There is no "one size fits all" in trucking. Some want to be home every day, some want to be out a couple (or more) days for reasons like you mention. Hopefully everyone can find their own niche.I have heard of drivers living in Wisconsin and driving out of South Chicago. One had been a yellow employee and just wanted to get two more years paid into the pension then retire. In some areas there are drivers that live 50 plus miles from the terminal and with gasoline on its way to $5.00 not everyone wants to make the trip twice between home and work.