No Home Base

Tractor Supply and Northern Tool also are a good source. Try not to buy them in a truck stop---overpriced!

PackRat speaks the truth:

Tractor Supply and Northern Tool also are a good source. Try not to buy them in a truck stop---overpriced!

"$100 hammer"...you got that right. LOL.

I buy fuel, DEF, coffee and PayDay bars at the TS.

Breakfast of Champions!

I use a post box from UPS that my daughter checks periodically. It’s not a P.O. box like with the post office. It is th physical address of the UPS store & my box is my apt number. It worked in F! But you may want to make sure it will work wherever you choose to call “home base”. Here, at Prime Inc., they have a similar set up with mail boxes you can rent for a lot less than the UPS store depending on the size.

As far as home time? You can take that anywhere you like. I have family & friends all over the country so I’ll spend time at each. You just need to make sure you have a secure location to leave your truck at. You can Uber your way around many cities, some have bicycles or scooters on their trucks.

My car will be very well cared for by my daughter. I wish I could unload it but that’s not possible cause I owe more than it’s worth. I know drivers that keep their cars here in Springfield but that cause they train a lot so they come here a lot. You can put your car in storage but then you’ll just be having to make insurance payments for a car to sit parked.

Too tired to answer more right now but please read the material G-Town posted along with some of th diaries that are in the diaries sections to learn about the different processes for the companies you’re interested in joining. Good luck!

Using a PO Box as a PHYSICAL address works in Iowa also for an address to put on your CDL. Just not with a bank or anything.

If whatever company requires a duckwalk.. it's only to know you can walk while squatting to briefly get underneath a trailer, if necessary. So take a few minutes, and walk a few feet while squatting just so you'll know you can do it, if required. I've had several 3rd degree sprains (torn ligaments and other fun stuff), so my ankles are terribly weak. I'd have been better off if I had broken it. I can duck walk enough to pass that on a company physical and chances are, you can too. I'm 55 btw, turning 56 in August so no spring chicken anymore.