is now the time?

[oldslowchevy]

i have been a carpenter for the last 12 years and noww that the "boom" has slowed to a crawl i just wonder if now is the time to make the jump and get my c.d.l. and go over the road. is there still any freedom in it? how long does it take to start to make any "real money" is d.o.t. as bad or worse than i hear? i have the plan to go to a driving school that has job placement, is this a good idea?

i love to drive i always have,i also like to see the "real america" you know the small towns no one has ever heard of or have forgotten all about.

so the real question here is this, what do you love about driving, what do you hate about driving, and if you you had to do it all over again would you pick trucking again?

to help you out some i am 34 male married(for 11 years now) and i have been unemployed for the past few months and constution does not apear to be picking back up, also i did apply to m.s. carriers a number of years ago right at the time swift was buying them out so all applcants were put on hold for a while and i just never went back to it so the interest has always been there.