What Does A Trucker Do After Trucking?

What kind of skills are transferrable after your trucking career is over either from changing careers, boredom of the open road, or just wanting a change? Is their life after trucking? Do many truckers just stick it out until retirement? Obviously the turnover is high so what does everybody do after the quit or get fired from trucking?

All opinions are welcome.

Well, lets see???

You can go in to Fleet Management if you want. That's a glorified dispatcher. I did that.

You could go in to Logistics for a distribution company. I did that.

You could become a warehouse worker/supervisor. I did that.

You could do local delivery , big truck or small. I did that.

You could go to Technical school and become a Master Cosmetologist. I did that.

You could open a Restaurant after finishing a culinary course. I did that.

But, you might find your self doing what I am doing now. I just got my CDL again after letting them expire because I never thought I would drive a truck again. Wrong.

And if all those were not enough have you ever thought about becoming a CDL Instructor. Technical schools need good professional drivers to help train. It pays well too. I was offered a job at the local school to do just the night class of 5 hours for 4 days a week at $22.00 a hour. Private companies pay well too, just harder to get on.

I will say this though. Once it is in your blood, it stays there. Maybe switching companies will help you out.

Hope this helped. Didn't mean to be funny or anything. I really did do all those things over the last 20 years.

I have been a teacher, a substitute teacher, bellman, doorman, security guard, bartender, sales rep, roofer, and nursing assistant. My "fun job" was being a bellman. I did that for 15 years in many hotels across the country. So many interesting people. I had thought about being a flight attendant since customer service is in my blood.

I had thought about trucking due to the interesting experiences and the adventure. I am trying to go through WIA to get some grants.

You could start a "trucking" website. Brett did that.

Dave

You could start a "trucking" website. Brett did that.

Dave

Or buy a farm in the middle of no where and start a family of animals. Occasionally eat them and never have to buy food at the stores.

What kind of skills are transferrable after your trucking career is over either from changing careers, boredom of the open road, or just wanting a change? Is their life after trucking? Do many truckers just stick it out until retirement? Obviously the turnover is high so what does everybody do after the quit or get fired from trucking?

All opinions are welcome.

or you can teach people about trucking and give an honest answer to their question

Hey Todd,

Seems like you did a lot like me. I did all that in a span of 25 years though. That was after trucking for many years. I started in 1983 and stopped at the end of 1999.

WIA is a good thing. I just used it for my Technical school training. I went back as everyone knows to get a CDL again because I had let my license expire and had to go through all of it again. Even to drive just a car. What a experience.

Are you looking into a technical school? They can be real good on the training end. I had a excellent instructor and enjoyed the whole of the program. The WIA may go away though if those who get it and use it don't show their support. ATA (American Trucking Association) has a link to be able to do that.

Let me know how things go on the grants. Anything I can do in the way of information I will be more than obliged to do.

This website does have plenty to give you in the way of information. Since you have been a member for a year I am sure you know that. But their is even more out in the worldwide web. I am a information junkie myself.

We do like to have a little fun around here though. I mean, we are truckers! And Brett is living the high life now. He's one of the BIG DOGS in this world. And thank God he is. Or we would not be communicating right now. Would we Daniel?

His little farm website is awesome too. Love the pictures. Need to hop over their for another visit. (That's Rabbit Humor)

Can you imagine what they talk about around that place.

Good Luck Todd. Let me know if I can help.

Very true Tracey. Gotta have some humor sometimes and I don't believe there's anything wrong with that. We are truckers after all.

Besides whenever you answer a question there's almost always nothing to say afterwards because you completely 110% ace the question with nothing more to add.

Sorry if I offended you Jeff but its just some humor poked at Brett. He's a good man he will probably laugh about it.

TRUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!

That's us and we have all the best stories. A hunter or fisherman has nothing on us.

I was trying to get that point made myself without offending Jeff too. I apologize too if I came off wrong. Life is too short to let the negativity of this world get you down. And believe me I have had my fair share plus some.

Thanks Daniel. You're a good man.

You could start a "trucking" website. Brett did that.

Dave

Or buy a farm in the middle of no where and start a family of animals. Occasionally eat them and never have to buy food at the stores.

I did indeed do both!!!