Comments By Luke K.

I would like to know what kind of fuel savings a truck with a slope nose would get over a truck with a regular front end. If you have the same make of truck with the same motor and same transmission and same driver is there a big difference between the two types of front ends. I love the look of a classic style but with fuel costs being so much is that type of truck a thing of the past? Thanks for taking the time to read my question.

Hello. My name is Luke and I really want to start driving a truck. This is my situation. I am 32 years old and have done alot of different jobs up to this point in my life. I grew up on a farm so my first jobs had me driving tractors and operating big machines. Since then I have worked with food, done heating and ac, drove box trucks, and at this point I am a manager at a non-profit where we work with local farms and distribute local foods to schools, restaurants, and retailers. I studied very hard and took the test and now have my commercial learners permit and I also got my tankers and doubles/triples endorsements. I was very nervous. Anyway I am trying to get my cdl on my own without having to pay a bunch of money to some school (hard to spot the scams) or by signing my life to some company that will use me for slave labor. I may do some team driving with my dad until I can save enough to get my own truck. It will be a challenge being in a truck with him 24 hours a day but I think I can do it. I have so many questions at this point... The team driving with my dad will be us pulling a dump trailer which sounds like alot of fun with the chance to see many cool places. Not sure how the pay will be pulling a dump trailer. I see people talking about pulling other things but not much on that. My dad is a Kenworth man and says that Freightliners are cheaply made and I should not look at those. My budget is only going to be around 20,000 and it seems I can get a newer truck with less miles if I go with a Freightliner or Volvo. To be honest I kinda like the layout of those trucks and do not think I would mind driving one. I have a wife and an 11 year old son so whatever I get myself into I do not want to be away from them for months at a time. The dump trailer thing will work well because I will be home every weekend. It sounds like pulling a reefer van is good money but does have its downsides too. There is so much information to sift through and to figure out, really not sure on the best path. I know going to a good school would help alot but I do not have the money for it right now and the only other way to do it would be to sign up with an otr company and having to ride with some stranger for a few months and I feel like that has the potential to be a very terrible situation. Owning my own truck is the only way I can see at getting around that. Sorry if I rambled but I am hoping by telling you more about me that anyone who can give any advice to me the background may help. I have many questions but any advice would be great. Thanks for taking the time to read my story.