Making A Change!

Hey everyone! I chose to go with Roehl due to me needing my CDL and they just offer the best home time and pay out there for a newbie...After spending a couple years in the Army and a couple years in Fire/EMS and the last year working temp jobs and Firefighting it will be quite a change...Having a little one at home with the Wife who is also a full time nursing student will be hard on us...but it comes down to supporting your family. I have been away before for training and deployments and things but this will be different....in a sense it is my job to "be away". If that makes sense. while we are young and our daughter is young it will be quite a culture shock but I enjoy traveling. Being an Army brat we did it all the time...unfortunately my wife is the type that stayed in one small town her whole life....I am excited for the road that lies ahead. Got some dang ol' butterflies but it will be good.

I will be driving flatbed for them...I am a weird person...I enjoy the suck...I spent a couple years in the Infantry before being injured stateside. I just wanted to introduce myself to you guys as I will be on here often and if I am lucky maybe meet some of you guys! I do not have a date yet as I have a few things to take care of but everything else is set! I will talk to them next week about a date...

I'm x military myself Hotshot and sounds like your "good to go." One thing I've found from all the different posts that people write is that sometimes I can tell if you have the right attitude coming into this business just from a few sentences. And it sounds to me like you do.

Not to get all deep but I agree. A man's most important goal should be to provide for his family. Now what I say next might sound a bit cold but I just do not have time to tell my whole philosophy on life, family, and raising children. I am married and have two children who I have been with as a father since day one. They mine and I helped make them. I have always been a guy that feels like if I do the right thing to be the best father I can and provide for them the best that I can they will respect me more in the long run even if I wasn't always around.

Here comes the cold part. I m more concerned about staying a part of their lives when they become adults than I am being there when they are children. Let's face it we don't really remember all that much when we were very young. You and I, we are truck drivers and that's how we provide for the family. My children are 3 and 13. And when I get done trucking in 20 maybe 25 more years they going to be roughly 23 and 33 and may have kids of their own and I will be a granddad. That's when the real spoiling and fun starts for me.

My parents live close by and spoil the crap out of my kids. I look forward to being in that spot. The days when I been trucking for 20 years and got a pretty healthy bank roll, done put my 2 through college and giving their kids anything and everything they want just because I can and I want to. And I believe I can by doing this job right here.

Your exactly right if you are an OTR trucker your job is to be away,and as I like to say My A$$ is gone "Be the job!"

I'm Sober-J over

I agree 100%! That is kind of my outlook on the whole situation. I really do not remember much except always traveling. I grew up traveling. Maybe not in a truck but I just do not feel comfortable sitting in one spot all the time and having the same thing every day. I want a new challenge or at least a new experience every day....My factory and warehouse days of the "same ol' same ol" lifestyle are over. It was the main reason I enjoyed EMS. Unfortunately, it is getting harder and harder to get into Fire and EMS and the pay rate for those fields is not exactly keeping up with the economy....I have always been the type that does not care what I do as long as I love my job....I love firefighting...but I have to actually start caring about how much money I bring in....Since I love traveling it seems to fit perfectly....we all have to do what we gotta do to put the "butter on the biscuits" as my dad used to say...lol

I agree 100%! That is kind of my outlook on the whole situation. I really do not remember much except always traveling. I grew up traveling. Maybe not in a truck but I just do not feel comfortable sitting in one spot all the time and having the same thing every day. I want a new challenge or at least a new experience every day....My factory and warehouse days of the "same ol' same ol" lifestyle are over. It was the main reason I enjoyed EMS. Unfortunately, it is getting harder and harder to get into Fire and EMS and the pay rate for those fields is not exactly keeping up with the economy....I have always been the type that does not care what I do as long as I love my job....I love firefighting...but I have to actually start caring about how much money I bring in....Since I love traveling it seems to fit perfectly....we all have to do what we gotta do to put the "butter on the biscuits" as my dad used to say...lol

OK just so you know I'm using that one. "The butter on the biscuits" probably gonna see that one in some of my posts. Traveled quite a bit myself and staying in the same place gets old. Keep in touch.

I start with US Express next week. Bought me a General Lee today so I 'll be talking. Once I'm back on the road I only be able to check in here weekly or bi-weekly. No lap top or notebook or kindle or whatever else all this stuff is just yet. Maybe later.

Sober-J over

Welcome aboard Hotshot!

I've never been married and I don't have any children so I'll leave that part of the conversation to you guys. I just wanted to let you know that you're going to want to go through our Truck Driver's Career Guide if you haven't already before making any major decisions about your trucking career and our High Road Training Program before you begin your schooling.

The High Road Training has the CDL manual built right in, along with multiple choice questions, a scoring system, a review system, and some really great features that make learning the materials a thousand times easier. And it's incredibly effective.