{"id":16474,"date":"2024-11-17T07:46:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T07:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/57-and-starting-over-need-advice-truckersreport-com-trucking-forum\/"},"modified":"2024-11-17T07:46:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T07:46:06","slug":"57-and-starting-over-need-advice-truckersreport-com-trucking-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/57-and-starting-over-need-advice-truckersreport-com-trucking-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"57 and starting over need advice | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tHi all,<\/p>\n<p>I need some serious advice. In brief, I&#8217;m losing my home and want to start fresh somewhere else so I&#8217;m looking at trucking. I have no attachments here. I&#8217;m in NE Arkansas but would really like to leave the area and preferably- the state. But I&#8217;m a 57 M with no experience other than owning a video\/video game store for 30 years and four years experience doing ultrasonic testing in nuke plants (nukes are slow atm). I really think driving a truck might be for me. With no attachments, I wouldn&#8217;t mind essentially living out of the truck. I realize that&#8217;s a lonely existence but I&#8217;m kind of a loner anyway and am happy with my hard drives of movies, and old-school emulator games. Basically, would like to start a new life and career with room for advancement, anywhere but here. I really really mean that last part- I&#8217;ll move anywhere, no problem. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking into companies that provide paid training because I have very little money. Been reading Reddit and other forums for a few days and am seeing mixed reviews on doing it that way so any advice is appeciated.<\/p>\n<p>The big question is- who to try and work for? I see good and bad posts about companies but that&#8217;s true with eveything, I suppose. Prefer physically less demanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruckersreport.com\/jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" class=\"KWMLlink KWMListener\" data-kwm=\"10\" rel=\"noopener\">jobs<\/a> even if somewhat less pay since my living expenses should be pretty low. I&#8217;m a hard worker and in good shape but getting older and don&#8217;t want to push it.<\/p>\n<p>I guess, to cut it short- someone please help me chart a course through all this static. Tell me what you would do if you were in my situation, what not to do, tips and tricks- anything would be very much appreciated!\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('dataProcessingOptions', []);\n\tfbq('init', '1812746315680142'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n\t\t\t\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruckersreport.com\/truckingindustryforum\/threads\/57-and-starting-over-need-advice.2516381\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all, I need some serious advice. In brief, I&#8217;m losing my home and want to start fresh somewhere else so I&#8217;m looking at trucking. I have no attachments here. I&#8217;m in NE Arkansas but would really like to leave the area and preferably- the state. 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