Worried About My Husband Becoming A Trucker

so my husband and i are not in the best financial situation at the moment and my husband is going to become a trucker i just have some concerns about him leaving without me he is going to be gone two weeks for school and five weeks of training we currently dont even really have a phone so that really worries me and on top of that im the type of girl that hates big trucks i speed to get away from them so my husband driving one really concerns me and for you ladies how was it being without your husband for so long ??? is driving such a big truck really that safe??? im currently unavailable to try to fix my legal status so that worries me what if after training central refrigerated doesnt allow me to go with him because of that or what if they do but he has a run in the east coast somewere do they have check points that check???? we are planning to fix this problem as soon as he starts getting paid but as you guys know it wont happen in one night.... would i even be allowed to go with him right away after training? i know that as soon as training is over he will be driving his own truck will they give him a chance to come back and pick me up first?? he is going to fontana california for schooling but we live in las vegas nevada and i dont know if im just being paranoid but to me the thought of my husband driving a really big truck on the highway with some stranger trainer dont sound to safe to me what if there is car accident dont those things flip easily ??? and how did you ladies do it without them so long i dont know but this whole trucking thing doesnt really have me to happy but its not that he is going to become a trucker that worries but him leaving and training so far away on the highway with some stranger is what worries me i wont know if something happens right away and what also worries me is the whole legal status situation i wouldnt want him to have to go on the road all by him self until we fix it im trying to be a good supportive wife but this has been harder on me then i thought it will be

Karina I'll give you some basic stuff about truckers, so you can get your head around the fact that he will be gone for awhile. He's picked a good company to go with. He will be away at school to get his CDL. After he passes that he MAY get to come home, but that will depend on if there is a trainer for him at the terminal. If theres a trainer there for him, he will head out for his formal over the road training. He will get 1 day home time,for every week he is gone trucking. that means he will be home for 4 days at a time, every month. He may be gone longer, it depends on if they can route him thru LV regularly. He will be VERY safe out on the road in his big truck, with his trainer that has alot of years experience. This is the safest place for him, while he learns to safely drive a truck. Your legal situation is another thing. If he clears it thru the company for you to ride with him, then you don't have to worry about getting checked anywhere else in the US. This depends on whether you have identification. You don't need to have a drivers license, or sosial security card. You just need some picture ID. In all the eyars that I drove all the lower 48 states, the only people who asked to see my ID were the guys in the scale houses...and thats cuz I was the driver. If your truck gets pulled in for a inspection, they will ask you to get out of the truck, and they may ask if you drive. when you say no...that will be the last question they ask you. But this doesn't mean that you don't need to get your situation fixed..because you do, as soon as you can. I'm sure that the trucking company wouldn't like to find out that you have a legal problem...it would reflect on them in a possibly criminal area. Driving truck is a good way of life...and I call it that because thats what it is...Its not 9 to 5...its 4-6 weeks away from home, then home fo a few days. You get to see wonderful things, and all the seasons in all the areas of the US, as they change. But it can be grueling, and sometimes hard on a relationship. There will be times when a shower is hard to come by. You will get REAL tired of truck stop food..and its really expensive to eat in them all the time. You need to learn to cook in the truck, as we all do. Theres alot to learn, for both him and you.....but if its the only work he can find, then you have to support him in his effort to make a life for you. Many people are afraid to drive around the big trucks. They are intimidating, and not all drivers are good at it. But the more you are around them, the easier it will get to understand them. There's a truck drivers wives group on facebook called truckers wives. Its a great group, and they can really help you to better understand this trucking life style... But you are always welcome here......read all the stuff this site has on it...it will help you learn more about trucking. And if you have questions, be sure and bring them here...we will help all we can.

Karina I'll give you some basic stuff about truckers, so you can get your head around the fact that he will be gone for awhile. He's picked a good company to go with. He will be away at school to get his CDL. After he passes that he MAY get to come home, but that will depend on if there is a trainer for him at the terminal. If theres a trainer there for him, he will head out for his formal over the road training. He will get 1 day home time,for every week he is gone trucking. that means he will be home for 4 days at a time, every month. He may be gone longer, it depends on if they can route him thru LV regularly. He will be VERY safe out on the road in his big truck, with his trainer that has alot of years experience. This is the safest place for him, while he learns to safely drive a truck. Your legal situation is another thing. If he clears it thru the company for you to ride with him, then you don't have to worry about getting checked anywhere else in the US. This depends on whether you have identification. You don't need to have a drivers license, or sosial security card. You just need some picture ID. In all the eyars that I drove all the lower 48 states, the only people who asked to see my ID were the guys in the scale houses...and thats cuz I was the driver. If your truck gets pulled in for a inspection, they will ask you to get out of the truck, and they may ask if you drive. when you say no...that will be the last question they ask you. But this doesn't mean that you don't need to get your situation fixed..because you do, as soon as you can. I'm sure that the trucking company wouldn't like to find out that you have a legal problem...it would reflect on them in a possibly criminal area. Driving truck is a good way of life...and I call it that because thats what it is...Its not 9 to 5...its 4-6 weeks away from home, then home fo a few days. You get to see wonderful things, and all the seasons in all the areas of the US, as they change. But it can be grueling, and sometimes hard on a relationship. There will be times when a shower is hard to come by. You will get REAL tired of truck stop food..and its really expensive to eat in them all the time. You need to learn to cook in the truck, as we all do. Theres alot to learn, for both him and you.....but if its the only work he can find, then you have to support him in his effort to make a life for you. Many people are afraid to drive around the big trucks. They are intimidating, and not all drivers are good at it. But the more you are around them, the easier it will get to understand them. There's a truck drivers wives group on facebook called truckers wives. Its a great group, and they can really help you to better understand this trucking life style... But you are always welcome here......read all the stuff this site has on it...it will help you learn more about trucking. And if you have questions, be sure and bring them here...we will help all we can.

thank you this help a lot because i am completely clueless about the trucking... do you have a husband/wife ??? how was it being away ??? what makes the trucks so safe?? what if he is carrying something like oil and stuff like that wouldnt an accident be fatal?

I am retired from trucking now, but I've been a team driver, owner operator with my husband....and I"ve been the wife at home while my husband drove all over the US. I'm kinda an odd person, in that I like my alone time, and I'm very independent. So him being gone was not a big issue for me. Few truck wrecks are fatal to the truck driver. The trucks are built for safety, and they are bottom heavy, so they don't tip easily. So he is very safe in his truck. The load in the trailer will be safe. It can't be hauled unless it is kept that way.