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I will be through with this barrage of “trucking” posts soon.

I’m getting a lot of thoughts out and away for now.

Truck driving is becoming a blur in my rear-view mirror with every second that passes, and

having my happy home life back is getting clearer and clearer and more in focus every second!

But, what really interests me…and what ought to really interest you is how you get out

of life EXACTLY what you want. That’s the gold we’re all looking for.

My tactics are working, but I’m getting what I want in ways I didn’t anticipate.

My current tactics are the only things that have ever consistently worked for me…fo’ real.

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Michael

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Practically ALL (99%) truck companies require you to break the law…
but only if you want to keep your job!

Yes, it’s true. Those of you that already drive know this is the EVERYDAY REALITY of

truck drivers. From what I understand talking to other drivers, this is true whether you’re

OTR or short-haul.

For example, in my previous employment, many of our consignees (companies we deliver to)

were food/restaurant systems like Sysco, McLane, Institution Food House, Reinhart, etc.

They have a limited number of dock doors, so, incoming loads must unload at a separate time

from when outgoing loads are loaded for local delivery to restaurants, cafeterias, etc.

This makes for some very, VERY strange hours when the OTR drivers must arrive to get unloaded.

And, guess what? You don’t get special consideration in scheduling because you have to work

strange hours delivering usually between 12 AM and 6 AM.

You gotta be “rolling” for your

next day’s work just like you had a full night’s rest (8 hours in sleeper bunk required by federal

motor carrier regulations) even though you had interrupted sleep (at best) and were actually

driving when you log that you’re in the sleeper.

Yeah, it’s true. To stay employed, you must lie repeatedly on your logs.

Atlanta, Georgia is the absolute worst for crazy unload times and the pitiful overnight parking

available anywhere on the I-285 loop…in my opinion. South Florida’s not too hot in that

respect, either. These places are notorious for requiring creative logging to keep one’s

employment!

What can you do about it?

I’ve heard stories from other drivers about disgruntled drivers taking this issue to state and

federal officials…with mountains of proof in hand, and the officials just look the other way.

It is a regulation that is purposely ignored and not enforced…UNLESS YOU’RE IN AN

ACCIDENT. Then, they slam the driver with 100% of the responsibility. Notice that the

dispatchers and operations folks will never put anything in writing (so they can’t be

individually held accountable if an accident happens).

For me, I’m glad to be done with that stress! I’m tired of knowing it’s my goose that’s

cooked even though I’m just trying to keep my job.

Hallelujah! I’m free! ! !

Michael

If you’re thinking about becoming a truck driver, you better put in the same

you were considering joining the military!

Yes, it is this big of a decision. I just finished over three years as an OTR (over the road)

driver. It was an interesting experience, for sure. I’m happy to have had that opportunity,

but I’m soooooooo glad to be home and resume living life for me.

Even now, a couple of weeks back at home, I’m still adjusting to being back. It’s strange not

working as much. The adjustment is a reverse culture shock.

Driving the truck was just a glorified factory job. Sticking the title of professional on the job

is just a joke played by the trucking industry ON YOU to take a little blue out of this very blue

collar job. (Nothing wrong with blue collar, at all! But let’s not let the “professional” title

distort reality.)

If you become an OTR driver:

-You will lose your home life as it currently is.
-You will lose contact with family as it currently is.
-You will lose contact with friends as it currently is.
-You will miss important events.
-You will be unavailable when people you love need you.
-You won’t be there to “save the day.”
-If you have small children, you will miss their childhood.
-If you have children at home, it’s almost like they have an absentee parent.
-If you have children at home, it will affect how they grow up – significantly.
-When you are home, you’ll be too busy catching up on “past due” chores
   to actually engage normally with other people and you never actually relax.
-You are a slave to your company and your load. Think about it – it’s true!

OK. I’ll stop for now. More soon. This is my personal debriefing. Post-trucking catharsis.

Remember: Choose wisely entering this “career path.” It ain’t like other “professions.”

There’s always the home business alternative you could do while driving that truck if

you feel that you Just H-A-V-E To do it. This site is full of details about extra, side-income.

Michael (Ex-Trucker Mike)

What do this picture...

...and this picture have in common?

The common denominator is that both the trucker and the soldiers have a really hard

time adjusting to “civilian life.”

When they get home from their respective tours of duty, they just don’t automatically

know how to act and live in normal everyday society anymore.

It’s like someone with a brain injury that has to learn how to walk again…the soldier’s

AND the trucker’s brain is so re-wired from having to function in a highly specialized

environment that doesn’t exist for the majority civilian population that coming back home

and resuming “normal” activities can be just plain difficult.

A trucker pretty much works the equivalent of two full-time jobs (40 hrs/wk X 2 = 70+ hrs/wk

for truck drivers.) Not only is it twice as much as the typical civilian works at his/her job, it’s

hours and scheduling are often nutzo. (And often illegal according to federal motor carrier rules,

but, nevertheless, implicitly required to keep your job.)

          Yours truly,

          The Trucking Industry   (BTW, this includes ALL OTR Trucking Companies!)

Anyway…the drivers work double what a typical person works per week. They have an

absolutely crazy schedule that requires them to be continually responsible for operating heavy,

dangerous machinery while continually not at their peak—constantly drained.

Miles and weeks of solitude. Miles and weeks of forward movement. Constant striving for

a constantly moving target: the pick-up or the delivery.

And once they make their appointed rounds, there is no time to enjoy the gratification

of getting there. No, dispatch is on the phone or the Qualcomm asking, “Why aren’t

you rolling yet?” “Are you going to be on-time?”

Hmmmmmm. Well, I don’t know. I’ve been on-time for the last freaking year without error.

for you to be asking? I wonder. Oh, I wonder.

I digress yet again.

I don’t have the answer to the unforeseen stresses of making the adjustment. (Well, maybe

I do.) But it certainly is worth the temporary difficulties to be back piloting your own life

instead of being the 24/7 slave that truck drivers ARE.

Glance at this and this briefly.

I hope this has been insightful.

Michael