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Originally Posted by pro1driver  your post was quite long, and as a result, i started falling asleep reading it...but from what i was to ascertain, you like driving, SMALLER vehicles....
driving a big rig through many of those cities/towns you once did with your car or mini van or SMALL delivery vehicle, IS NOT THE SAME as driving an 18 wheeler......
you cannot easily back them up or turn them around. you have "height issues" and "lenght issues" with big rigs.
its a whole new ball game with an 18 wheeler. i strongly suggest that you go for a refresher course. IN FACT no company will hire you since you have ZERO experience since you originally got your license. as for being on the road, you will get worn out real fast. you WILL NOT be stoping at hotels/motels for your sleep/rest. you WILL BE living in that truck...
sorry to hear that some people close to you have since died....but i hardly find that reason enough to want to be a truck driver. its either something you want to do because you want to, or its something you DO NOT want to do...life/death situations are not any reason to get into trucking, you would be sorely mistaken.
i would rather personally recommend that you stick with class B driving jobs since you stated that you
this way, you'll not get discouraged with driving an 18 wheeler, simply because you "love to drive".......because its a JOB with more responsibility than you could ever imagine........ |
I gotta agree with you on her going with a class B driving job instead of a class A "local" job.
They are easier to drive in major urban/big cities at 40 foot length and 12 ft high then a Class 8 rig at 13.6 ht. , particularly with a 48 foot trailer behind you, as well.
Lots of us are quite capable of that work, but someone with no experience in a big rig has no business in a non-OTR rig, putting urban car drivers and pedestrians (and power/telephone lines) at risk.
I once drove for a company who "trained" a forklift driver/warehouseman to be a delivery driver in a one of thier day-cab 48 foot liftgate rigs.
Needless to say they routed this guy to one of the stores in San Francisco where he proceeded to put out a few blocks of electrcity by knocking an electrical power pole down. This included knocking out the electric buses in the area that use overhead power lines to power the vehicles.
What a mistake that was. I have no idea what the city charged the company for that "boo-boo" but at least no one got hurt.