Look at the posted I edited, now is that better??? lol A cabover, now you know cabovers are a thing of the past driver.

Give him a break mate; he,s only a kid with big enthusiasm for the job. Didn,t you wanna own your own fleet of trucks and show the world how to do it at his age?
We should just be thankful that young lads want to enter the job. I don,t know about over there but over here the average age of a driver is 52 and not many are taking their places when they retire.

Im 24 and love drivin (kinda) AT 15 i told my dad i would have a fleet of dump trucks. HE is a O/O i always said dad buy more trucks he laughed at me. Now that im 24 been drivin for 5 years i know how little $$$ money there is. I see why he was laughin. There is so little money in truckin. You will make a livin that is say about it.

Good post.

Not many 17 year olds are mature enough these days anyway. Alot of them are disrespectful, rude, no manners, back talk adults like they are with their friends. I know I'll take some heat from this but alot of that has to do with the way the child was raised by their parents!


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Actually no I did not ever want a fleet of trucks. Mackman has it right.

As far as COE's being a thing of the past, many steel haulers use cabovers. What do you think the advantage might be?

Like I said, you`re a good kid. You`ll make a blody bood truck driver and maybe will own a few trucks. Best of luck ti ya

Thanks Wot and all the flatbeds I see are Peterbilts or Kenworths, I hardly see any cabovers anymore! I don't see much advantage with a cabover except turning radius that is pretty much it. When I was at the steel mill I seen mostly trucks with hoods NO CABOVERS!!!!!!! There is money in trucking, you just got to know where to look and have business smarts. I know it's no easy life but you can make a living if you know how to maximize your profits but in reality fuel is gonna be the biggest expense I'll have to face next to insurance.

Don,t talk to me about the advantage of cabovers as you call them; I drove 150 tonne plate units which were cabovers. As I said, give the kid a break. He only knows a fraction of trucking. Ambition is no bad thing.

I'm not gonna say I know everything about trucking cause that would be a lie. I could care less how much money I make and to be honest if I make enough to pay my bills and put food on the table and a roof over my head I'm happy cause money will not buy me happiness cause running my own business is what would really make me happy! I rather be happy doing something I enjoy than to do a job and make a ton of money and not enjoy it at all! Thats just common sense. But some people are worried about money they are miserable and not happy and always bitch about something as a result of that!