My son is a long-distance tanker truck driver.

My husband is a truck driver and has been for a little over 3 years now. He use to be over the road for 2 weeks at a time. And it was really hard on us we have two boys. (we only had one then) But then he went to being gone just one week at a time and home weekends. Then about 6 months ago he got on with a company and he's home everyday now ;) He hauls hogs and its a really smelly job but its great money and I'm able to stay home with our boys who are 3 years and the other is 8 months. My 3 year old loves to go with him too. Just thought i'd share my story ;)

We have several friends who drive truck for a living, some only cover the east coast, some are really long-haulers across the nation, and some are just trucking in the southern part of the US each week. I always wanted to do this and almost did, my dad signed me up and paid for trucking school, but his health was bad and I couldn't start the schooling, he passed a few months later. But I love to drive, I don't know about the loading and unloading, does your son have to this - many of friends do and it is getting harder as they are getting older :)

My husband is a truck driver, and has been for 25 years or more. He's now a local driver, and has been for about 15 years, which is much better as he's home every night and every weekend. Though he still does work long hours. When the kids were little he was over the road. He was home most weekends, but still it was only for about a day and half and was a lot of time away.. especially to him, and to the kids.. He missed a lot I'm thinking of the kid's early lives...

My brother-in-law has been a truck driver for about 30 years now and has had a variety of jobs, some local driving and others interstate. He is happy driving the longer distances because he is still home for a couple of days every week, except of course during the very busy times when the farmers are harvesting crops. He has been driving a b-double truck for many years now and is lucky that his employers are good. They know that he has a small farm, so when and where possible will give him trips that allow him to make his delivery and then return to his home for some hours before going back to the yard and collecting his next load. It works out well for all of them, and he enjoys what he does plus earns a decent income. LOL

I am a truck driver myself, but i am the manager of transport company. We have our 7 own trucks, and i know what life our drivers are spending. They are very happy to have a consistent source of income. I feel bad for them coz they have to live away from their family for long time.

i am a truck driver in south africa, but would like to do it abroad, i've done long distance, but now drive local and is at home every day. if there is anybody out there that comes from SA and have been abroad, i would like to hear from you and what you experienced. i possibly have the chance to go to ireland , but is still waiting on a response.

I know the hours are long, but the scenery driving through the states must be fantastic. I drive a London Bus for a living, now part time, but am usually stuck in traffic most of the time, & not out on the open road. Does he drive for himself or work for a company. Reason I ask is, I would like to send some free samples of a tried & tested product that will save about 10% to 20% of his gas bills.

I don't, but a friend of mine does that and it's on southern part too.

My husband drove a truck for a living until he had to go on insulin. You can no longer drive a truck if you are on insulin. He drove long distance for a long time but for the last 10 years he worked he was home every day. Trucking will take a toll on your back. He has also had 3 back surgeries as a result of driving for so many years. I think the biggest adjustment was for me getting used to him being home all of the time. I no longer had my "private" time. But, as with anything else in life, you eventually adjust.

My father was a company driver for Copco Papers for most of his adult life. That is where I my Mother met him. I worked too briefly at a trucking company in Olena, a little town near me. They did long distance driving, not much toward your area though.

ya one of relative is earning money from this job. he has a truck and most of days he was out of house . but there is not any prob. bcoz he is interstted with his job and he is happy yet.

My husband drives a truck for a living as well. He runs mostly the eastern half of the US and doesn't go past the Rockies going west. Right now he's gone 2-3 weeks at a time, so its hard on me and the children, mostly the children, as he and I talk a LOT on the cell phones. He's hoping to move to a company where he can be home every weekend (Friday evening to Monday morning) in 6-9 months or so. He's also looking for local work in several years, as most of it requires experience he doesn't have yet.

My husband and I both drove trucks. We started out in vans and about two years ago began driving straight trucks. We were over the road (OTR) expediters. I loved it! There are few people who can say they have been from New York City to Los Angels, from Canada to the Mexican border and everywhere in between. It really is a hard living though because you are confined to your truck and it's not that big of a space. Also with the expedite driving, you never know where you are going to go next (or even when). You may start out in Florida and sit in a truck stop for three days and then have to be in Main the next afternoon. From there they may send you to Iowa then on to L.A. What was really fun was driving a 33,000 gross vehicle weight straight truck through Manhattan around noon their time. The other big experiance was driving that same truck down a mountian on a cow trail they considered a road out in Washington state. I had only been driving the standard (stick shift) for two months at the time and that stupid "road" would disappear around a bend and come out like fifteen feet the other side! The passenger side was a solid rock wall and the drivers side was nothing but air. Somehow my husband talked me through it and I was able to keep driving after that. Chicago and New York were nothing after that experiance!

I have been a driver for going on 10 yrs. now. It is getting very difficult for Owner Operators to make a living now with the fuel prices so high and the freight does not pay that great. I know a lot of drivers that have had to hang up their keys and get into a company truck, I am one of them. I have less headaches and don't have to worry as much how I am going to make ends meet! Even though I do not have as much freedom as I did when I owned my own truck!

Back in the 50's my first fiancé was a trucker. He drove US 1 all the way from Maine hauling potatoes to Florida. When I met him he was in a tuberculosis sanatariam but well on his way to recovery. His doctor explained to me that it was the long hours, lack of sufficient sleep, and diet, but that in his stage it was curable...he was not infectious. He did recover but he stopped trucking and went to work for his father. We broke up but he later married and started a family. He would tell me stories of things that happened to him which were hilarious. I think his laughter, at least when we were together, was what helped him to be cured. Of course, you gotta remember that this back when there were no interstates to speak of and lots of truck routes which took him off the main highways. Some of the places he got stuck in were what TV series today are made of... PS: his illness was not what broke us up....it was the fact that he REFUSED to let me work after marriage. It showed me that he was stubborn and and machisist which was something I couldn't tolerate. Looking back it was probably the best deision I ever made.

My Dad drove car locally ,my Uncle drove and owned his own moving truck for many years. He travelled cross country. He got many safety awards,and he was cited many times for helping motorists. Trucking was a big part of our life when we were younger

no trucking is not a part ofmy life but my uncle does that for a living and he is gone a long periods of time and he says his job gets pretty dangerous at some times due to weather or bad drivers.