Quit Otr After 7 Months

Well if he did he must had been in the 4%...and maybe lives in his truck with no one to support... Or he wasn't out of reserve...I think I was going to make between 32 and 35 grand for a 12 month period. Take a minimum wage job...work it 12 to 14 hours a day for 6 days a week and your in the same ballpark...I know a guy can make money in trucking....just couldn't make a whole year for so little pay and never being home....thought I could... Tried...and have to figure out what to do next

I love how people say this because you are single without kids that you have nobody to support. I have to support myself and it's 10 times harder because I don't have the luxury of working with 2 incomes. And if I lose my job I'm on my own I don't have a wife's paycheck to help me out until I find another job. It's a lot tougher for single people.

Newbieinpa78etc.,

I've bee married with a kid, and I've been single, and I've been married again with a grown kid. It's easier to make it single since you don't have the responsibility of worrying about someone else's welfare.

And if you're relying on your wife's paycheck, that's wrong. Call me sexist, call me old-fashioned, call me a troglodyte, I don't care. Men should take care of themselves at a minimum (if they're physically and mentally able) and take care of others if they can. The whole two-income thing is incredibly recent, only the last two generations out of a thousand. You can make it on ramen if you have to, but taking care of someone else is a whole other story.

I'll stop there before the censors get me and my social rating goes even lower.

Well if he did he must had been in the 4%...and maybe lives in his truck with no one to support... Or he wasn't out of reserve...I think I was going to make between 32 and 35 grand for a 12 month period. Take a minimum wage job...work it 12 to 14 hours a day for 6 days a week and your in the same ballpark...I know a guy can make money in trucking....just couldn't make a whole year for so little pay and never being home....thought I could... Tried...and have to figure out what to do next

I love how people say this because you are single without kids that you have nobody to support. I have to support myself and it's 10 times harder because I don't have the luxury of working with 2 incomes. And if I lose my job I'm on my own I don't have a wife's paycheck to help me out until I find another job. It's a lot tougher for single people.

Newbieinpa78etc.,

I've bee married with a kid, and I've been single, and I've been married again with a grown kid. It's easier to make it single since you don't have the responsibility of worrying about someone else's welfare.

And if you're relying on your wife's paycheck, that's wrong. Call me sexist, call me old-fashioned, call me a troglodyte, I don't care. Men should take care of themselves at a minimum (if they're physically and mentally able) and take care of others if they can. The whole two-income thing is incredibly recent, only the last two generations out of a thousand. You can make it on ramen if you have to, but taking care of someone else is a whole other story.

I'll stop there before the censors get me and my social rating goes even lower.

I've been single and dated women with kids. When you are in a relationship your money is shared at least for most people you might be one of the exceptions. Again if you are married and lose a job temporarily i'm sure the spouse will chip in don't give me that ****. When a single person loses a job that's it he's screwed unless he has a savings or can collect unemployment. Sure i can eat Ramen noodles but my bills don't accept ramen noodles for payment.

I've been single and dated women with kids. When you are in a relationship your money is shared at least for most people you might be one of the exceptions. Again if you are married and lose a job temporarily i'm sure the spouse will chip in don't give me that ****. When a single person loses a job that's it he's screwed unless he has a savings or can collect unemployment. Sure i can eat Ramen noodles but my bills don't accept ramen noodles for payment.

Sorry Newbieinpa78, I might be taking out some aggression on you that's better directed to the freeloader living off my daughter. My real point is that as a single trucker, you'll make more than enough to support yourself if you can cut back on your bills. It's all a question of what you really need. And that's an easier equation than figuring out what you need to provide for a wife and children in addition to yourself, which was OP's comment about it being easier as a single guy.

And for the record, I'm the sole support of myself and my wife, and supplemental support for my grown daughter, her son, and the SOB who lives with her. So stop whining about supporting yourself already.

I've been single and dated women with kids. When you are in a relationship your money is shared at least for most people you might be one of the exceptions. Again if you are married and lose a job temporarily i'm sure the spouse will chip in don't give me that ****. When a single person loses a job that's it he's screwed unless he has a savings or can collect unemployment. Sure i can eat Ramen noodles but my bills don't accept ramen noodles for payment.

Sorry Newbieinpa78, I might be taking out some aggression on you that's better directed to the freeloader living off my daughter. My real point is that as a single trucker, you'll make more than enough to support yourself if you can cut back on your bills. It's all a question of what you really need. And that's an easier equation than figuring out what you need to provide for a wife and children in addition to yourself, which was OP's comment about it being easier as a single guy.

And for the record, I'm the sole support of myself and my wife, and supplemental support for my grown daughter, her son, and the SOB who lives with her. So stop whining about supporting yourself already.

I was never whining just pointing out a myth that single people have it easy because they only have themselves to support. I don't need a lecture on how to support myself I haven't been a child for 22+ years.

I'm not going to get into what you are doing wrong because honestly it doesn't matter to me and will lead into an argument. good luck

I've been single and dated women with kids. When you are in a relationship your money is shared at least for most people you might be one of the exceptions. Again if you are married and lose a job temporarily i'm sure the spouse will chip in don't give me that ****. When a single person loses a job that's it he's screwed unless he has a savings or can collect unemployment. Sure i can eat Ramen noodles but my bills don't accept ramen noodles for payment.

Mr Newb,

Yes there are a lot of families that share money, etc. but that is largely due to the society we live in today. I am of the same cloth as Mr Bud, and there are far more of us, than you can possibly realize. My wife should not have to work a day in her life. If she WANTS to work, (and she has.) go for it, and do great and have fun doing it! We managed a business in Iowa together, before we made our way here, to South Carolina, so we could be close to her family. She did a wonderful job raising her 3 kids on her own, and she does an even better job raising me right, and keeping me in line. She does more work at home, than I will ever do, and I show her my appreciation on a daily and sometimes hourly basis. Since I have been relegated back to the bottom of the Hospitality management ladder, it is harder, but we can still pay our bills, put some in savings(sometimes) and eat. This is one of the reasons I have chosen to enter the Trucking industry. Will I make the same money than I made before I lost my business? Probably not for a few years, or maybe ever, but it will be more than I am making now, and we will live comfortably. She may join me on the road at a later time, but it will be HER decision, if she wants to. Not because she has to.

Stay safe

But to get back on topic.

Dan, keep us updated on how things go in your new search, and always ask, if you need advice. As you can see, we may bicker with each other at times, but we have a common goal, that keeps us coming back.

Stay safe

Well if he did he must had been in the 4%...and maybe lives in his truck with no one to support... Or he wasn't out of reserve...I think I was going to make between 32 and 35 grand for a 12 month period. Take a minimum wage job...work it 12 to 14 hours a day for 6 days a week and your in the same ballpark...I know a guy can make money in trucking....just couldn't make a whole year for so little pay and never being home....thought I could... Tried...and have to figure out what to do next

Hold on a minute. 7 months and you didn't take your concerns up "the chain of command?"

Why not request a transfer to Van Truckload? That's where I am and am gonna close out year 1 right at $40k.

I had a few issues when I first started where I wasn't getting the miles I wanted. Talked with the Division Manager and voila!

Do you think discussing your problems with Customers will help anyone?

I'm very sorry you suffered this setback, but if you're serious about wanting to drive for a good company, I encourage you to give SNI another try in another division.

Good luck wherever you go.

I've been single and dated women with kids. When you are in a relationship your money is shared at least for most people you might be one of the exceptions. Again if you are married and lose a job temporarily i'm sure the spouse will chip in don't give me that ****. When a single person loses a job that's it he's screwed unless he has a savings or can collect unemployment. Sure i can eat Ramen noodles but my bills don't accept ramen noodles for payment.

Mr Newb,

Yes there are a lot of families that share money, etc. but that is largely due to the society we live in today. I am of the same cloth as Mr Bud, and there are far more of us, than you can possibly realize. My wife should not have to work a day in her life. If she WANTS to work, (and she has.) go for it, and do great and have fun doing it! We managed a business in Iowa together, before we made our way here, to South Carolina, so we could be close to her family. She did a wonderful job raising her 3 kids on her own, and she does an even better job raising me right, and keeping me in line. She does more work at home, than I will ever do, and I show her my appreciation on a daily and sometimes hourly basis. Since I have been relegated back to the bottom of the Hospitality management ladder, it is harder, but we can still pay our bills, put some in savings(sometimes) and eat. This is one of the reasons I have chosen to enter the Trucking industry. Will I make the same money than I made before I lost my business? Probably not for a few years, or maybe ever, but it will be more than I am making now, and we will live comfortably. She may join me on the road at a later time, but it will be HER decision, if she wants to. Not because she has to.

Stay safe

I grew up in a house with 2 sisters and my mother we all worked. The bs that women are some delicate flower and can't or shouldn't have to work a day in their lives is exactly that...bs. We need women for female dominated careers. Are you going to be a hair dresser and do womens hair to fill the void? since you want all women to stay at home lol. And it's not just female dominated jobs it's any job. My sister most likely makes more then most people on this forum she is a vp of a commercial lending bank my other sister is an RN. Women don't want to hear that **** "oh honey i don't want you to have to work at all" It offends most women.

Now this is another topic lets not ruin this guys thread. It's my fault i got it off topic.

I grew up in a house with 2 sisters and my mother we all worked. The bs that women are some delicate flower and can't or shouldn't have to work a day in their lives is exactly that...bs. We need women for female dominated careers. Are you going to be a hair dresser and do womens hair to fill the void? since you want all women to stay at home lol. And it's not just female dominated jobs it's any job. My sister most likely makes more then most people on this forum she is a vp of a commercial lending bank my other sister is an RN. Women don't want to hear that **** "oh honey i don't want you to have to work at all" It offends most women.

actually from the sound of it, it offends you. To say that certain jobs are "female" jobs is a lot more sexist, than me saying if they don't want to work they shouldn't have to. My hairdresser, before I just started shaving my balding head, was a guy, and he did an excellent job. Nursing is not a "woman's" job either, my son can attest to that. He is a nurse, or will be once he graduates. I never once said that a female is a delicate flower. But for you to say that they HAVE to work, is more bs, than saying that if they don't want to they shouldn't have to. That is more insulting to females. If my wife CHOOSES to go out and find a job, she doesn't need my permission, she just goes out and gets a job. We just don't need her income to survive. In fact, when we were in Iowa, she was technically my boss. So I find it funny, that you said what you did. It was her choice not to work, not my choice for her.

Now this is another topic lets not ruin this guys thread. It's my fault i got it off topic.

I agree

Stay safe

Wait, not that it is your fault, but getting things back on topic, oops.

Sorry Dan

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