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What makes a great day for >the rest of you, or how did you get used to life on the >road? Getting used to life on the road is an ongoing process. The first 30 days are not days we wish to repeat. While the work is doable, everything you need to know to complete a load comes all at once with...

>remember that brazillions of women have done it, & you can >too! :) Bra-zillions of women? Pun intended?

>I would have never thought being away from home would bring >me closer to the people I love. Now, it's all about quality >time. > >How has your world changed? That was an unexpected surprise to Diane and me as well. Being on the road enables us to see friends and relatives that used to...

The www.pumpkindriver.com link is a good way to hear from that company's drivers. When Diane and I were researching the trucking industry, and before we discovered expediting, Schneider would have been our company of choice. We've talked to a few pumpkin drivers on the road. All of them...

Advice to spend time together in a closet is not as off-beat is it may first sound. Better still to spend some time together on the road in a truck if you can. That will introduce you both to close-quarters life and introduce your wife to life on the road. Before she quits her job, it might be...

Judging from the number of posts, this load-acceptance topic is popular. I'd like to add one point; namely, there are numerous variables in the expediting industry. The load acceptance strategy that works for one expediter, may not work for another. If you run team, you'll run some loads solo...

Diane and I practiced for our CDL road test in a rented U-Haul truck, the biggest one we could find. On a Saturday, we spent an afternoon in an empty school parking lot practicing backing and other maneuvers. Her prefered learning style was to be alone in the truck and to be left alone as she...