Profile For Will P.

Hello, my name is Will & I'm 23. I've been following the advice on this website for a couple years now and got some great info that helped me get my trucking career started last year. Thank all of you for the helpful posts and a special thanks to Brett for creating this website! I'll try to make this a short as possible. Last year I went to school with Knight Transportation (great company) and drove with them for 6 months. My wife and I found out she was having a baby so I decided to go local. I went with Mclane (also a great company) for 8 months. The job wasn't for me although I had planned to stay atleast a year because I know how important work history is however my wives' grandpa had offered me a job at his work where I would still drive but only 1-2 days every other week. It's a 6am-230p mon-fri job, weekends off, holidays off & paid, and started at $24/hr. A dream job for someone having their CDL just over a year. Well I'm finding myself hating it! I want to drive more. I miss OTR but like Brett mentioned there's plenty of options nowadays to get drivers home more with families and that is ideal. What it comes down to is I want to leave again after only a few months to be able to drive more. With a local or regional company. But im struggling with: 1. Whether to tough it out here for a year? 2. If I do will it hurt my years of experience since I drive so little? Will it count toward my years of experience rather. 3. This is a big one. I'm not willing to go OTR with my little girl being at home. But regional is still a definite option. How do I justify wanting to leave home for a job I want but don't necessarily have to have? We aren't struggling now and I hate to be gone from home but trucking is in my blood, I love it.