Newbie.... blah blah blah....yadda yadda yadda

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  1. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    I was going to say this. But i thought no. This is what wrench has told me when they go. It's not a slam dunk.
     
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  3. Dave_in_AZ

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    Noooooo. Finish your year. Come to Landstar and I'll put you in a nice truck.
     
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  4. Lepton1

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    A "blade runner" parked next to me for a while where I rent a spot in a secure yard in OKC. He's an owner operator. The trailer set him back over $200K. Deadheading he's at 67,500. Loaded he's over 200,000 lbs gross and 178' from front bumper to tip of the blade. He makes $22.50 per loaded mile, with half of his miles unpaid deadhead.

    When I asked how much he nets per year he didn't say a thing. Didn't need to. The #### eating grin on his face said it all.

    It's hard to comprehend just how big those blades, columns, cones, and generators are until you get up close. Each component requires a different specialty trailer. Then there's the cranes that assemble the windmills. I've been involved with crane moves for wind farms. About a dozen trucks are required to move one crane, with a smaller crane to help disassemble the big one.

    When I grow up I want to be a blade runner.
     
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  5. Lepton1

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    No. You can't. I called dibs.
     
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  6. Dave_in_AZ

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    I saw a dude in like a '05 old CRE century with a section of the windmill body the other day lol.
     
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  7. WesternPlains

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    I know already. This truck has done a whole lot of I70 over the Rockies. When that trans heats up. The synchros are starting to lack a little. Learned to take it easier on the trans and double clutch up there. Had gotten a clunk here or there. I know ain’t good.
    But will they ask me? Nope.
    They think getting someone else to bobtail on flat ground will tell them what?
    I don’t like it at all.
     
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  8. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    You got 3 more months. 90 days. Then you and kitty can live the dream.

    Keep your eye on that mark.

    I'm not kidding. I have a guy coming in a few weeks, and he's getting a nicer truck than mine lol!!!!!

    Get your hazmat too.
     
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  9. WesternPlains

    WesternPlains Road Train Member

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    Today is the kind of day that makes me love this job.
    On a little one day, out and back, into Oklahoma.
    Pays $200
    Extra $200 for Sunday delivery.
    Detention time making it over $600...why?
    I arrived late but not late enough. Their silo is still too full to accept all my load. So I’m sitting here with detention time till after 7pm to unload. Can’t go back now today. Go back in morning after my 10. I’m getting paid to play on the internet!
     
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  10. WesternPlains

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    I got everything. Hazmat, twic card, passport. Only thing I don’t have is school bus. Passenger is for my cat. :)
     
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  11. Dave_in_AZ

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    Just do the 90 days lol.
     
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