OTR Trucking Is HARD WORK???

Holy Smokes. So this is where the IT people go to pasture. I to was in the IT field for over 20 years and experienced what Gary and others have experienced. Trucking also looks good for me. See you all on the road.

Yeppers, sure is~! My hubby is a former RIF'd IT guy for Lucent Technologies.... graduated to trucking for the last almost 20, and doing rather well for himself and his family~! (Me and the the teen, and the 'grown' one!)

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I’m getting out of 20 years in the automotive dealers, specifically finance. Got to where I dread going in every day and the only thing I can list as a “pro” to the job is the paycheck. That’s put me where i am now. Getting ready to do what I’ve wanted to forever, but was too scared of the “what if’s”.

Holy Smokes. So this is where the IT people go to pasture. I to was in the IT field for over 20 years and experinced what Gary and others have experienced. Trucking also looks good for me. See you all on the road.

I got laid-off from a major software company after 17 years. Took a year sabbatical and decided I no longer wanted to work for Chinese masters so went into trucking :)

I found out,"nothing is as it seems" in this industry. I heard Hill and Hill were needing a lot of drivers for the Alaska Pipeline. Great money! I'm there. Talk about getting bit in the arse. I talked to driver that ran the Dalton Highway. Heard the horror stories. Hey I survived Nam. I've got some years driving behind me. How hard can this be. Found out I wasn't super trucker. I ended up eating a bit of crow. I stuck it out (kinda had to. Truck payments). Talk about stupid. I figured,I'd been up Loveland,Wolf Creek and Centenial passes. How hard can Dalton be? Those passes eventually had an ending. Dalton seemed to go on forever (not to mention,talk about a "white knuckle drive).Dalton was a nightmare for the first few months. Couple times I had to have help getting over a hill (what they call a hill). I eventually got confidence in running the highway,although I never lost respect for it ,or forgot where I was at. The money was great (typical oilfield story,"make the money while it's there"). My whole point to new drivers is,even if you get miles and highway and weather conditions behind you,examine something real close if you're gonna switch to another kind of hauling.