i am making over 2 times more than i have ever made in my life...

I heard for him thos morning about 3 am in Chicago man i tell you hes fast because I heard him at the 201 on 65 as well

 

Where else are you going to find a place that'll let you work an $11 per hour job for 70 hours a week?
WHAR?

 

I really liked OTR trucking, but my ex-wives weren't to fond of it.
Because of trucking I'm living the good life now. I never was concerned about the hours involved, just the end result, which worked out well.

 

Bottom line - that's it right there. That's what I liked about it at first. For an uneducated bum like me, that was a great way to make some headway.

 

When I was working two jobs at around 70-80 hours per week I was using about $160 per week in fuel for my car. By the time was all said and done that second job was netting way less than minimum wage by the time I took out the cost of gas.

Compare that to working 70 hours driving OTR. You don't have any cost of fuel as a company driver. Your commute is two steps from the bunk to the driver's seat, and when you are on a long haul you can stop and rest when you want (within reason for the demands of the load). This is much less stressful and nets a LOT more than trying to struggle with multiple minimum wage jobs.

 

Scuse' me sir, yer pretzel logic is showing.
You are a self proclaimed Surfer Joe expert with absolutely no credentials and no degree.
Gee, you seem to know me better than... me.
Your motivations here are obvious; you envision yourself (hey, everybody needs a dream) an entrepreneur, a businessman, a risk taker and hopefully one day, a success. Nothing wrong with that; even Harpo Marx (that's Harpo, not Karl) started out doing vaudeville.
After having read some of your previous posts from awhile back (you do remember your business partner, Conway Truckload, don't you?), I couldn't help but notice your very own complaints when miles and pay were not up to your standards. In fact, in response to the situation, your own quotes were, "This will not do".
So, after fanatically defending this company for the short year or so that you were there, you quit. As in, you felt that you deserved more.
Nothing wrong with that.
So now you're gonna build yourself a company. In fact, since you already have.. one truck and just yourself, I guess that counts for something.
And being that you don't have a family to support, I suppose that you are not disadvantaged in any way.
You are correct when you claim that I don't understand "far reaching" (whatever that means) social programs and how they are sustained. I am much more simple than that:
I believe in fair pay for fair work and that both the employer and the employee are equally reliant upon the other.
Kind of a "golden rule" sorta thing. Sounds a bit like mutual respect to me.
If this general rule is adhered to, than those pesky social programs tend to become obsolete.
Unless one becomes sick, has a loved one that becomes sick, and/ or we grow old. Now, how do we sustain that?
At least you don't need to worry about such things; you're such a human dynamo that these issues don't apply to you.
No Yellow, it's pretty obvious that in your hopes to become your own top dawg, there is one thing that sticks in yer' craw; you might actually, one day, have employees that will want to be fairly paid. Darn, that means a smaller mansion and less yachts. Ouch!
That's what frightens you the most.
P.S. I got more trucks than you......

 

Every time I come on here, and run across EV`s post, I have to Laugh. Ev, you make my day and good night. Thanks. GO PACK.