Where is everyone #5

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by DDlighttruck, Aug 27, 2017.

  1. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    That's one of the big problems with our school system. They take a one-size, cookie cutter approach to education. Not all kids learn the same. I went to school with a lot of kids who barely passed but were by no means stupid. A few were honestly borderline genius. Just nobody took the time to actually bring the potential out of them.

    Most of my teachers just taught by assigning work out of a textbook and marked papers. Very few actually took the time to actually teach their subject.
     
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  3. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Showing my age, aren’t I?
     
  4. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Me personally if I'm going to bust my ### all week away from home and run hard to make that truck payment and take all the risk. I'd want to have equity in the truck , so when its paid for I sell it and gain back some of the money invested in payments.. How does one ever get ahead on a rental?

    When I wrecked blue bird, I rented a spare truck from the company at the low price of 850 dollars a week and .15 cents a mile. On a truck with over 700k miles on it.. I had to run hard 4 days a week just to break even on that payment + all other expenses.. Essentially working just to work. Who the he'll wants to do that
     
  5. jamespmack

    jamespmack Road Train Member

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    Thats 100%. I've hauled tractors, man lifts, forklifts, machinery,and metal products. I could go on forever. Its not all sheet paper in dry vans. Most would be surprised.
     
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    jamespmack Road Train Member

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    Should win ttr post of the day.
     
  7. farmerjohn64

    farmerjohn64 Road Train Member

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    man i just got contacts for the second time and i cant see a freakin thing but if i remember correctly this is normal at first lol
     
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  8. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    Little bit.

    That's all a lot of those kids need, somebody to explain things in a way they can understand it.
     
  9. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I do, but our work is a slightly different animal than a hand bomb load of Dollar store garbage where you’ll be fingerprinting every box. Our freight is pretty much all palletized.
     
  10. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    That actually came from the doofuses who buy things like grills off the Internet and think I’m taking it around to the backyard and putting it up on the deck.

    Nope. That’s your job. As far I can help you is the edge of the pavement.
     
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