Hey. (need info about trucking)


mrmawker

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I'm 15 and thinking about being a truck driver when i get older. Is there any tips to prepare myself early so i can be more aware? Any tips are appreciated.
 

LoL i thought the monkey part was good. but like she said dig and dig deep. this is just more than a job. it is a life style to most of us out here.it a hard life and you must give it 110%. its no easy path to go down,but when you get it in your blood there no going back to being normal.
 
I was in your shoes too and I'm 19 now and I highly recommend you get a degree or go to vocational school whether it be in diesel mechanics or business related field get something you can fall back on. Yeah I plan on getting into trucking but I'm getting a management degree as something to fall back on and also use in the future. I also have my eyes set on a political career but that there is just a fantasy.
 
I'm good with computers and can solve puzzles easily. So i guess i may have to get a degree in computer design or whatever degree those detectives get :P. but nevertheless, I intend on being a truck driver. There's something about it that I can't put my finger on but I must be one when I am 20-21. Also, wouldnt you think getting a degree would make you more in debt than you plan if you want to be an O/O if you probably won't have to fall back on anything in the first place? I mean I know many truckers are getting put out of work but this is something i desire to stick with.
 
Actually you can get federal grants and loans to help pay for college so your debt won't be as bad. Now if you buy a truck without a degree and don't know what your doing you'll be in debt to your neck and lose everything. Being an owner operator isn't just buying a truck and hauling loads. Also you can get a CDL at 18 but you can only drive within your home state but most companies probably won't hire you until your 21-23 cause of insurance and lack of experience. The only companies who would hire you with a CDL at 18 is a farm operator and maybe a garbage hauling outfit.

You bring back memories of me being 15 and asking the same questions. Also back then I thought I was the know it all of the trucking industry and I was totally wrong. lol
 
Haha. I've studied this forum very diligently to know that nobody will hire me till 21-23 and get a class B CDL at 18-19. Also, there is something i didn't really know. Go on about what else it is to be an O/O.
 
too much time away from home, tax problems, frustration, massive debt, little pay, traffic, weather, dumb truck drivers, insurance, fuel, breakdowns, bad food, heartburn, gas...
 

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