whats the deal with points? good or bad?

With the 'Trophy Points' that you see when viewing a member's profile, those are either good, or meaningless, depending on your point of view. As to the number of posts for each membership level:

Four-Wheeler (New Member) 0

Bobtail Member 1

Light Load Member 50

Medium Load Member 300

Heavy Load Member 700

Road Train Member 999+

You'll also see that some members have opted to use a custom title in place of those. You can have one of those custom titles by contacting one of the administrators and letting them know what you'd like.

 

Here's an explanation of how the Trophy Points are calculated:

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/help/trophies

You'll see that 113 is the maximum number of points, so a lot of members will have that number and will never go any higher.