"My favorite job EVER was as a courier for Larson Express, of Chicago [small package pickup and delivery, in my own car], which I loved. I got to drive a lot, worked independently, usually didn’t know where I would be going next, and got to think on my feet all the time."

yes, i know truck driving school "adressed the issue of height, size, lenght", etc,etc.....

BUT because you were "happiest" at driving smaller vehicles, why go large car....???

you claimed that your past experience was driving smaller vehicles, which "you loved".....why leave something you "love" for something that isn't much of a "love affair" in of itself...????

you could "probably" become an owner-operator of a small delivery van, and end up making MORE money that a tractor-trailer driver. you'd have a regular route, regular schedule, lower fuel costs, etc, etc....

hey, do as you wish...you wanted opinions, advice, and many of us gave them to you.....and i'm NOT the only one here advising you to stay Class B driving, just because you "always wanted" to drive or you "love to drive" family, friends or whatever, doesn't make you in particular a good canadate for driving big rigs....

then i see near the bottom of your post you got a ticket for blowing through a stop sign........this "may" hinder you from getting a driving job until your driving record clears, if it hasn't already.......refresher course or not...............


then this from you; "My mistakes were; driving without breakfast after being up all night, not checking the belt better before leaving the driveway [it had done that before], and then not pulling over and stopping first when I found out it was loose."

you actually think you're gonna eat right, sleep right, once you get a big rig job....???? and by the way, forget to buckle your seatbelt driving a big rig IS A FINE......(as it us driving your 4 wheeler).

those DOT cops are on top of overpasses checking thses things from time to time..........

but, good luck to you..........