Profile For Aaron A.

RealDiehl-

I think just that bad experience put a toll on my mindset to be honest. So I have that thought in the back of my mind thinking it would happen again but that's just deep-down fear. Failure is not an option here; I tend to put all I have got into my career, and this would be no different.

I have two pending offers with dedicated accounts, both come with just account specific training so getting back into it isn't going to be an issue at this point. Side note, both of them are touch freight one being van and the other reefer. I really do think this would be a good move for me, but all the negative Nancy posts about all the bad things tend to take a toll (even though they shouldn't). But it is time (very soon) I think to make the move,

BK -

I appreciate the inspiration. Glad it's all working out for you, are you OTR, Regional or Local? I am curious of your journey so far.

Navypoppop -

I too have been a mechanic for nearly 10 years. Only been running the store for about a year or so. I do think it's time for a change. I have made peace with taking some sort of pay cut, As mentioned above, I have two offers both being dedicated accounts. Those particular accounts pay somewhere around 80k or so with some (very) hard work of course.

Hey guys,

Lets start off with a little about myself. I'm 30, Recently divorced with no children. I work full time as a retail store manager, I make somewhere around 95k a year so I can complain about that part. I obtained my CDL in 2022, I've got right at 5 months experience most of that being flatbed. The company I was with (which I won't name) just wasn't for me, low low pay, always an excuse when to not get me home on the weekend, and when i did get home the truck better be rolling at 34 hours and 1 minute or they wanted to know why. My Dad was a truck driver so it's kind of in my blood. I love the whole aspect of it, even the long days, long hours in doors or waiting on the not-so motivated forklift driver to show up to work. It's always been my dream, My fear is what if i get out there and I actually hate it. If I were to not stick it out, I would be kinda lost. All in all failure is my biggest dilemma.