Hey all,
I am working towards getting my CDL-A at my local Technical school in Louisville, KY. Hopefully should be ready to start with a company by beginning of march.
I am looking for recommendations / advice on the best opportunities for my current life situation.
As with everyone, I am looking to make as much money as I can, that being said I don’t have a magic number that I care about hitting, just that I am doing everything I can to maximize my compensation compared to time worked. I think I understand that there is a middle option between being an O/O and company driver where you lease yourself to a company, would anyone recommend this as an option after gaining experience for a year or so?
To that end I am interested in flatbed trucking, mainly because I like getting dirty and from what I understand the earning potential is higher. I used to be an earth mover mechanic for a CAT dealer, and that was fun other than the tool truck man LOL and the company not wanting to advance me. We used to load excavators, dozers, and big ### dump trucks onto these flatbed heavy haulers, seemed like a cool gig.
I don’t want home time, in fact I don’t want to have a home at all, but, I do want the opportunity to take time off to travel out of the country for decently long periods of time several times a year, since that is what I like to do, so maybe a month every 3 months, or a week or two ever few months I would like to park my truck and #### off somewhere in the world with my money.
Not looking for the perfect set up right away, I totally understand a lot of this stuff might be 6 months, to several years of experience needed.
TLDR: I want to start designing a pathway to make the most money for effort that I can, I want to know if flatbed trucking is recommended to that end right now, I want to be on the road 24/7 and live from my sleeper, as I have no life and dont care about going home to do the same #### I would do from my cab, and I want to be able to have the freedom to take time off when I want for long periods of time to travel.
I understand I may not get all of this so if I had to choose the things that matter the most to me it would be:
1st. being able to live out of my truck
2nd. being able to take time off to travel when I want
3rd / last. making as much money as possible and anything else I brought up. I dont actually care about money so long as I can live well.
Feel free to adjust my expectations as harshly or as politely as you deem necessary. Appreciate your knowledge and help.
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