Mojo43
New Member
Howdy! Mike in SC here just wanting to get on the board. I received my CDL in 1991 after taking the truck driving class at a local Tech school. My cousin taught the class and being newly married and only having a night shift DJ job at a radio station, the career sounded great. Besides, I had a couple cousins who ha driven & I had always loved seeing those big rigs roll down the highway. After graduating my class, the only job I could find was spotting trailers for a company. It was kind of a let down but it did provide some excellent backing practice! It was about a year later that a friend of my parents who they went to church with was the wife of a veteran owner operator. He had always ran solo....SC to CA. He offered to take me on a a team driver with him and he explained and showed me things school did not. I drove with him for a little over a year but when my wife and I had our first child I came off OTR and took a local job. I've had local, more OTR, regional and even expedited jobs and they all were good to some degree. I was offered a job in dispatch and my life changed. Now I was on the other side..the dark side as I would call it when I was behind the wheel. I then moved into a operations manager position and it was great pay and 9-5 five days a week. All was good until the company decided to close operations. So, fast forward to 2013, I'm 43, still married to the same high school sweetheart and our kids are grown. I work at the parts counter for a Volvo/Porsche car dealer & pull the hours of 7:30 to 6:00 on salary with commission. We are struggling to stay above water financially now. When I renewed my CDL & got my new DOT physical, I got to thinking......I've got this CDL in my back pocket, I'm good on my physical and I still have diesel in my veins. I have a great friend who is a few years older and we have been talking about running as a team. We don't want to be out 2-3 weeks at a time but we do want to run the wheels off and get the job done! We talked about trying to find a company that runs lanes like SC to TX or SC to Midwest. A couple of those a week and all would be great!! I know we are wishing hard for that "perfect" job, but maybe we can find a company where we can maybe meet in the middle. All I know is that I want to drive, provide better for my family and get us out of this hole. Well, that about sums it up...it was a little wordy, but now you know about me and my plans. Praying every night that something opens up. Y'all take care and be safe out there!!
