Hell Jeff, Ridge was one of us all along! I'm so shocked that I haven't been able to go to sleep. Good for you Ridge! :lol:

 

OK, here is my advice: Do not get out of the military until they throw you out for being at the maximum number of years for your paygrade. Not sure what that is in the Air Force. In the Navy it was 20 for E-6, 24 for E-7, 26 for E-8 and 30 for E-9.
Stay in as long as you can, when you retire you will have the cheapest health insurance on the planet for you and your family for the rest of your life and your pension should be at least enough for a house and car payment.
This way if you still want to drive a truck OTR, local, part time, whatever, you will be able to deal with the poverty wages that local jobs pay and having to give away hundreds of hours of free work that OTR requires.
I know lots of guys that got out of the military because they could not get the assignment they really wanted for one reason or another and most of them say they regretted it for the rest of their lives.
Go back to your original job skill or try to get reclassified into something else that sounds fun, maybe fuel truck driver or construction.

 

Yeah, I am sure that JR... knows most of this, which is why I did not go there (reserve stuff), but that is not automatic either. Plus Green usually go Blue not the other way around.

:P

 

LAMO at your SIG. Did Hobo really say that! Hopefully in jest.

HOBO, where you at bud?



Alternatively....
:roll:

 

I am not here to be disrespectful at all, but please stop with all the stay in the military stuff. I came here to ask quetions about trucking and it seems i am only talking about military. I have weighed it out.I have even ran myself into the ground trying to get into a job i truly wanted to do, but that road is one i dont want to discuss. I loved the time i spent in the military and i will forever be greatful for them actually turning me into somewhat of a man. I am though not the type of person to volunteer myself and then have to beg to stay and get the job i want. To many policies keeping me out of my dream career field and i dont want to leave it to chance just to keep wearing the uniform. I figure if i have served six years and i qualify for the job i want there should be a policy where i can get a garrentee to at least have a chance. The Air Force though is much like what you guys say about trucking though. There is no shortage, so even if you are a seasoned veteran they could care less if you are unhappy and leave.


How many miles can you expect to get month with a regional route? Is it the same as long haul where you request off time through your DM or is it automatic home weekends?

 

You will often drive about as many miles running regional as you will long haul. On average I would expect somewhere between 2,200-3,200 miles per week. You will likely average around 2,700/week day in and day out. There are slow times of the year for most segments of this industry. You could get as few as 1,800-2,200 miles/week during the slowest times. Those usually don't last long. Of course you could also go up around 3,500 or so miles in a week during peak times. We are restricted as to number of hours we can drive and that can limit you as to the number of miles you run. You can probably have more miles with a drop and hook carrier. One other thing to remember is that just because you are classified as regional doesn't necessarily mean that you won't be doing any long haul runs. I have known of a couple of drivers who have told me that they drove more miles regional than they did long haul.

 

Really! I remember when my dad drove for Welbern Cabinet they got him home on Friday night and back out sunday afternoon. He got paid CPM and had to offload the cabinets by hand. He also got paid for the unload. I am thinking of trying to find something like this in Alabama when i get out so i will not only get to drive, but get to keep up on excersise. I am big into fitness!

I am going through the School while i am still stationed in South Dakota. Will i have to change my license over to Alabama when i get back and do i have to retest to do that?

 

Here is the link: http://www.classadrivers.com/phpBB2/...=34634&start=0

He was absolutely not jesting! Read the entire thread and the Part 2 and you'll see Golfhobo's apparent obsession with drinking alcohol in a CMV.

Glad you like the sig line! :lol:

 

There is a cabinet manufacturing company near Jacksonville or Gadsden, AL, I believe. You might check with them.

 

Welllllll.......For the last year now I have been a supervisor/dispatcher.


Guess that puts my back on the crap list again. :lol: