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Thanks G-Town. It would be a year round position, just slow a couple months in the spring and a couple months in the fall. Back in my 20's I had a hazmat job slinging 40 lb propane tanks all day long. Was good $ back then, and a great workout... never needed to go to the gym. Not sure how "efficient" I would be at a job like that now, a couple decades later :-)

Appreciate the replies everyone! I will look into the companies mentioned.

@ Anne- I'm currently in the Colorado high country west of Denver. But my apartment lease will be up soon, so I'm trying to figure out if I want to renew it, or if I want to become "mobile" for a while to save $ quicker. No kids or significant other currently, so I can pretty much up and leave at any time.

@ Bruce- I was always under the impression that car haulers were some of the better paid drivers out there. $16/hr is definitely no bueno!

I may have the option to go back to a local CDL-B shuttle gig here that would average $30+ /hr after tips. But it's seasonal and only busy / worth doing around 8 months a year. I may do that still, but just thought I'd see what my OTR "B" options might currently be, as I haven't looked in quite some time. The biggest potential advantage to doing that would be saving money on rent... that extra $1k/mo. can add up quick.

Hello all,

Kinda new here, but have been involved in various types of professional driving jobs off and on for a long time. I currently have a class B CDL and am looking into my options for possible OTR work (ie straight truck w/ sleeper). I realize that I would have more options and potentially better pay with a class A, but honestly I'd just rather drive a straight truck than a tractor trailer these days (I have some class A OTR experience from many years ago, so I'm familiar with the lifestyle).

Without going into too much detail, I have an expensive medical procedure (not covered by insurance) that I'd like to have done as soon as I can afford it. It's not super-urgent and it's not anything that affects my ability to drive (I'm in my 40's and am in pretty good health otherwise), but IS something that I'd like to have done as soon as it's practically possible, so if I can realize my $ goal a little faster by sleeping in the cab every night and avoiding paying rent for an apartment for a year or two, I'll gladly make that sacrifice. I'm certainly not opposed to getting a local gig (home every night) IF it pays well enough, but the prospect of not paying rent for a while is pretty appealing to me right now, for the reason mentioned. If I can consistently average around $1k a week (net /take home), that would be ideal.

No wife or kids, so I don't mind running anywhere in the US and being out for weeks at a time, and I'm happy to run hard while I'm out. Not interested in running teams... just solo. Other than that, I'm pretty flexible. Clean MVR, other than 1 speeding ticket in my personal vehicle 6 months ago (first one in 28 YEARS, so reckon I was due :-)

That said, my main concern is that most of my CDL driving experience is in the distant past, so not sure how many companies might be interested in me because of that. I have @ 3 yrs of class A tractor trailer driving experience, but it's not verifiable (it was a very long time ago and both companies I worked for back then have since gone out of business). The only fairly recent CDL experience I have is 1.5 yrs of class B driving transit buses & shuttle vans (verifiable, but was 2-4 yrs ago). For the past couple years I've been doing 1099 work fulltime (mostly Uber/Lyft).

Any recommendations for specific companies I might look into? Or just general suggestions? I did a quick search of the forum here, but if I've overlooked a recent thread on the topic please let me know. Thanks in advance.