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Originally Posted by Splitshifter
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Post subject: Starting back OTR after 20 yrs of local
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With all the OTR guys on here that are fed up and trying to find local work instead, this seems a bit unusual. :?:
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NOT TO ME!!! The man sounds
BORED out of his mind.... which is the way I picture MOST local jobs!
Also, and not meaning to be contrary, but there are actually very
FEW real OTR drivers on this board who are tired of it and would switch!
MOST of the posts about wanting to find local jobs come from NEWBIES, who want to make the money in truckdriving, but don't
ever want to leave home in the first place!
All fine and good, but they are a different breed. Their
GOD, of course, is Cold Frosty Mug. :lol: :lol:
But, I believe I can count on
ONE hand the number of OTR drivers here who have actually opted for a local gig. Whereas, maybe 60% or more of newbies have SAID they will "pay their dues" OTR, and then want to know if they can go local. They are NOT real OTR drivers. (Again... no harm, no foul.)
A longhaul driver, as you probably
KNOW, has the open road on his mind and a bit of "lonesome" in his
SOUL! We want to see "lubbock in our rear view mirror" and California sunshine on the morrow! We would rather sleep under a blanket of
STARS than a blanket of polyester!
Do not confuse the Mustang with the plow horse! EACH has his calling and virtue. But, there is a world of difference between us. With a few exceptions,
one drives a truck to live.... and the other
lives to drive a truck.
I apologize if my "characterizations" offend anyone. I don't
MEAN to. The great cities of the
West were settled by "pioneers" who took chances on the way, but "settled" the cities nonetheless. The trade routes were traveled though, by the Teamsters!
We are the wolves to the canines, the eagle to the fowl. Indeed, the mustang to the equine. We cannot be chained or domesticated. And we would
HAVE it no other way!
We are misfits and miscreants and we offer no apology for it. Some might say we "have no life." But
I say..... this
IS my life!
I've
BEEN "chained" and I don't LIKE it! I've punched a clock, and I
DETEST it! I've been cubicled til I was manic! And I will
NEVER go back to it!
I'm as
FREE as I can be.... and paid
well to do it! I have the
BEST of all worlds, and am
LUCKY enough to know it!
I cannot
SEE me ever wanting to go local, but hey, "never say never." For those who DO, again.... no disrespect intended! Your LIFE is THERE..... but MINE is Over The Road!
Well... gotta GO! Kick the tires, light the fires.... and we're OFF to the great Northwest!