Advice On Relocating To Another State

Hi there! Here's my dilemma... Me and my husband both drive truck for a local home daily trucking company here in Iowa... and we hate it! What we really want to do is move out of Iowa and drive truck, preferably team but open for other options, in either Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada.. Basically anywhere but the Midwest. We don't really have any money saved up and we don't make hardly anything where we work to even be able to save up. Does anyone know of any trucking companies who offer relocation benefits or even good advice or guidance on how to accomplish this dream of ours? I know it's a pretty open and broad question, but any words of wisdom or direction would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you!!

Amy

What we really want to do is move out of Iowa and drive truck, preferably team

There's no reason for you to relocate if that's your goal. You can live in Iowa and work for a company from Tennessee, or any other state for that matter. All the companies running team trucks prefer husband/wife teams. You can sell all your junk and live on a truck together for a few years. If you can't save any money with that plan then the problem doesn't stem from your level of pay.

Hey Amy.

I think it's really hard to try to move once you've already gone on the road. I think the easiest thing to do would be to move, get that completely out of the way, then go on the road with a new company.

If that's not possible, the next easiest option might be PODS. They'll drop the POD off at your house, you load it up, they transport it to your new place, you unload it. The really nice thing is that they will even store the stuff for you as long as you need. Of course, you pay for the storage, but it takes the time pressure off you. You can even move out and put your stuff in a POD while you look for a new place. Once you find one they'll ship the POD to you.

Not long ago I sold a house and bought a new one. I left most of my stuff at the old house - furniture, appliances, lawnmower, garden tiller - all kinds of stuff. It's more money and hassle moving the stuff than it's worth. Sell most of it or leave it behind and only keep the irreplaceable stuff. Buy new stuff on the other end.

There's no reason for you to relocate if that's your goal. You can live in Iowa and work for a company from Tennessee, or any other state for that matter

I hadn't even considered if the move was only to work for another company, or if you really wanted to move to a different state. That's totally true - you can live in Iowa and work for companies located anywhere else, as long as they hire from Iowa.

Thank you all for your advice and words of wisdom, especially about the PODS, I never even thought of that. And to answer the last comment, yes we want to work for a different company, but mostly it's cause we want to move out of Iowa. We've had allot of heartbreak here and want to move somewhere new and get a fresh start.

"Stuff" my thoughts exactly.

As Old School says, you don't have to stay in Iowa at all. You can take your Home Time anywhere in your company's service area.

Put all your goodies into storage (PODS will be a labor saver when you do move) and hit the road. When you do have the money, and a place to move to, just call the POD people and they'll deliver to your new digs.

Some of the LTL companies offer moving and storage services, also. ABF is one of them, but I'm sure there are others. It's pretty much the same concept. They bring you the trailer, you pack it, they take it anywhere you want it. They can store your stuff in a warehouse if there's going to be a delay in between.

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