboring countries as required. From what I've read this is more of a drawback for most folks because they're not with their families/friends, but as mentioned previously, that isn't an issue for me. I'm a little confused on what I might realistically earn my year, and one of the big headaches I hear from a lot of folks is how harshly you can be monitored by your company, which also made me wonder how folks enjoy driving their own rig and handling their own hauls, like an Owner Operator.
I'll leave that as the meat and vegetables of it for now and do my best to answer anything I wasn't clear enough on. I'm in no rush to change anything, like I said, I've got a good thing going on just wonder if I want something different from folks who are doing it before making a big change. I appreciate what ya'll do! Thank you