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Actually it was closer to 400 O/O before it was all done & over with. I was going to go lease onto Mercer... But they won't accept me. Well they'd accept me & my truck, they won't accept my trailer & they haven't even seen it. They said I would have to lease purchase one from them.
Lease purchase in the same breath? Do they actually throw that line at you?

More like lease punk ya.
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I don't know. With times the way they are right now your doing pretty freaking good!!!
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I do feel pretty fortunate to be as busy as I am. The last 6 weeks its just been non-stop, go go go.
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What kind of trailer do you have is it at least a 48'?They will not take one anything less than that....could be the problem but without specs on trailer couldn't tell ya.
2003 Utility 53' 102" Van


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Lease purchase in the same breath? Do they actually throw that line at you?

More like lease punk ya.
They actually said lease/purchase. There was also mention of Wells Fargo Bank. I'm looking at other companies. But Mercer is sending me info!
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The van is the reason why.
They have very limited van work and they prolly want you to lease a flat or step.
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The van is the reason why.
They have very limited van work and they prolly want you to lease a flat or step.
Yeah probably. And someday I may go back to pulling a flat... I got burned bad when the economy went into the toilet... So I got out of it.
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Went to a truck show this past weekend and someone caught us on camera.

If you go to a place with 'tube' in the name, and search for Spencer's Truck Show 2009, my rig will be the first 30 seconds or so of the video. Hope you enjoy it - there are a lot of really great trucks at Spencer's every year. Most put mine to shame!
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went to a truck show this past weekend and someone caught us on camera.

If you go to a place with 'tube' in the name, and search for spencer's truck show 2009, my rig will be the first 30 seconds or so of the video. Hope you enjoy it - there are a lot of really great trucks at spencer's every year. Most put mine to shame!
wow great truck!
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I seen the video and your truck is pretty cool wings, it fits right in at Spencers. You need to hook it up to a tater wagon like Bell.
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Thanks guys, I appreciate the compliments very much.

Should have the CDL accomplished by the end of August, then perhaps a tater wagon (more likely, it will be a reefer) will be in tow...if I'm lucky, I'll get to run with Bell at some point.

The similarities between Bell and I - everything from our backgrounds, to certain medical issues, interests...you name it...it's almost scary. Like we were brothers separated at birth or something.
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