The journey begins - purchased a truck.

They bumped me up to SD2 in Rockford, so I can go up to 12 wide. I remember your advice on learning one state at a time - but the ones I've been seeing are KC over to MD area. I'll need to grab banners and flags, and get a flip up plate holder too.

 

Catching a break on the truck for a month would be nice. I was a bit depressed about it this week, until a friend called that has 5 or 6 trucks. He's been running a 2011 Pete that he had bought a month ago to replace one that a driver had rolled on 44 near Rolla. He'd been in the shop 6 times already, the last time he left it in Indy and grabbed a rental car home. He's taking it back to the dealer and trading it off for a T600.

$10k in the maintenance fund would be comfortable -

 

Not at all - I'm pretty sure you're right, I don't know where I pulled that 12' figre from. I think the guy said I could have been doing overlength already - I'd always passed those ones over.

 

That would be good - I've tried to be honest about the process, things that cost money get highlighted in bold print, so that others may make a decision for themselves, I think that's important in an environment of recruitment lies and false figures, sales pitches and smokescreens.

Taking a leaf from KR's startup info - (Hate to say it, he's right on this one) - if people can do the figures first, plan and prepare, before buying a truck - and then decide now is NOT the time, then it may save homes, marriages, college and retirement funds, and a lot of wasted blood sweat and tears.

And speaking of TEARS, I left the shop with a bill for $1871 for the accessory pump oil seal. It had spun the bushing in the front cover, pulling the bushing out about 3/4" forcing the oil seal out. Pulleys and front cover off, oil pan off, replace front cover, oil and grease. Had I not got it done, it probably would have wound up in a tow from oil prssure loss.

Have the rest of the week lined out. Plane parts out east, e-town to Bellevue, OH, to KC, back to etown, KC, e-town, KC then probably be short on hours.

That's the PLAN, anyhow.