Rookietrucker, is the place your talking about near me? Just curious, but yes if you wouldn't mind either telling me the name of the company or getting the number that would be great!!! Thank you!
Medicine Man, I have been looking into some companies today about leasing to. I am thinking that may be best until, like you said, I get to know everything better! I sure appreciate your advice!
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I'm not sure of the company's name. As much as I drive by it, you would think I would know it. LOL The place I'm talking about is in Waco. They build continental trailers there. Big and small ones. I don't know much about there operations. Its sits on a corner of Imperial drive across from minute made/coke. They have a sign out front looking for O/O's. When I go by the place tomorrow, I will write down the number for you. I will im you with the number or give it to a moderator to send to you. Glad to help you...
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Big TEx trl manufacturing up on I30 near texarkana is usually looking for people to haul them too.
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The place I'm referring to is called Forest River Inc, Waco Tx
Also had another name on the sign Cargo Mate/Continental trailers. The sign out front had Forest River Inc with its phone number. I sent you the number, if you don't recieve it. Say something on here and I will send it to a mod to give to you. Hope that helps what your looking for.......
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Hey RookieTrucker...I did get your message...thank you so much, I fixing to go check them out right now. I will let you know what comes from it! Again, Thank You sooooooo much, you have no idea how much this means to me.
I want to thank all of you who have been trying to help with this. Medicine Man you have been a great help too. I sure appreciate your time!
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Muleskinner <strong>"Shining Beacon of Chickenlights"</strong>
I played That game for about 3 months back in the late 80's when it was starting to become popular.I leased on to a outfit that pulled directly from an industrial manufacturer and stuck with it about 3 or 4 months.
Heres what you need to think about.If your Dodge is completely stock and you are wanting to pull everyday like the class 8 guys do,you'll have to spend some money on your truck...COOLING system is very important,your truck was built to pull the occasional camper,horse trailer or a bit of construction goodies to a jobsite,not get out there and hammer day after day...You should at minimum add the biggest helper fan you can mount and if it's an auto,the biggest tranny cooler you can possibly mount otherwise you will find yourself midway up a mountain sitting beside the road upset.You should also lay back quite a bit of your earnings for truck repairs as in....If it's an automatic,get enough saved to rebuild the tranny at a GOOD shop because you will end up having to do it if you pull any kind of true load in rough conditions..If it's a stick,get enough laid back for a clutch and all the extra goodies that go with it..tires,tires,tires.....If the truck already has a lot of miles on it,get ready to put bearings in the rearend and if you are unlucky,the whole rearend (especially if you are running big loads)....Brakes are a constant problem if you run big loads and electrics will make you pull your hair out sometimes (brake controllers,lights,blown fuses etc etc).....There's quite a bit more,but you get what I'm saying.I'm not trying to discourage you in any way because I made a bit of money and had a little fun doing it,but you need to be aware that pickup trucks are pretty wimpy for the long haul even if you are not running big loads,three months will really do some damage to one and after a few trips,a pickup that you thought rode like a caddy before you signed on will turn out to be uncomfortable like you can't imagine.Go for it,but keep your eyes open. -
I have a friend who does this with his dodge and if you stand back and look you can actually watch the truck wear out!
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Muleskinner <strong>"Shining Beacon of Chickenlights"</strong>
I sold my crew cab 4x4 powerjoke to a dude last year that went and hooked it up in Elkhart dragging campers....I don't recall who he went under ,but I seen him going down the road,loaded,a few weeks back and that truck looked like hammered hell.Filthy and one (I only saw one side,may have been both)dually fender just hanging by the grace of God.He must be making money tho' cause he was rolling along.
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