# How do I become a Winnebago driver? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-become-a-winnebago-driver/16278 "2000-04-23T00:31:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Breckinshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Breckinshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breckinshire)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-become-a-winnebago-driver/16278/1 "2000-04-23T00:31:00Z")
That is, how do I get a job delivering Winnebagos from the factory to the dealers? Does anyone have any URL’s or information relevant to this? * * * - Blessed are the Fundamentalists, for they shall inhibit the earth. \* ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-become-a-winnebago-driver/16278/2 "2000-04-23T02:33:00Z")
I do not know, but I think that it would be one of the most satisfying jobs in the world. ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-become-a-winnebago-driver/16278/3 "2000-04-23T02:40:00Z")
- - - You could call a dealer and ask. - - - - (Regular) car dealers can’t take delivery directly from the factory, but they do use porters to drive vehicles between dealers. If you want that job, you , , , go to a dealer and ask. Usually it isn’t regular, and it doesn’t pay much, and so younger types tend to do it partly because they might get to drive a new Corvette or Mustang every now and then. - MC ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-become-a-winnebago-driver/16278/4 "2000-04-23T03:10:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I do not know, but I think that it would be one of the most satisfying jobs in the world. This reminds me… Once I called Goodyear to find out how to become a blimp pilot. They said you need a commercial certificate and a multi-engine rating. Easy enough. Then they told me that the pilot who has been there the least amount of time had had the job for 20 years. _That_ sounds like job satisfaction! * * * “I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry Are you a turtle? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-become-a-winnebago-driver/16278/5 "2000-04-23T07:40:00Z")
No, job satisfaction means delivering luxury yachts to owners. A lot of rich folks keep their yachts in the tropics in the winter, and have them ferried up to Maine or wherever in the summer. A friend of mine did this for years - he got paid to fly to Bermuda in the spring and sail a $500,000 yacht back up to the mainland. Then the same guy would hire him in fall to sail it back down to Bermuda. Being a commercial pilot sounds great, but the pay generally sucks. I know guys who have been flying for 20 years and are still making $35,000 or less. For the first 5-10 years of your career you’ll be flying small twins and loading cargo yourself, and getting $18,000 - $25,000 a year for your trouble. (This after spending maybe $20,000-$30,000 to get all the licenses and ratings required). After the glamour of flying wears off, it gets to be a hassle. A lot of them give up and quit. The money only gets good if you can make captain in a jumbo, and the guys doing that can make $150,000 a year or more. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-become-a-winnebago-driver/16278/6 "2000-04-23T14:19:00Z")
## dhanson, Especially when it comes to flying, you’ll never get rich if you work for someone else. But there are more important things in life than money. 🙂 “I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry Are you a turtle?