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   受不了包 (shibao@misskey.bubbletea.dev)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 11:18:38 JST 受不了包

   i honestly don't know what I should be doing next, i feel like i should get my CDL but i don't even have a good use for it in mind

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     受不了包 (shibao@misskey.bubbletea.dev)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 11:23:32 JST 受不了包

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     • fiat volvntas tva

     @scathach@stereophonic.space apparently being a trucker nowadays is ass but i don't really know people to verify, i don't even have friends i can ask about in logistics companies, there's a lot around here. i was thinking of getting a truck with a trailer for wood chips and a woodchipper just because operating a woodchipper sounds kind of satisfying in theory but i'm probably romanticizing it and it would probably be a massive money sink unless i'm out using it 5 days a week. I don't think i need a cdl to tow a motorcycle trailer with a truck so I probably don't even have an actual use for it. you can always get a forklift job if you can convince someone to trust you enough to let you get in it lol

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     fiat volvntas tva (scathach@stereophonic.space)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 11:23:34 JST fiat volvntas tva

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     @shibao Being a trucker sounds comfy
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     fiat volvntas tva (scathach@stereophonic.space)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 11:23:35 JST fiat volvntas tva

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     @shibao I'm considering getting a CDL as a backup plan in case all the jobs I apply to reject me
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     受不了包 (shibao@misskey.bubbletea.dev)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 11:29:26 JST 受不了包

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     @gentoobro@shitpost.cloud that's what i've heard, and when politicians start talking about repealing regulations because they're too onerous on drivers, you have to know that it's bad

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     gentoobro (gentoobro@shitpost.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 11:29:27 JST gentoobro

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     I had a cousin who was a trucker for years and then got out of it about 5 years ago because the industry started going to shit. Dunno the details, but it's a datapoint for you.

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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 11:31:18 JST djsumdog

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     I have a high school friend who got his CDL recently and mostly picks up flatbeds for Lowe's (he got his experience from driving tank carrier trucks in Iraq). From what he talks about, the long hauls are what you want, but he gets a bunch of short runs that don't earn him enough. He's on the road a lot, but I don't think he really likes any of his kids (except his oldest daughter, but she's leaving for college) so it kinda works out for him.
     
     There's a guy in our city who has one of those machines for grinding stumps. That's literally all he does. He's gotten in with several tree cutters, grinds stumps all week long and makes enough to sustain his business. So a wood chipper might not be a bad route, but you gotta find companies that really need one, offer a good price and really establish yourself. It could pay off, but it's a lot-o-work.
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     gentoobro (gentoobro@shitpost.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 11:32:54 JST gentoobro

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     He had to carefully time some of his trips so that he'd pass through certain routes in certain states when the weigh stations were closed in order to not get completely raped on fines because that state decided to have stupid weight limits for rent-seeking purposes. One of the Carolinas, I think.

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     受不了包 (shibao@misskey.bubbletea.dev)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 11:33:37 JST 受不了包

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     @gentoobro@shitpost.cloud suddenly it makes so much sense why logistics companies need so many code monkeys for their LMSes, holy shit, thank you