Delivered my last load this AM and turned the truck in. Fck this OTR sh*t. Pay isn't great when you consider the hours worked and the lifestyle is miserable. Fighting to park, fighting your clock, running 14 hours on 6 hours of lousy sleep, showering two or three times a week, eating overpriced truckstop garbage.
You're entirely at the mercy of a dispatcher who works in an air conditioned office 5 miles from his house from 9-5 Monday to Friday. The closest he's ever come to driving a truck is that one time he rented a u-haul to pickup a foosball table he bought on Craigslist. They are so displaced from reality it's a joke.
It was a good learning experience, glad I did it. Got to see some cool things and haul some interesting stuff. No way I could do it for any length of time though. I'll find some local stuff to haul and get paid by the hour.
