The waiting around comes with most forms of truck driving. Any loads to do with food are usually the worst. When I spent time on the road, I learned really quick which loads had the good receivers. I fell into a pattern of Monday deliveries. Most of the other drivers didn’t want the loads as you left home on Saturday, I didn’t have kids at the time, so a Thursday/Friday weekend was fine with me.
There are many people that merely make a survival. Some, that is all they are capable of, some have no viable way out (just the hand they were dealt), and some are happy just getting by for today and have no cares about tomorrow. My retirement plan is pretty much my CDL. When I get to the point I can’t work anymore, there is not much point for me being around. There is a really low probability that I will make retirement age, so I try to enjoy life as much as I can now.
As to farm help pay, it depends where you are. Midwest and western Canada, you can make a decent living as hired help on a farm. But, it is still physical hard work. Some folks bodies hold up better than others with that. Did you know that after the sweep auger goes around a 50’ grain bin, there is still most of a semi load of grain in there? Scoop shovel time!
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