I'm sure that maneuvering such a behemoth is mostly a matter of patience and practice. I'm more concerned about possible mechanical problems. Or what to do when I get lost somewhere.
Most of all, though, I'm worried about driving in big cities. I keep telling myself that I learned how to drive in a town that had approx. 3 million inhabitants and 600,000 vehicles at the time, so it's not like I'm completely unfamiliar with the situation; but American cities are much bigger, the roads have twice the number of lanes, and possibly ten times the number of cars. It's intimidating. - Oh well, I'll cross that bridge when I get there.
As to trucking to finance your travels: while trucking naturally means travelling, it's of course not leisure travel. You go back and forth across the country but don't have the time to stop and explore (much)! LOL.
You can make good money as an OTR driver, especially if you aren't weighed down with an expensive apartment or mortgage, credit card payments, and/or other obligations/debts. Then you can just put your stuff in storage and live in a truck for a while. The carriers love people who don't want/need home time! :D
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Interesting!
Date: 2007-05-17 11:11 pm (UTC)Most of all, though, I'm worried about driving in big cities. I keep telling myself that I learned how to drive in a town that had approx. 3 million inhabitants and 600,000 vehicles at the time, so it's not like I'm completely unfamiliar with the situation; but American cities are much bigger, the roads have twice the number of lanes, and possibly ten times the number of cars. It's intimidating. - Oh well, I'll cross that bridge when I get there.
As to trucking to finance your travels: while trucking naturally means travelling, it's of course not leisure travel. You go back and forth across the country but don't have the time to stop and explore (much)! LOL.
You can make good money as an OTR driver, especially if you aren't weighed down with an expensive apartment or mortgage, credit card payments, and/or other obligations/debts. Then you can just put your stuff in storage and live in a truck for a while. The carriers love people who don't want/need home time! :D