I did it for over 35 years… and yes, it IS one of the hardest jobs out there, for all of the reasons that the previous comments have pointed out!!
3-4 WEEKS away from home, then maybe 4 days time off to try to get caught up at home, then right back at it!! And you have to deal with Dispatchers with no clue as to traffic and weather conditions, sometimes with arrogant Cops/ DOT officers, shippers who screw with pick-up times, receivers who want you to unload the trailer AFTER driving 8-9 hours to get to them, a lack of places to legally park a semi to try to get your rest in the sleeper, people in traffic with NO CLUE as to how to drive around a Semi, irregular sleep patterns forced on you to try to make the schedule, and SO MUCH MORE!!
I did it for over 35 years… and yes, it IS one of the hardest jobs out there, for all of the reasons that the previous comments have pointed out!!
3-4 WEEKS away from home, then maybe 4 days time off to try to get caught up at home, then right back at it!! And you have to deal with Dispatchers with no clue as to traffic and weather conditions, sometimes with arrogant Cops/ DOT officers, shippers who screw with pick-up times, receivers who want you to unload the trailer AFTER driving 8-9 hours to get to them, a lack of places to legally park a semi to try to get your rest in the sleeper, people in traffic with NO CLUE as to how to drive around a Semi, irregular sleep patterns forced on you to try to make the schedule, and SO MUCH MORE!!