{"id":18051,"date":"2025-01-18T15:39:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T15:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/24yo-no-lifer-need-company-newbie-advice-truckersreport-com-trucking-forum\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T15:39:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T15:39:03","slug":"24yo-no-lifer-need-company-newbie-advice-truckersreport-com-trucking-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/24yo-no-lifer-need-company-newbie-advice-truckersreport-com-trucking-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"24yo no-lifer, need company \/ newbie advice. | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tHey all,<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>I am looking for recommendations \/ advice on the best opportunities for my current life situation.<\/p>\n<p>As with everyone, I am looking to make as much money as I can, that being said I don&#8217;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?<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want home time, in fact I don&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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:<br \/>1st. being able to live out of my truck<br \/>2nd. being able to take time off to travel when I want<br \/>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.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to adjust my expectations as harshly or as politely as you deem necessary. Appreciate your knowledge and help.\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\/24yo-no-lifer-need-company-newbie-advice.2519273\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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