How old were you when you

[eoplocust]

i started at 24....... i am now 24........ looking for first job...... nuff said.... lol

[madpuppy]

Well at least someone is older then me when they started 37 here.

I was born in a sleeper of a long nose Red Dot going across Hwy.40. I started driving at 12, and started getting paid for it when I turned 20 in`72 as a bed bugger for Mayflower. Done most jobs except, Bull hauler, Low boys and swinging meat! I retired last year do to all the mistakes I`ve made over the years, such as: blowing out the long head tendon in my right arm, by moving a stack of plastic pallets just a bit ( done it a million times ), bending and lifting freight a billion times leaving my lower back a broken mess, jumping off docks and trailers/trucks resulting in a total knee replacement that didnt heel right. :twisted: But on the other hand Trucking has been Very Good to me, and its the only thing I ever wanted to do!. If I were able I`d still be driving, and one day some one would find my body where it all started, just a newer truck! :twisted: 8) C-Ya.

At 17 as a Mechnic started moving them in the yard and taking them to the Dealers if needed. At 18 rode with my dad and got my CDL. Spent the next 3 years driving in the State of IL getting paid to do it then the day after I turned 21 I was headed to MI on my first out of state load. I was 15th on the totem pole at the company I was driving for at the time. Why do you think 3 months later he gave me the fastest truck in the fleet. I earned that truck.

[bikerboy]

Started trucking in ontario at 18, starting trucking into the US when i was 22

[kcfalcon]

I was 14, driving a grain truck for my uncle's farm in 1973.
Drove a 1961 international (i think) want to talk about the stone age, this was the truck!
From the amount of smoke it made, I'am sure it was steam powered!

[WildK9]

started at 25, now I'm 36...time sure does fly.

[fuelman]

Was 41 when I got my CDL, Am 46 now. Was some what forced and also wanted a new career after 20 years in retail management. moved to southern california in 2002 and found it difficult to land a decent paying job in my field. ( too many applicants ) Found out SOCAL is truckers mecca and went for it!! 5 years later and I'm driving fuel tankers in the inland empire area.

Funny how things turn out some times. My dad, who I barely know, has been driving for 40 years in the Denver area delivering meat. Some day I'll call and let him know.