After 24 years of trucking, 17 nonunion, 7 Teamster, I am leaving trucking. I am an electrician, and here in Florida, construction is hot. Rent is insane, so Ill look into buying a small RV, which are cheap here. I have always wanted to live on a sail boat. Below 30 foot are like 5k, so I might have that also. Basically I want to live as inexpensive as possible and just travel. Will I ever drive again? Only for TOP dollar. Wages are not even close to where they need to be considering the risk involved.
For those looking for a job, look at construction. Here in Florida, local skateboards are looking for help hauling heavy equipment. I would go for hourly, with ot if available. That long haul stuff by the mile, might not pay the bills. But there are a lot of ways you might not be aware of to use your CDL. Construction being one of them.
It truly is an honor to me to have worked as as a Teamster. Even if things were a hot mess. I came to learn a lot from this.