How happy are you?
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mrgoodtude
Not a Member
We love (have loved) doing this but truth be told I have been proactive in my career direction.
Don't get me wrong we have positioned ourselves to weather the storm and if it doesn't get any worse we can survive.
We are however only getting by not getting ahead and on that note have chosen continuing education to keep an ace in the hole should things get worse.
This has been the easiest, most rewarding, fun thing I have ever done (almost feel like a union worker) but now you have to work really hard and really smart to stay in the game.
Not so sure the reward is worth the sacrifice anymore, coupled with an ailing Mother, Grand kids the prospect of a clean body in a familiar shower makes the grandiose lifestyle of Expedite lose luster.
I am a blessed middle age man that is fortunate to be a grandson as well as a grandfather with a woman that sticks by my side for reasons I can't comprehend.
I have achieved everything I have set out to do and yet I have found new passions that I can't wait to explore.
Maybe this is my finest hour and perhaps I should stop to smell the roses while they are in bloom.
Don't get me wrong we have positioned ourselves to weather the storm and if it doesn't get any worse we can survive.
We are however only getting by not getting ahead and on that note have chosen continuing education to keep an ace in the hole should things get worse.
This has been the easiest, most rewarding, fun thing I have ever done (almost feel like a union worker) but now you have to work really hard and really smart to stay in the game.
Not so sure the reward is worth the sacrifice anymore, coupled with an ailing Mother, Grand kids the prospect of a clean body in a familiar shower makes the grandiose lifestyle of Expedite lose luster.
I am a blessed middle age man that is fortunate to be a grandson as well as a grandfather with a woman that sticks by my side for reasons I can't comprehend.
I have achieved everything I have set out to do and yet I have found new passions that I can't wait to explore.
Maybe this is my finest hour and perhaps I should stop to smell the roses while they are in bloom.
chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
I kind of fit where mike is. I am totally enjoying this business but as I currently own 3 small businesses I am always looking for another business venture. As much as I enjoy this, if another opportunity came along, I'd certainly look at that. Now that being said, if i went into another business, chances are I'd hire someone to run the van. How long that would last would depend more on the driver then me, if he could make money as a driver in someone elses van, that works for me, just another business to deal with on my part.
So while I do love this, nothing is carved in stone.
Also like mike a have a great wife that has stuck around and is always supportive of me and my business ventures and most anythig else I have done (well as long as they are legal) and I really have no idea why she has done so over the years......We men are certainly luckey that women are hardwired dofferent then us and seem to be more tolerate of or messes then we would be with each other......Id have busted my own head yrs ago!!!
So while I do love this, nothing is carved in stone.
Also like mike a have a great wife that has stuck around and is always supportive of me and my business ventures and most anythig else I have done (well as long as they are legal) and I really have no idea why she has done so over the years......We men are certainly luckey that women are hardwired dofferent then us and seem to be more tolerate of or messes then we would be with each other......Id have busted my own head yrs ago!!!
Really, I think I fall between choices 1 and 2. I do love this job and don't really see me doing anything else. However, I would never close the door completely on other opportunities. I just can't imagine what they might be at this point. So, I voted 2.
moose
Veteran Expediter
As a solo St. trucker , I am very disseminated with the rewards this industry have to offer .
th'ow i'm making way more then just paying the bills , it seems like every second load is a pure luck .
as an outgoing individual , i'm speaking with many Expeditors every week , and can read the writing on the wall .
i'm considering my self very lucky in compere to others Solo St. trucks owners .
im constitutionally searching the industry , and to date cannot find a better place to lease my truck.
got to go.
got a load...
Moose.
th'ow i'm making way more then just paying the bills , it seems like every second load is a pure luck .
as an outgoing individual , i'm speaking with many Expeditors every week , and can read the writing on the wall .
i'm considering my self very lucky in compere to others Solo St. trucks owners .
im constitutionally searching the industry , and to date cannot find a better place to lease my truck.
got to go.
got a load...
Moose.
I voted, "Love this job and will never do anything else" but need to modify the response just a bit and add, "God willing and if the creeks don't rise."
Diane and I will stay in this job as long as our health and circumstances allow. But as we all know, things can happen out there that change expediters' hopes and plans instantly. We will feel richly blessed if we are still hauling expedited freight at age 70. Expediting is the best job we have ever had. The money is good. It does not feel like work to us. We love life on the road. Retirement will be a come down.
Diane and I will stay in this job as long as our health and circumstances allow. But as we all know, things can happen out there that change expediters' hopes and plans instantly. We will feel richly blessed if we are still hauling expedited freight at age 70. Expediting is the best job we have ever had. The money is good. It does not feel like work to us. We love life on the road. Retirement will be a come down.
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bluejaybee
Veteran Expediter
While this is not my main source of income, I would like to continue to do it as long as my health stays good. But if next week, the fuel goes sky high again and I still have to pay insurance and the loads are not any better, I'll park it. I would sure miss it though.
flattop40
Expert Expediter
I am with most of you. This is by far the easiest job I have ever had. You get see alot of the country that most don't get to see. You meet new people on an almost daily basis (if you're outgoing).
I have alot of family and friends that just can't understand why I do this and the first thing I say is well there isn't anything else out there right now but even if there were I would have to be guarenteed at least double what I make now.
The only thing I miss, outside of friends and family, is not being able to coach highschool football. If I could get by on the measly 2k ayear to coach I would. But that is less the $40/wk.
I have alot of family and friends that just can't understand why I do this and the first thing I say is well there isn't anything else out there right now but even if there were I would have to be guarenteed at least double what I make now.
The only thing I miss, outside of friends and family, is not being able to coach highschool football.
If I could get by on the measly 2k ayear to coach I would. But that is less the $40/wk.
Jack_Berry
Moderator Emeritus
really freakin happy!! the owner just bought me lunch at panera
another expense to add to the minus column.
another expense to add to the minus column.