[Mackman]

Well i just wanted to tell you all i faxed my app. to K-Sea a tugboat company out of NY. I think am going to give that a try a buddy of mine been working for them for a while and got me in to it. Am only 23 and just don't really see a good life behind a wheel of a truck. My dad who is a O/O is really pushing for me to get out of trucking big time so i have his support 100%. Well i will let you guys know how things go i hope they call back fast.
Tugboat company website
www.k-sea.com

[Twilight Flyer]

We had a driver a while back got out of trucking to become a tugboat captain. Last I heard, he was absolutely loving running up and down the Mississippi.

[hstern]

"Lt. Dan: Now hear this! Private Gump here is gonna be a shrimp boat captain. Well, I tell you what, Gilligan, the day that you are a shrimp boat captain, I will come and be your first mate."

Good luck with your new career....

[Mackman]

Well am starting out as a deckhand the pay ain't to bad from what am told it should be around $215 a day. Work 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. Or 2weeks on 1 week off. AM going to go with 2on/2off I all ready have a p/t job line up at a Harley dealer by my house for when am home. The way i look at it is if i don't like it i can all ways come back to truck'in.

[solo379]

Good luck! 8)

[randy569]

I don't blame you one bit. I have to admit, I have been working on a project that, if it pans out, I'm gonna quit the road after 17 years. It has just gotten way too ridiculous out there. I have just about reached my limit, and this Mexican trucking companies being able to run the entire US deal is just about enough for me to call it quits.

Good luck to you. I wish the best for you.

Randy

[Mackman]

thanks randy

Me and you kinda think alot in my eyes i was not around in the "good old days" of trucking but it is going down hill fast. I hate all the rules and regs. Mexicans are just making it worst. So while am young am going to try different things. hopefully i can find something else i like. I do like trucking alot i love driving but in the long run i think it is kinda a dead end job. You can barely make a living in a normal trucking job. Oh yea and no room to move up in a company. Once your a driver all ways a driver. Most of the time.

[Manicmechnic]

Good luck Mackman, I heard you have to have a Coast guard certificate to be a deck hand. Any truth that you need some kind of certificate?

[Jackrabbit379]

He'll be back in the truck in due time. That itch will never be scratched enough. :P

Seriously Mackman, best of luck to ya. Keep us updated on how it feels, sailing the seas. Arrrghhh. :P

[Roadhog]

Good for you Bro. Sounds like a plan...and I hope it works out. Please check in and let us know how it's going. We hear enough Truckin' stories...and not enough other adventures. Can you run a troll line fer lunch?
Careful you don't get any crabs.... :lol: