What kind of personal qualities would you need for a truck driver. Your dealing with massive machinery for example, a lot of responsibility, I'm trying to work out whether I'm cut out for the task.
Your almost a pilot.
Strong initiative with the ability to work independantly for long periods of time. Safety is number one at all times.
A calm head that doesn't explode when things don't go your way while having a firm attitude towards people when needed (If you allow it then people will take the ****, from slow unloading to stupid requests to other road users). Some firms will ask you to take out equipment or loads which aren't safe/legal, don't be scared to tell your boss no.
Patience.
Believe it or not you do have to be smart to do this job, there's a lot of thought has to go into working out loading, weight, measurements, planning, problem solving. You can get by as a lorry driver while being a knuckle dragger but to do the job well you need to be above that.
It's a tough and sometimes dirty job, being a driver is only half of the job and depending on what line of work you get into you could be rolling around in the mud under machinery or sat with your feet up drinking tea.
You'll develop a lot of the qualities needed over time and soon realise it's not like a lot of other jobs or just driving up and down your county 9-5. I went from working in a call centre to this job and initially hated it thinking I'd made a mistake but I stuck at it for a year and now haven't looked back.