Realize this is a older thread but wanted to give my experience.
I was a driver at FedEx Express for 5 years and although I liked it when I became full time it wasn’t exactly enjoyable. Long hours and average pay. Good benefits and vacation but I knew I was worth more. I have since then got my CDL (class A) license and now drive truck hauling ocean containers from the port by where I live. I have almost doubled my income and I’m way happier. I did start out over the road being out a week at a time and getting home for the weekends but now I’m home every night. I enjoy what I do.
Going from 100+ stops a day to 1 or 2 is indescribable.