Profile For A. H. Herzog
A. H. Herzog's Info
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Location:
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Driving Status:
Preparing For School -
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Joined Us:
7 years, 4 months ago
A. H. Herzog's Bio
Worked in telecom on nationwide fiber optic networks for 20 years. That whole trade is going the way of the contractor. Spent 3.5 years at sea. Driving a naval war ship. I'm tired of looking for a job. All I see on job sites are jobs for nurses and jobs for truck drivers. I'm opting for the truck. Sounds like a person can make decent money in a few years. I'm in. Getting my ducks in a row and looking at a few companies right now. I'd like one that offers it's own training and placement. See how it goes.
Comments By A. H. Herzog
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Posted: 7 years, 3 months ago
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The biggest reason people stop driving a truck?
I keep seeing talk about loneliness and the solitary lifestyle being the worst thing about trucking. And here I was worried about steep grades runaway trucks with roasted brakes while its snowing or backing a 100k+ piece of equipment into another 100k+ piece of equipment. Exploding tankers full of God knows what. But it looks like sitting with yourself for hours on end is the real occupational downside for most folks. I'd ask if people were serious but judging from all of the articles and posts about it its a real thing. Any thoughts?
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Posted: 7 years, 3 months ago
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The biggest reason people stop driving a truck?
I did 4 years at sea 5 & 6 month deployments. So cramped isn't a huge deal breaker for me. And I have 2 teen age step daughters so I'm hoping I can get hired for some extended away from home time. And I don't mind solitude. Guess the only thing is what it's like to operate a truck on the road. I was a mechanic for 5 years and did 2 of those doing maintainance at a cement plant on mixers,, pump trucks, super liners an dump trucks. Drove them on the plant to pull them into the shop but never on the road. I'm really hoping I like it. There's only nursing jobs and trucking jobs where I live. And I'd like to make more than 30k. Guess we shall see what we shall see. Thanks for the input. This site seems really good for advice.