Why Trucking
If you’re reading this, there’s a better than a good chance you’re thinking about a life change, for any number of reasons.
Maybe you were curious, but my better than good bet is you are unhappy with your current job and you’re surfing around looking for how to start different careers.
So the question you’re asking yourself, “…maybe I could drive a semi truck… how do I start trucking?”
I’m writing this for you from the back of my 2023 freightliner Cascadia, that I took out a big ass loan to get into (or, I thought, and I’m editing it for you after that company broke the contract and I ended up buying my very actually own older 2014 Mack Pinnacle; more on that later).
It has been a long week, not much sleep, I decided to run around with the lady (worth it always) instead of grocery shop and meal prep so by Friday I am out of food and pretty hungry. I have not had a shower this week, but the weather has been nice and I haven’t sweat much.
I have driven from New York to Georgia to Michigan to South Carolina and everywhere in between on my way back to Virginia. Roughly 2700 miles this week all things included. Steel coils, lumber, flat, steel coils that we call slinky coils, and crane mats- all just this week.
Me and my trucker buddies keep each other apprised of what lanes are heating up, what states think they're better than paying us to bring in freight, what cities are traps and what ones are honey holes into too many paws get into them.
You're not here for that what I’ve been up to. You want to know why you should want the same.
Why be a trucker at all?
I made $3700 this week, after the ups and downs, deductions, taxes, etc.
Not bad considering I was freight train conductor praying for more work than my weekly guarantee before this, and I dropped out of my clinical counseling masters program to do that. That’s not crazy money, maybe, but if it doesn’t seem like much to you than you may be in the wrong website.
I have good experienced buddies who haul specialized equipment that make $10,000 to 15,000 in a WEEK. I have another buddy who hauls roses and fruit that makes $8,000 to $10,000 a week regularly, and takes three months off a year to hunt and fish.
Unless you’re an oil tycoon or come from money I think we can agree that’s pretty damn good money.
Wish I had done it sooner, honestly. Like when I was 22. I'm 33 now, as I write this for you.
Regardless of age, if you can pay attention, you can drive a truck. It's not back breaking work, mostly, and if you can be disciplined enough to lay off the fast food and do your weekly meal prep, you can stay fairly healthy.
From where you are sitting right now, with a clean driving record, a decent work ethic, and an alright grasp of the English language, you can be making a minimum of 70k a year without breaking your back, being stuck at a desk with a boss breathing down your neck, or anybody that will sit next to you to tell you how to get where you need to be to choose how you want your day to go.
There are constraints, but I have a hard time thinking of a job with more freedom- as long as you follow the rules of the road.
The only commitment commitment you need to make is to want to do better for you and your family.
It's not easy, I mean, you have to do SOMEthing, but you simply leave the house Monday, drive around, and come back Friday to at least a 1500-4000 weekly paycheck. Keep your weekends. See the country. Stay flexible.
For a young man or woman who wants to explore and doesn't want to stay home, or maybe doesn't have a good home, you can literally choose your own adventure.