Recent content by JWhite84

Thank you all for your responses. We appreciate it, honestly. So, I suppose a straightforward question to pose would be: Do you think that we would, as a team, make 60k our first year on a straight truck, expediting? We know that even T/T won't pay as much year one. But we'd like to think that...

No tickets of any kind on either of our records. I've been a professional chef, a kitchen manager, since 2011. My wife has been a veterinary technician for just as long. We both have degrees. But no jobs in transport. I've driven catering vans, moving vans, and have never had my license...

Will we only make slightly less, on average? Can we rely on having work? I've heard the term lottery used. Is the industry saturated? Will we struggle to find enough loads? Is that a regular concern? We ask in earnest. This is a big decision. We're fine with staying out for months at a time. We...

Honestly, the prospect of running constantly doesn't intimidate us the way it might some. We're accustomed to long hours and hard work. But, of course, we are human and would appreciate the freedom that seems to come with expediting... not to mention the lure of those straight trucks. But we...

My wife and I are looking for a lifestyle change, and have decided to give team truck driving an honest shot. We've been together for 17 years, are in our mid thirties, have no children, have careers in health care and as a chef, respectively, and just aren't happy. The nomadic life of truck...