alright...brickman got paid an i got a ready to roll trucking company...now for the fun part

aside from all the loans, accounts and future payments my wife an i are very hopeful about the future and positive that we will make it in this endevor

I dont go to davis until the 30th now to avoid payin for a full month of insurance for a few days of the truck being parked at the company lot durin orientation

wifey and i are going to take our time gettin the truck set up to go witch is nice becuase now im relieved of the stress of having to hurry and get things done

all in all everyone who has looked at this truck is amazed at how good of shape its in.. and im very pleased at the up keep an maintence of it

all 3 kids want dad to take em on a trip in the "new" truck...i hafta learn how to keep these house apes outta the cabinetts

well i guess that is all for now....im sure ill have questions that will pop into my head so until then....have a good day everyone

Have fun!

Did you buy Brickman's truck?

Yeah he signed his life away.


Seriously I wish him all the best with the truck. It drug my rear out of a sling in a big way and put me on a more solid financial footing than where I was when I first started driving it close to 400,000 miles ago. I hope that it makes a good living for him and his family.

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an here i thought everyone knew i was buying brickmans truck and trailer ...i guess this website isnt like small town montana after all lol

yeah i signed the papers today and i wish brickamn all the luck in the world being local, i used to work for his current employer and i had a ball there, good little outfit with an awesome owner and great maintence program plus a nice truck or two...but the people in the 4 wheelers here are about as smart as your average household rock...go figure huh.

I'm sure this endevor will help me out, and im almost positive the truck wont have any major problems for quite awhile so as long as fuel prices dont go up and i can keep my foot out of the pump ill be ok....lol

If I had plenty of bones in the bank, I'd probably start a small trucking company. It'd be some kind of tanker outfit that would run up into Canada and Alaska from places like Montana, Idaho, and Washington. Or maybe it'd be flatbed or heavy haul. The equipment needed to get all that oil out of Alberta's oil shale has to get up there somehow.

My first tanker load I'd take to New York City, just like old times. I could drive by Hunt's Point while givin' those idiots the middle finger salute. May run it by a Smith's or Albertson's grocery warehouse too. See if I can get a lumper these days for less than 250 bucks. Of course I'd have to ask said lumper "How much of that money do you actually take home? 1/3?" and "How much to you have to pay the dock for its kickback? 2/3s? 75%? 80%?"

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--Paved Dudley--

Yeah I drive a Swift truck
And that means one thing
It means she's slow
It's a typical company truck
It's just all show and no go

I'm gettin' passed by Yella
And even Overnite
I'm gettin' passed by ever' body in sight
46 days on the road
And I'm not gettin' home tonight

No, my hometown's nowhere in sight
And if you think I'm pissed off
You're right
46 days on the road
And I'm not gettin' home tonight


Love pissing off those trucking company insiders.

Im sure He will be just fine!

And we all agree: Take care of the TRUCK and the TRUCK will take care of YOU!

Funny how things work out.....

All the best and GOOD LUCK with the new truck!

Matthew

day one in the the books at davis's orientation....(again) with all four of us..figures we're the years high #
started out at paperwork and wiz quiz
move out to yard for a pretrip class...optional for owner ops but what was i gonna do otherwise???
lunch... company bought prime rib sandwich meals (with fries an salad)
out for drive test..20 mile loop...no biggie
shop looks over my truck...wow alot of little stuff wrong...
worn coolant hose (how did i miss that??)
a couple small oil leaks i knew about
moisture in headlights (O/S violation...who knew?)
broke welds on trailer deck..k o i can get those welded
a few loose crossmember bolts on trailer..again an O/S
not enuff winchs on trailer..i gotta get more..####
2 bent winchs need replaced too....
tractor drive axle brakes at 1/2 inch...time for new ones with drums of course...gonna hafta wait a month i think
talk to company shop..thier larbor rate is $24/hr..shop is full
so get referred to volvo..higher rate but get a discount thru davis
go to load securement class...boy i hate coils an i dought ill hual em...but hey why not...not like im out making money or anything
wrap up dAY an go to hotel by muralts travel plaza

1 bad thing i did find out is that they pay company drivers by HHG
o/o's get a precentage of load...and we get to pick our route,fuel stops,ect

company trucks are all 05 an newer with 10 speeds, 07's are standup sleepers

company trailers are older than me on the 45's...newer 48's...now im glad i bought one

wel thats about it for todays adventure....if anything ineresting happens 2morrow ill let ya know

Wow, Davis inspection routine must be a lot rougher than Landstar's.


Moisture in headlight O/S??????????????? I got that nice little white sticker from OR just a few months ago with the headlite like that. And those cross member bolts have been loose for years.

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$24 per hour shop labor rate? That is about 1/4 of what we charge around here. Sometimes you might get lucky and find someone at about $75 but not that often

Sounds to me like the company shop is giving its O/Os a nice break on the labor.

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