life at Roehl ...grc

I too am on a second career and have been researching this for some time .... I've had my own consulting business before and am disciplined with budget, time management, business plans, etc. ..... I've found a good truckers CPA/tax man in Knoxville where I live ..... I am usually successfull at most of my endeavors I am sure if and when I become an o/o, it too will be good ..... I appreciate your advice and please do keep the advice/concerns coming because I'll be the first to admit I may not have thought of everything

 

well it has been an interesting week thus far .... let's see when I last left y'all, my truck was knida/sorta fixed but not really at Ellenwood made delivery Monday in Atlanta then picked up a food stuff load for delivery in Plant City fla .... original assignment said appt 2330 tues nite then while driving down get msg that appt has been changed to 1600 on tues .... so I stop and recalculate my schedule and decide to take 10 hour break ..... get up on tues am start driving and call to verify directions and find out appt has not been changed sooooo after 3 hours have to stop for another 10 hr break so I don't run out of hours while docked ..... get load dispatch for wed am in Tampa bound for Mobile Al ...... can pick up load, move up road and take break and get back on a semi-human schedule ...... wrong ..... called to verify directions and go to pick up only to find it's a blind bill and the actual shipper is accross town sooooo bust arse and still get there on time ..... get loaded and all is good .... start down road and notice load feels heavier than what bol says .... stop to scale and I'm over so now I have to go 30 miles back down the road to have shipper take some off ..... he explains that he knew the bales of scrap paper had got wet but did not realize that it added that much weight ...... so I get load straightened out and hurry up the road ..... have to quit driving at noon because of the 2330 appt the nite before ..... but due to weight problem, I don't get as far up the road as I needed to so it appears as if I will make delivery in Mobile but run out of hrs shortly there after ..... so now I get bright idea to start driving at 10 tonite but only drive for 4 or 5 hrs then take another 10 hr break then drive remaining 2 or 3 hours and make delivery then I have at least 7 or 8 hours available to get next load if available and get the heck out of Mobile ..... oh yea .... I find out during the rain I'm in, that my windshield leaks and my paperwork / directions I had left on the dash while sleeping got soaked and am still waiting to here what is going to be done with this truck because my air tanks leak and when I shut off the engine, within 45 minutes my tanks are empty .... mechanic showed me where someone wrote on the tanks that they are bad and need to be replaced but becasue of the age of the truck (my guess on this) they do not want to replace the tanks..... lol .... ain't life a bowl of cherries .... hope y'all are having as much fun as me ..... lol .... keep me posted as to how you all are doing .... believe it or not, I'm just sttin here laughin at it all .....