Truck Driving for Your Retirement

Truck Driving for Your Retirement

in Trucks

Truck driving is a career that a lot of people do not know a lot about. There are a lot of people that do not think much of the career because of the typical stereotypes.

Most people assume that the only people that are a part of truck driving are the uneducated or the lazy. Instead of actually learning about the career and the real pros and cons of the career, people will just look past truck driving.

There are a lot of educated people that choose to drive trucks after they retire. Couples will retire and drive trucks together.

Truck driving is not easy. Many of the companies have strict deadlines and specifications that can make driving a stressful event.

When truckers are making long trips they have to take the time to map out their route very specifically. There are a lot of routes that truckers cannot take.

For example, a lot of people do not even give a second glance to the underpasses that they drive through when they are driving on the freeway. When you are driving a very tall truck you have a whole different set of concerns than when you are driving a car.

You have to make sure that your truck will fit under all of the underpasses that you will pass through on your route. This takes some strategic planning and sometimes it takes a lot of time for people to plan their routes out.

The truckers also have to think about the weather. A lot of the time the truck driving companies will only pay the driver the full amount if they make it to the end of their route in a specified amount of time.

If a driver runs into bad weather this may seriously inhibit their ability to make it to their destination in the time that they have been allotted. Often times truck drivers will rush through the bad weather just to make it to their destination.

When a driver rushes through bad weather it puts the driver, any passenger and the cargo at risk. A driver is much better off avoiding the bad weather completely.

Some drivers feel that they can make it through bad weather and even though they are being cautious they get into an accident. The accidents that semi-trucks can get into are usually much more severe than regular cars.

These accidents are usually much more severe because they trucks are so big. The extra mass that the trucks carry makes the impact much stronger.

If you are looking into driving a truck there are a few personality traits you will want to make sure you possess or you can attain. These traits will make your life as a truck driver much easier.

First, you want to make sure that you are patient. When you are driving a truck you can only drive so fast.

You do not want to put yourself in the position of getting ticketed by the police. A lot of companies will have no problem letting you go if they feel that you are a risk to their company.

You do not want to get impatient with the speed that you have to drive. You also do not want to be impatient with the traffic that you are going to run into.

Some truck drivers choose to drive at night time so that they will not run into as much traffic, but there are situations when traffic is inevitable. There is nothing you can do about the traffic around you so you should not let it upset you.

If you are not patient your truck driving experiences will be very frustrating. The trips will become very stressful instead of relaxing.

There are also laws in place that require a truck driver to stop driving for a certain amount of hours every twenty four hours. Being patient enough to pull over and stop when you are tired is something that is very important.

If you continue to drive when you are drowsy you will put yourself and all of those people around you that are driving at the same time you are. Putting yourself and the other drivers around you is not fair.

Truck driving can be very relaxing. Many people choose to make some extra money by truck driving after they have retired.

If you are interested in truck driving you should attend a truck driving school. They will teach you the safest and most efficient way to drive your truck.

Jack R. Landry has been a truck driver for 19 years driving box trucks, dump trucks, and semi trucks. Before starting his career he graduated from a Utah truck driving school.

Contact Info:
Jack R. Landry
JackRLandry@gmail.com
http://www.mlatc.edu

Trucking: Gourmet cooking in the truck

04/22/2010

Went fishing last Tuesday out at the lake just west of SAPP Bro in Omaha Ne. Did not catch a thing just a cold. After fishing stopped at the truck stop on the way home & had steak & eggs it was a good meal as always. You can't beat truck stop food take it from a trucker.

what happen week of 03/21/2010 thru 03/26/2010

Hello again I should post more on here more often.

 Had some things happen last week but not to me (thank God)

  Wal-mart had a fire in the store which closed the store for about half the day .

It started in a pallet in the back of the building it was to close to the heater, a pallet of toys which smoked the whole store. 

I seen this fire on the freeway as I was out & about. it took them about half an hour to put the fire out.

Sorry It's been awhile

Sorry it's been a while since my last blog I have no reason for it. Well here it is a week after the new year the temperature is way below freezing, Tonight it's getting down too -24 degrees. Its going to be a cold one & I have to be out in it.
 Other than the weather 2010 isn't starting out to bad, Ash is still a bitch & I will be glad when I get away from here. My oldest brother is moving back to Nebraska from Nevada I don't know why he would leave a warm state for here, I do I guess it is still home.
 This is the year I do what I want to do I will get back on the road. I will enjoy life again like I use too. If the Lord is welling I will be triumph.

The day after Thanksgiving

Today is the day after Thanksgiving the day nebraska plays against Colorado. Yesterday was the smallest thanksgiving dinner we have had. None of my family stoped by Christy's oldest was gone all day with her boy friend, but thats nothing new. It makes me wonder what happen to the good old days when Thanksgiving was a day all your relitives got togather for a feast & give thanks for the year that has just past.


I'm thankful for my kids even though they don't stop by enough. If I get hired on to drive truck next year I will be thankful for that. If they ask if I want to be out during Thanksgiving I will say yes the two holidays I'd take off would be Christmas & the forth of July. My wish is that all the drivers that were out on the road this year had a good Thanksgiving dinner at lest at one of the many truck stops that served Turkey dinners.

A Mexican wanting to be a U.S. citizen

I start out saying I have a different prospective on this subject than I use to do. This a short version of what they have to go threw.

First off even if they can afford a coyote these man or women only takes them so far. They have to cross the dessert its hot & they have very little water to drink, snakes that will bite you & were would you get any help for the bite. then after the dessert you have the mountains were you could freeze to death plus by the time you get there you are very hungry because you haven't had any thing to eat for a few days. So your up in the mountains no coat or blankets when you go to sleep you never know if your going to wake up when the sun comes up. when the sun do come up they have to press on all along avoiding towns so you are not found out & sent back across the border.

Now when they arrive at their distention they have to get there green card so they have to raise about 5,000 dollars to get that. Which they have to live on what they make & save to pay that. It is in this time their classified as illegal immigrants  but how else are they going to pay for their green cards. Like do you have 5,000 dollars laying around. That is just to get there green card that's not for them to be a United States Citizen. To get that they have to take tests & still pay out more money. That's about all I know about this, So next time you say "do the deserve the right to work in the U.S." I myself say YES

I have to say my Son-In-Law  has come a long way. He has a house, cars, a very good job, kids & a wife which he is lucky to have because she could have any one she wants & she stays with him. So to end this I take my hat off to him & wish them Luck.

New movie "Trucker"