Comments By Brad K.

Hello again everyone,

Has anyone out there gone the route of selling their home or have decided not to rent, but rather, buy an RV for your full time residence outside of the truck? If so, I would love to hear about any pro's/cons when combined with the trucking lifestyle. I am looking at all options when it comes to cutting costs, as this well needed career change will be a bit of a salary cut for me for a few years, from what I've heard and read.

Hey everyone!

I'm new to the site and I am seriously starting to put together a plan to get out of restaurants and into trucking. I'm not necessarily ready to start talking to recruiters at this point unless I really have to. Just gathering info, researching and preparing myself to be 100% ready to jump into the deep end. One of the things kind of holding me back at this point is my dog. I am divorced and kids are grown and into their own lives. The rest of my family lives 2000 miles away and close friends are limited. I live alone with my dog who is not getting any younger. He might have a year or two left. Leaving him with friends or family isn't in the cards and leaving him in a kennel for 3 months is just not an option. I have pretty much narrowed my training companies down to Millis and Stevens for school due to my dog situation and residence in SW Florida because I can commute to Tampa and one week in GA with Millis I can work out pet wise. 8 weeks of OTR training out of state on the other hand is another story. Can anyone here tell me whether or not either of these companies, or any company for that matter, allow for pets during OTR training? Or I am I pretty much in the situation of having to accept the fact that my career change isn't going to happen until my best bud(dog) passes? :-(

Thank you all in advance for your replies,

Brad