Comments on: Will I Be Able To Get A Job Driving Trucks Long Haul? Should I Go To A School Or Try For Company Training?

By: F-16 Chief

F-16 Chief — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:35:36 +0000

so your not kicked out of the military yet?
if you are kicked out for drug usage then it will be hard to get any job. but if it makes you feel any better i have an uncle who was a total f up in life and he drives the tyson chicken truck for a living.

By: Marine

Marine — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:12:11 +0000

That wall of text makes me not want to read what you have to say. Rather, my eyes want to bleed.

By: Cut Throat B****

Cut Throat B**** — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:14:58 +0000

cI’m sorry but I’m not reading your details I’m just answering. The most important part is to get experience wherever you can. Once you have about 2 years under your belt with a good safety record then you are golden. I used to work for a transportation cold (refrigerated transport) and we were dying to find drivers. We hired contractors who owned their own trucks but we helped them finance.

By: N dimentional brontosaur

N dimentional brontosaur — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:00:57 +0000

If you thought living in a sub was hard, wait till you live in a truck. From the moment you wake up to the moment you go to bed, you’re on the job. The drivers seat is just 2 seconds away from your bed. And sometimes, that’s all the time you have to wake up and be ready to drive. Forget eating, forget getting 8 hours of sleep. Forget the idea of having time to yourself.
I remember my first year of driving. I had a dream I was in hell, forever doing no more than 35mph in heavy traffic with two demons behind my seat, criticizing my every move. I could never get off the road, I could never sleep. Even if I deliberately turned the truck into a tree, I could not die. I would just end up back on the road at 35mph.
Some days, that’s what truck driving feels like. There will be plenty of nights in which you’ve been up all day without rest. Then you’ll find yourself driving past 10pm and you can see the blue lights in everyones windows; knowing they are all snug in their homes and drifting off to sleep while you still have another 200 miles to go. And once you do that 200 miles, you have only 3 or 4 hours before starting your day all over again. Oh, and you need to do your paperwork in those 3 or 4 hours too. Most people have no idea what a truck driver actually does or how long his day can be – day after day after day. The log book is called a liars book for good reason. Some days, I was able to drive 15 hours straight and felt good at the end. Other days, I could not put in 4 hours without needing a nap. You gotta listen to what you’re body’s telling you, what your truck is telling you, what your dispatch is telling you. It’s a juggling act every day. Some days are easy, and others…..
Truck driving has one thing in common with prison. You only do a year or two of “hard time”. A lot of guys don’t make it past that first year or two. But after that, you get used to it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:23:26 +0000

EDIT AND CONDENSE YOUR RANT!

By: ninecoro

ninecoro — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:42:23 +0000

The only way to get out of a drug charge in the military is to go to them first and tell them you have a problem with drugs and need help. They must help you and you cannot get in trouble for this. Do this or get kicked out with a dishonorable. Good luck.
GOP – He didn’t need an answer from a crack head. Get over yourself. I bet millions of prisoners would disagree with you as well as me and any other soldier that has gone to war. I would gladly drive 900 miles in a row (an I have) opposed to getting shot at again.