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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ghostchild, post: 2605431, member: 24880&quot;]<font face="Comic Sans MS">hello...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">I always post what&#039;s on me mind, before I read any comments, as to not get distracted...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">But i would like to say this...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Becoming a owner will actually humble you, not make you ####y....</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljh2552gDq1qib7wuo1_500.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">I&#039;m sure by now we&#039;re all firmiluar with the scene in Star Wars, episode 4, where Luke Sky Walker shoots down his first Tie fighter...and Han Solo quickly responds with...</font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">&quot;Great kid, don&#039;t get ####ey!&quot;...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Han Solo being the older, wiser one, said that for a reason....</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">And as a owner...####ey is the last thing you want to get or become...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">As a owner...you soon learn there&#039;s a million and one things that can go wrong...that you now have to take care of...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">A/C unit, tires, alignment, fuel, cracked windshield, air lines, brakes...all six wheels...fith wheel, turbo blowing out, transmission, coolant system...and the list goes on and on and on....</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">So taking on this responsibility tends to humble you, rather than make you more &#039;####ey&#039;...unless your just young and dumb I suppose...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">But if done right...the rewards can be good...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">I will say this...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Owner operators who chase &#039;miles&#039;...arent that smart...unless they just like to drive just to drive, and have nothing better to do with their time...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Drivers love to brag about miles miles and more miles...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Drivers who brag about how many miles they get per week, totally have the wrong mindset for makeing money....</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">To me, miles miles and more miles, is simply exploitive...</font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Wears out your equiptment, tires, and takes fuel...and keeps you away from your loved ones or family or hobbies...(unless driving is the only hobby you care to have..)</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">A smart driver could care the less about miles, and focuses more on getting paid money for the shortest distance traveled, and the least wear and tear on equiptment...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Endless miles are for owners who I guess have nothing better to do with their time or life...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Not being ####ey...just trying to open some eyes to those invisible readers who take notes...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">You get more bang for your buck if you can earn...hypathetically $200.00 on a 20 mile round trip...verses earning that on a 500 mile run....</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">$200.00...20 miles...now what if you could do 2-3 of those in one day...and still be home for dinner, and to feed the cat...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies-vb/roundies/biggrin_2558.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":biggrin_2558:" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Many drivers have been shown the wrong model for success...and is why many fail...and complain and say...&#039;Oh owner operators can&#039;t make any money&#039;...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">False...what they really mean to say is &#039;I can&#039;t, couldn&#039;t make any money&#039;...cause they were shown the wrong model of success...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">And all i&#039;m saying is endless miles, just for the sake of miles...is a waste of your time...and simply wears out your equiptment...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Business men get ahead in life...truckers just eat at truck stops...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">That&#039;s all I&#039;m saying...</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">And that concludes this post...</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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