Mark Seekamp.com

The longer I keep trucking, the smaller this country becomes. Who would have thought that I would spend most of my adult life driving an 18 wheeler around the country… I mean, we’re talking about a guy whose first ticket was for driving on a sidewalk on the North Park College Campus in Chicago!  My second ticket was for “exceeding posted gait”… that’s right,… I was riding too fast… on a HORSE!  (A rented horse named Maggie.)  But here I am after 20 years of haulin’ freight, never in any bad wrecks (Thank You Lord!), never beaten or robbed (Thank You Again Lord!), never looking at a map (because I know where everything is), and never making enough money (because Uncle Sam keeps making it harder). Enough already. I’ve seen everything I’ve wanted to see. Now I need to make the time to enjoy it all!

If there’s one common misconception about trucking, it’s that truckers get to see the world and enjoy it. There are two problems with this: first, not everything in this world is something you want to see, and second, there’s no time to enjoy the things that are nice to see because you’re always on a deadline. It wears on you. I can’t tell you how many truckers want to get out of this industry right now, but believe me,… it’s a LOT. Trucking used to be fun back when a driver could move at his own pace. Not so anymore. The D.O.T. regulations are humanly impossible to abide by, and yet every driver in America is expected to follow these regulations to the letter. To make it worse, Uncle Sam is now watching our every move via satellite. Big Brother is watching!

So, with all that said, I’m extremely motivated to make this new business venture work. Other people are making lots of money doing the same thing I’m learning how to do. If they can do it, so can I. It’s time to break free from the rat race, earn a respectable income, have more time to enjoy life, do the things I’ve always dreamed of doing, and most of all, spend lots of time with my wife and kids! ……….. after I get this load delivered…. and the one after that…

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