We have created a series of blogs talking about why we decided to leave our secure jobs as supervisors with health benefits.  Both of us worked for Morton County, Bob shop foreman of the maintenance department, Linda supervisor of Data Processing and we were soon to become empty nesters.  In this series we discuss how we got our commercial drivers license and what gave us the idea of becoming truck drivers, our start in a tractor-trailer, deciding trucking was not for us and then returning back home to come up with another plan. We will talk about buying our first truck, orientation, our first load, and learning to sleep in a moving vehicle.  Also discussed it how we learned to sleep in a moving vehicle and ideas to not become recluses. 
 
Our first video: Honey lets quit our jobs and become Truck Drivers
 
Bob Attending his first truck show and he starts thinking about getting out from under the truck and becoming a truck driver
 
Linda attends her first truck show and Bob pops the questions "What do you think about becoming an over the road truck driver?"
 
We start planning our future and preparing to leave home at the same time our youngest daughter left for college. 
 
Our next blog starts with putting our crazy plan into place. 

Part 2 Bob is off to truck driving school and we stumble in our first attemt to become truck drivers
Part 3 How we stumble and why we did not give up
Part 4 Buying our first Freightliner and off we go to orientation
Part 5 Challenges of Buying our First Truck
 

Comments (9)

Linda Caffee

Bob and Linda started their driver careers after their children left home for college in 2000. Bob started as a driver for a large motor carrier with Linda as a rider. They decided to enter the Expedite industry as team drivers in 2005 and purchased their first Freightliner. Both, Bob and Linda have had their Class A licenses since the early 80's starting out driving in the oil field and hauling grain as fill in drivers where Bob worked as a diesel mechanic. Linda worked at the local country courthouse in data processing.

 
 

Yes I did, right at the 1:35 mark. It's not Squeaky.

October 25, 2016 8:51:27 AM

Did anyone see the cat walking along the fence behind us?

October 25, 2016 7:36:25 AM

Thank You Dan we will be glad when you are back in the states! It was a jump of faith for sure/

October 22, 2016 14:32:11 PM

Bob and Linda - I'm very proud of you for having the courage to make this change and for how well you've done with it. Take good care and watch the sideroads till we see you next.

October 22, 2016 6:10:03 AM

Bob and Linda - I'm very proud of you for having the courage to make this change and for how well you've done with it. Take good care and watch the sideroads till we see you next.

October 22, 2016 6:10:00 AM

Thank You Craig it is much less stressful to look back on our journey then it was making those plans and being scared to death we we jumping of a cliff with no parachute.

October 11, 2016 4:39:50 AM

Great video Bob and Linda! Thank you for sharing your story and I look forward to the rest of the story.

October 10, 2016 8:34:48 AM

Yes we have our show truck and it took a lot of years to get to the point we are now. What an amazing adventure we have been on and the next blog talks about how decided on expediting.

October 09, 2016 11:40:03 AM

Very cool Linda and Bob! Nothing like a dream come true! You have your show truck!

October 08, 2016 10:14:32 AM