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Because when someone is having a hard time there will always some Wad that will walk over and kick em in the ribs! It makes em feel big!!

 

Me too.

I'll be nice..... only because you want me to....

It's real easy to talk shat when all they see is the after. What do they call it? Monday morning quarterbacking or something?

Rob's got bad luck and I do sometimes feel bad for him. There are somethings that have been his fault, it's a little something called a learning curve.


TO ALL THE REST WHO FEEL THEY WANT TO POST SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE SHOULDN'T BE SUPPORTING PHARM----
Pharm is a grown up. That means he's a big boy and can make his own decisions. We cannot make him do or not do anything. We show support because we care. That's right, CARE. (probably something they know little about)

 

Ah, another "Kick Rob while he's down" post. Lovely. Since this is his thread, and he told us to leave this guy alone, I will, but just think about one thing: Rob is telling us just about every mistake he's made. How many of us have made plenty of mistakes when we were starting out, and once we realized we'd made them, it was a difficult pill to swallow to admit it, turn around and fix it, learn from it, and remember it the next time we're faced with a similar situation or problem? And Rob is doing all that plus telling everyone about it. I wouldn't want the folks on this forum to hear about half of the mistakes I've made.

Once again, hang in there, Rob. If you can start out and survive in a lousy business climate like were in now, when good times come back, life should be sweet.

 

The root of the problem is you paid top dollar taking care of your truck. You gave all your money away to truck garages for minor repairs.

 

EXACTLY. I wasn't trying to be hurtfull or anything...I was trying to be helpfull. I appreciate you actually hearing me and stepping in on what could have become a bash fest for me speaking my honest thoughts. There are a lot of things in life that I wish people had just dragged me to a side and said look...here is what you're doing...and it's not going to work.

It may feel to Rob like he's working hard because he spends all these hours in the truck....and has to get covered in #### every now and then...but that's what HAS to be done. If something OPTIONAL comes along...he has not been doing it...and some of the optional stuff has 0 cost involved with it on the upside....and huge costs involved on the downside. In short...that to me is just "playing" trucking. I couldn't believe he took off on his trailer without making some sort of arrangements for it...or even checking on it for days. Instead of blabbing on the phone with someone about nothing for 45 mins....he could blab on the phone for 40 mins and get his hos log up to date. I think he also hasn't quite grasped and appreciated the size of the piece of equipment he is operating and the damage it can do. I operate heavy equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars ...some bigger than a truck...some smaller..and it's easy to lull yourself into feeling like you're driving the family car until you look behind you and you've got a string of 20 on fire power poles in tow (never happend to me...but you get the point). I just got to the point here where I have the feeling if Rob doesn't come to appreciate what it is he is actually doing...there is going to be some sort of an accident which involves more that just broken equipment.

As to insurance...you stated back at the start you only insured to a 200 mile radius or something and spend alot of time out of that radius...that was what I was refering to there. If so...that's yet another thing that could come back to bite you hard. Not sure if you changed that or not.