Odd question... any truck drivers here?

[I Should Coco]

Anyone else recall the group Truck Stop Love, from the 1990s college rock scene?

One of the great band names of all time.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Plenty of time for you to get road strange in truck stop parking lots. Be careful, tho. If they're really clean, they're probably a cop.

 

[Sea Bass]

Until recently a good buddy carted garbage from Toronto to Carleton, MI every day. Loved it.

Recently he started taking a trailer full of heavy equipment from Toronto to Miami and back. Haven't talked to him about that but I'm sure he's making good money, as he left the garbage gig (which paid him six figures) to take this one.

 

[Vombatus]

Until recently a good buddy carted garbage from Toronto to Carleton, MI every day. Loved it.

Recently he started taking a trailer full of heavy equipment from Toronto to Miami and back. Haven't talked to him about that but I'm sure he's making good money, as he left the garbage gig (which paid him six figures) to take this one.

More evidence that we take crap from Canadians.

 

[Chef2]

I could easily see myself driving a semi.
Had an uncle that did it for several years.........Grandfather drove a semi for Yellow Freight for over 30 years.
I love to drive.

 

[MileHigh]

I was flabbergasted to see that self-driving trucks have already been on the road, including the Florida Turnpike (I think 60 Minutes had a segment on it). Hard to envision those in bad weather.

My brother-in-law has been a trucker for 40 years, have never heard him say a bad word about it. And knowing his wife, I can see why the open road is so appealing.

2017, a Bud truck made a 120-mile trek from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs.

 

[Chef2]

Nodding my head in approval like DeNiro is 40% of his movies.

 

[Chef2]

What Do Luxury Sleeper Cabs for Long-Haul Truck Drivers Look Like? - Core77

 

[FileNotFound]

Driving a truck was actually my fallback, and may still be. I like to drive, I handle large vehicles well, and I don't mind long stretches of being alone. Money is good after a couple of years, but working conditions can be widely variable. Still could see myself doing it if the bottom falls out of what I'm doing now.

 

[TigerVols]

I listen to Road Dog Radio on XM for shirts and grins and lemme tell you, truckers hate their jobs.

But it might not matter anyway, as noted in the 60 Minutes piece referenced above. Most futurists I follow list truck driving equal with checkout clerks as the profession most likely to go away quickly.

Driverless trucks could disrupt the trucking industry as soon as 2021

 

[Neutral Corner]

I've made it to the top of my little fiefdom of TV news. Pay is really good but I see this horizon in the distance. Not quite where newspapers and local radio are right now but I see it.

Any truck drivers here or anyone with the similar over-the-road experience?

I'm thinking about where the need for work will be in 5-10 years. My kids will be out of the house in three years and, frankly, the thought of driving a rig across the country is quite alluring to me right now. I've found that, in life, I'm best as a solo act and I love driving, being on time and feeling like I'm doing some good.

After 25 years in TV news, I'm kinda over the bullshirt of newsroom politics.

Also... I wonder if there is more value in this field for someone used to communicating with the outside world, managing expectations and coming off as a professional.

Self driving autonomous trucks are coming. Soon. I would be very cautious indeed about making that particular move.

 

[swingline]

I was flabbergasted to see that self-driving trucks have already been on the road, including the Florida Turnpike (I think 60 Minutes had a segment on it). Hard to envision those in bad weather.

My brother-in-law has been a trucker for 40 years, have never heard him say a bad word about it. And knowing his wife, I can see why the open road is so appealing.

It's not nice to talk about your sister that way.