Is Trucking life For You?

A truckers life can be rewarding but it will also be challenging. Becoming a truck driver is a serious decision. You don't want to spend money on trucking schools or commit to a trucking company not knowing if you are compatible for the trucking lifestyle.

We will fill you in on what to expect as a truck driver and how to create a successful career in trucking as we address topics such as those following this paragraph and also answer your questions...

Some of the things you will learn at this website...

Ask A Trucker Questions

Other than hitching a ride with a driver, what you are doing right now, researching trucking life on the web is the best way to experience life as a trucker. I commend you for being so smart!

Here you will find videos, audios and text with answers and commentary from experienced drivers about the good, the bad and the ugly in the trucking industry.

Browse around the site as I take you with me through pictures and stories for a journey of life as a big truck driver, while revealing some of the things I have learned from trucking professionally 13 plus year and over a million miles. The good, the bad, and the ugly!

Sit back and enjoy the ride!

Life as a Trucker will entertain, educate, inform, motivate, and inspire

You will get answers to questions you've always had and
thoughts you've always wondered.

AND . . .
insight to help you be make better driving decisions around trucks.

With these tips you will be able to show off to your friends in the car by throwing out information they don't have!

Changing the Face of the Trucking Industry

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Purpose of Life as a Trucker

My purpose of Life-as-a-trucker.com is to. . .

1. Educate the person who is thinking about becoming a truck driver so that he or she will know what to expect. This will bring better quality drivers to the industry because they will have the information about transportation logistics and life on the road to make informed decision before getting on the road

2. Create a place for truckers and 4wheelers to mingle and interact leading to better understanding each other's highway habits. Making it easier to share the roads, increasing efficiency and improving safety.

3. To provide a place for professional drivers to unite with each other. Sharing information in the truckers forum and other places on the site. (Information such as good trucking companies, and truck stops to visit to get value service, best brokers to use, etc)

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