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very well put

 

rob, you haven't failed at what you are doing, you just haven't been very good at it. if you try to do something & dont succeed at it, at least you have tried,not trying at all would be failure. good luck. im in middle tn here,close to i 24 between nashville & chattanooga, if you are in this part of the country & need any help give me a shout here.

 

Rob, I admit, I've been keeping up with your posts mainly for the drama as I'm not a driver yet and have no intention of being an O/O right out of the gate.

From my stand point, I think you've had some measure of success, perhaps a measure beyond money. You brought an online community into your business venture and showed the potential pitfalls all the while keeping your humility and humanity in check.

My wish for you is that you are successful in business going forward, Lord knows it won't be easy but I hope my words of encouragement will help take some of the sting out of it. Good Luck!

Mike

 

Keep me out of this crap. I'm out truckin baby.

The trucking industry will chew you up and spit you out buddy.

 

this is to all on this forum,i joined this forum a few short months ago,and im probibly not in the right cadagory for where i leave my postbut im glad im not(i like being different lol)but since iv been on here i must say there are your comedieans,some sarcasime,but i must say for a website thats suposed to be informative ,which it is,lol(dont do it)about trucking and the pit falls,but the biggest thing iv have seen in here this week is the outpouring of help,and assistance and knowledge,to rob ,he took the plunge into trucking started great comeing out the gate,but poor rob did have a pit fall ,his lack of knowlage to maintain the truck ,but i truly believe he now understands aabout (PREVENTABLE MAINTENACE),i think he learned the hard way,but hey even myself i have to get hit in the head a couple of hundred times befor it sinks in on some stuff to lol,we are not all perfect,but my point being,,,,,,,,,,,THIS SITE IS INCREADABLE!!!!!the help rob is recieveing just from typeing a few words on here in amazeing!!!!!!, my hat is off to eachand everyone of you,and hope if im ever in trouble i to will get the same responce, trucking is a unque world and im proud to be part of it,,,,NOW WHAT TO GET ROB FOR X-MAS????? maintanice book for his pete?hmmmm go shopping at home cheapo ,look for socket sets for truck,,wait,a coupon for two free weeks at a general maintenace classoh wait??????rob ill do this speacial just for you,ill go get you and personaly deliver a brand new ,never used ,top of the line ,greasegun and a case of grease and it comes with a cheap pair of home depot 5 dollar throw away gloves,yes rob ill do that for ya!!!!!but remember throw away the gloves (NOT THE GREASE GUN) and rob i know you have a good sence of humor,so take this in stride please,but yes seems i stumbled on to a great site with some realy cool people my hat is off to you all the are helping mr rob

 

I ended up at a flying hook for the wknd. Off I75 near Lima, OH. They allow trailer drop and theres a Walmart, K-mart and such within 10mi. gonna take the time to clean the truck, do laundry, prevenative maint. on the truck.. Lady says the fair grounds is have a dog exhibition this weekend(coon, bird, something) probably check that out. Got the wife calmed down and head screwed on in the right direction... After being home 24/7 since we have met she was/is taking my being gone hard but we spoke and cleared it up. Says she's sorry for being a brat and is greatful for the hard work and time I am putting in for the family, she just misses me and it doesn't come out that way sometimes.... so all is well on the home front.


well I had another post but it went to the forum police (jk) for approval....dern KGB

thought i had another oil leak turns out the rubber expansion piece is worn on the dip-stick and the stick had blown/rattled out.. alcohol and tape fixed it.(ROB!) lol

 

well as of today,i went to fix my linkage for my clutch,and thought,hey im here at pilot,on I-10 in baldwin and theres a t/a next door with a service center,let me go check it out,well needless to say the were useless,they dont do clutch adjustments due to to many law suits ?????hmmmm sounds kind ofshotty,but the recommend as the manager phrased it the(flybuynight outfit )across the street so i call the number and the man comes out he and i repaired my linkage for 40bucks of his time and adjusterd the clutch properly here in the pilot parking lot,kept the old parts ,but between parts and labor 50 bucks the linkage ends at kenworth were$7.12 a pc so i replaced both,figureing if one let loose the other cant be far behind,so why do the same job twice lol,and mabey more damage , oh and buy the way that fly by night outfit,the man took me into his shop and he is a certifed disel mech,guess you cant belive everything you here,and found out that particular t/a is $15,000 in the whole with the napa across the street??????got to love big business

 

your in my neck of the woods Dino..I grew up (??sort-of??) just north of there in Hilliard, FL.. i know that TA/Pilot well....

 

The list of tools that 5mouths2feed posted is very good, while the inexpensive items can be picked up anywhere, also think about all the second hand shops. Most any medium size city has a tools and treasures sort of outlet & you can pick up quality name brand stuff time to time. You just have to visit them often to catch the cool stuff.