Odd question... any truck drivers here?

[exmediahack]

I've made it to the top of my little fiefdom of TV news. Pay is really good but I see this horizon in the distance. Not quite where newspapers and local radio are right now but I see it.

Any truck drivers here or anyone with the similar over-the-road experience?

I'm thinking about where the need for work will be in 5-10 years. My kids will be out of the house in three years and, frankly, the thought of driving a rig across the country is quite alluring to me right now. I've found that, in life, I'm best as a solo act and I love driving, being on time and feeling like I'm doing some good.

After 25 years in TV news, I'm kinda over the bull**** of newsroom politics.

Also... I wonder if there is more value in this field for someone used to communicating with the outside world, managing expectations and coming off as a professional.

 

[Chef2]

 

[exmediahack]

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Nodding my head in approval like DeNiro is 40% of his movies.

 

[Vombatus]

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You glorious *******. I so wanted to do that, but alas, you were already hitting it out of the park!

 

[swingline]

Well, no stairs to screw on in a sleeper, so ...

 

[swingline]

But there are lot lizards.

 

[ChrisLong]

You have to be proficient at U-turns.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

All I know is that there's a huge demand for truckers right now, but there's also the issue of self-driving trucks looming down the road (no pun intended). Which could eventually make real driving truckers go the way of the newspaper journalist.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

You’ll have to get a CDL, which can be a process. Once you get a CDL, you are subject to a wide number of new strict regulations, even if you’re driving a 4-wheeler.

 

[exmediahack]

You’ll have to get a CDL, which can be a process. Once you get a CDL, you are subject to a wide number of new strict regulations, even if you’re driving a 4-wheeler.

I am in an area with a driving school that gets all of the certifications -- less than a 5-week process (10 hours of class work/driving work six days a week). It could be doable with my schedule.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Move to Kingdom City, Mo.

 

[playthrough]

All I know is that there's a huge demand for truckers right now, but there's also the issue of self-driving trucks looming down the road (no pun intended). Which could eventually make self-driving trucks go the way of the newspaper journalist.

I was flabbergasted to see that self-driving trucks have already been on the road, including the Florida Turnpike (I think 60 Minutes had a segment on it). Hard to envision those in bad weather.

My brother-in-law has been a trucker for 40 years, have never heard him say a bad word about it. And knowing his wife, I can see why the open road is so appealing.

 

[I Should Coco]

Anyone else recall the group Truck Stop Love, from the 1990s college rock scene?

One of the great band names of all time.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Plenty of time for you to get road strange in truck stop parking lots. Be careful, tho. If they’re really clean, they’re probably a cop.

 

[Sea Bass]

Until recently a good buddy carted garbage from Toronto to Carleton, MI every day. Loved it.

Recently he started taking a trailer full of heavy equipment from Toronto to Miami and back. Haven’t talked to him about that but I’m sure he’s making good money, as he left the garbage gig (which paid him six figures) to take this one.

 

[Vombatus]

Until recently a good buddy carted garbage from Toronto to Carleton, MI every day. Loved it.

Recently he started taking a trailer full of heavy equipment from Toronto to Miami and back. Haven’t talked to him about that but I’m sure he’s making good money, as he left the garbage gig (which paid him six figures) to take this one.

More evidence that we take crap from Canadians.

 

[Chef2]

I could easily see myself driving a semi.
Had an uncle that did it for several years.........Grandfather drove a semi for Yellow Freight for over 30 years.
I love to drive.

 

[MileHigh]

I was flabbergasted to see that self-driving trucks have already been on the road, including the Florida Turnpike (I think 60 Minutes had a segment on it). Hard to envision those in bad weather.

My brother-in-law has been a trucker for 40 years, have never heard him say a bad word about it. And knowing his wife, I can see why the open road is so appealing.

2017, a Bud truck made a 120-mile trek from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs.

 

[Chef2]

Nodding my head in approval like DeNiro is 40% of his movies.

 

[Chef2]

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