Comments By Leslie M.

Years ago I knew a guy who drove an old "Bulldog" Mack. It was just the cab that was original and underneath it was all up to date (for that time). He kept the cab immaculate. He kept a pair of slippers behind the seat and after cleaning his shoes on a piece of carpet he used, He would put his shoes behind the seat and drive with the slippers on. I don't see anything "dangerous" about it if you want to put up with the extra hassle!

I was looking at Schneider National in west Memphis and the even have a special program for older drivers. I'll be 65 next week and I'm going back to driving! Should have stayed when I was there!

Go make smoke and tire noise!!

I think I know the answer to this but just checking. Back when I was driving 35 years ago (if we were running teams) we would drive 4 hours and spend 4 hours showing in the sleeper or "off duty" setting in the jump seat.

From what I am seeing now you can't do that but would have to spend 10 hours in the sleeper. If you are riding the jump seat are you allowed to count that as "off duty" time? Technically you are being "paid" because the wheels are spinning but you have no "responsibility" as the driver in the "responsible" person. I guess it 's kind of hard to run 2 or 3 logbooks with e-logging too! LOL So much for the "good ole days"! LOL

Whoops! I just noticed I wasn't supposed to post here!! Despite the name I am a male! Advice still holds though. You can't let anyone else run your life and you can't use it for a crutch!! "Peddle to the metal and let it roar"!!

Yeah those "excepts" will bite your ...... score!!

I have a question for everyone. I am interested in truck driving, but before I try to invest in this new career, I would like for everyone to be honest about the good, the bad, and the ugly about driving trucks. I am a former teacher and I found out that it was not for me. I even tried to go into nursing, but it had its own politics and all it did was drain my bank account and I have nothing to show for that investment. I've always liked to drive and take long trips, so being away from people would not be a problem for me. In fact, it would be something that fits me. I'm not antisocial, but when it comes to doing a job, I don't see myself socializing too much and would prefer to keep being social to a minimum. I heard that going back to school for this would cost too much money and has its own issues, but I would like to talk to people who are already in this field to tell me, if you were talking to someone, like me, who was interested, what would you tell them? I'm not asking for an easy career nor a hard one either. Also, with the CDL test, is it very hard? I looked at some practice test questions and I didn't do too bad on them considering I had no training and based my answers on what I've seen other truck drivers to while on the road. I am not here to offend anyone, but I really do need to know these things because I cannot afford to invest into something else only to repeat it in failure. :(

Its a decision you have to make about "what to do"! I grew up on diesel smoke and road tar and drove OTR for nearly 10 years. After I left the road I earned two B.As and an MS. degrees. I'm retired from being a computer geek now and going back to driving school to get back on the road. Given what I know now and what I've done for the last 30 years it was a mistake for me to ever leave the road. But I can only speak for me! Maybe we'll meet at a Flying J one of these days!