[dutch]

Thanks Sanchez.

[dutch]

Thanks sanchez.

[lawlesscowgirl]

Hi there. My name is Christy. I am getting ready to start my training in a week and I am a little nervous about it. Is there really that many women driving. It is something I have wanted to do for a long time and am excited to get started but scared at the same time. Any advice would be appreciated

[ronnieman49]

Hi Christy, and welcome. My name is Ronnie and I just finished Trucking School Dec. 13th and I am a male although there were 5 students in our class two of them were women we all pulled together in our group and when we were tested out everyone's scores were very close to each other. It is Perfectly NORMAL to be nervous we all were too. My Instructor told me that you will always be a little nervous every time you get behind the wheel and if you ever stop, then you will be dangerous to yourself and everybody around you. You will be fine. Go for it Girl and keep us posted.

[BOB YATES]

Hi Christy , my name is Rowdy and I am a rookie fresh out of truck school also . There was about 15 of us in my class and there was three women . All the women passed a few of the guys dropped out and a few more guys had to take the test two to three times before they passed . The women were just as good as the guys better than some . And we were all nervous about passing but all that studied hard and showed up every day eventualy got their license . Just go about school like a job , show up every day and give it your best and you should do alright . Welcome to the forum , Rowdy

[dle]

I'm Dennis Etheridge and my wife and I are prospective newbies.

We have been looking into trucking for the last couple of months.

I'm a computer programmer who has gotten fed up with 25+ years of doing that, Finding another IT job is very difficult because of the age bias problem and a lack of experience (I got the training, no experience). I currently get to drive 6 hours round trip to get to my job.

My wife is a dog washer at a national pet supply/vet.

We have 3 teenage daughters, between 15 and 19.

[JeffTheTerrible]

Hi, my name's Jeff (a legal name change done when I was 15, as I immigrated from Finland, and having a non "American" sounding name was no asset in the little redneck town I lived in), I have been driving for slightly under 2 years. I started driving after I was shot, working on a patient (I used to be an EMT-P in Durham, NC), and I started with a food tanker company called Childress. Unfortunately, Mr. Childress has slight problems with keeping the snake in the cage, and thus, he lost everything. So now, I pull flatbeds.
I'm 24 (envy me :P ), and live in an area of North Carolina that, technically, is part of Garner, simply due to the fact that nobody in the state legislature has the balls to tell these towns that they can't annex land outside their respective counties. For those of you familiar with I40 through the Raleigh-Durham area, I live roughly 5 minutes drive from the crappy little Wilco fuel stop (which has no parking, but it listed as a truck stop with a "medium" sized parking lot, somehow) on exit 312.
I'm single, with no kids, wife, or "significant other" of any sort, and I'm not particularly looking to change any of that.
And I'm sure that's quite enough for an introduction, so, hello, everyone!

[excav8or]

Howdy, all. Names Bill, I'm 43. Been driving a truck for around 20 years, give or take a few months. First in the military, and then as a civilian, OTR. Worked for Rocor and then USXpress, when I came off the road I worked for 2 years as a driver instructor at a truck driving school. I'm still in the Army Reserves, as a truckdriver, 3 more years and I retire from the military. Currently I'm driving local heavyhaul for a construction rental outfit, in Denver, CO. I'm divorced (Twice), live with my 3 cats.

[chopbro68]

Hello to all :mrgreen: my name is Glenn I found this wonderful site about 3 weeks ago and still haven't look over it all yet just found this topic today I've been out of a truck for a while ,but I'm going to be getting back in one real soon. I have already found tons of useful stuff & I'm sure I'll find tons more

[icedad]

Hello My name is Randy and have been driving and owning trucks since I was 18. I guess that makes it a total of 33 yrs. I have been married the last 20 years since I came off the road full time. I have 2 son's 1 who might be following in my footsteps. Am still trying to talk him out of it. I will probably run the road to some extent and make it more of hobby than work when the boys are gone. Will be taking momma with me on some trips to Florida.