I have been reading all of these trucking fourms and I can not seem to find any postive people.... The only postive feed back that i can get is from my bestfriend who is a flatbed o/o... everyone says is will break up your marriage well i think it will make my stronger! than there is the kids thing oh they will hate you people say... can some drivers please chime in here please... I don't care what business you look into people will tell you how bad it is from broadcasting to trucking...



Thanks in advance...

 

Gee, I'm not really positive.

:lol:

 

It's all in how you look at it. Some of these guys are absolutely positive... that they're miserable.

Me, I go with the flow for the most part, but I have a few screws loose anyway. I don't have a family or any of that either. It seems to me that those things would be tough to manage.

 

It can be difficult finding positive things to say about the trucking industry and being married at the same time. It will take an adaptation period for you and your family if you should enter into it.

It is probably easier to marry someone who is already a trucker, but to leave a career where you are home everyday and go on the road where your maybe home 1-2 days a week at best (realistically every few weeks) can be a very difficult period for a family to transition.

I really do not know what to tell you at the moment. I know you are looking for positive responses, in what appears to be a very negative industry. Sometimes negatives tend to stand out more than the postives.

This will be a very difficult transition period for you and your family. Even if your family is behind you in this, they really do not know what to expect until it begins.

If trucking becomes to difficult for you and your family to adapt to, are you able to retreat from it and go back to your former occupation???

Your O/O friend should beable to give you some good advise about different options and insights in the trucking industry, such as OTR/Regional/Dedicated/Local, etc.

A little more of your history and background (personal and professional) maybe helpful in the advise dispensed from the forams.

Best wishes to you...Im sure there will be some advise that will be helpful.

 

I didn't hate my Dad for being a driver and being away. He kept food on the table and allowed my sister and my mom to live a (relatively) comfortable life. If he was away and not in contact and a deadbeat, yeah, I probably would have hated him :wink:

 

I'm a relatively "positive" person....ask Cyanide...he'll vouch for me, I think :? But really...while I can be essentially positive....I tend to be more pragmatic than anything else. I don't like to sugar coat things. This job is not that great...generically speaking. On one hand, while Cyanide and I work for one company...and we are literally tickled to death with our jobs, we both had to wend our way through the industry to find and get these jobs. On the other hand...most dry van companies, flatbed companies, and reefer companies leave alot to be desired....generically speaking. Wage wise, home time wise, and general conditions wise...they are lacking.

My marriage has survived me doing this for a long time now. It has though caused some grief at times....like when I needed to be home on a certain day, and was 1200 miles away on that day.

I think what you have heard here has been fair and balanced. What you need to hear is the good, the bad, and the ugly. That way you make an informed decision....not come into this thinking its going to be a bed of roses only to find out that its a bed of vipers and thorns.

Your marriage may survive, even thrive, and your kids may love you even more...if thats possible. But then...the number of divorced truck drivers is rather high....sadly.

Just keep in mind....take everything with a grain of salt. Our perspectives may not match yours, and yes, some of us may be a little jaded. To us there is nothing romantic or really exciting about doing this. Its a JOB, a means to an end. A decent way to make money....thats all.

Just make very sure you do a lot of "due diligence" and really scope out the companies you are interested in. Better to do it up front than find out later you "oooops'd".

Best of Luck!!

 

I dont think it will break you up if you both support it! But ask yourself how is your wife at handling things by herself?

I find that the time at home you get you spend more quality time toghter than before driving, cough and sex is better

 

I'm absolutely positive that the time I spent traveling was the closest I ever came to losing my wife. Does that help you out any?

 

http://www.classadrivers.com/phpBB2/...ic.php?t=27885

Read the original post, not just the responses and you will see that its what you make it.....positively

 

I guess it depends on how strong your relationship is.... If that was the case everyone in the arm forces would all be alone, people that were traveling salemen the list goes on and on.... Just my 2 cents