Petetrucker07

DAMMIT boy. Awesome!

Now it really bothers me I can't make it. I'm doing a delivery Friday morning just a bit west of the venue. Then headin to San Diego for Saturday morning. So close, yet so far.

Just scored me another livestock trailer.

To build something this elaborate, you have to be insane. This just out of control. The deeper you get, the closer to the straight jacket you get. Absolutely amazing work. Every time I see that motor, I can't believe it's scale. Awesome work man. Maybe the next one you build will actually run.

Awesome paint work. Looks really good. I don't think I could ever get that many colors on 1 model. I'm just now getting OK at 2.

I feel your pain Jim. I've had them builds that, at 1 point or another, had a choice of becoming either a bad impression of an airplane or going back in the box. That's how my plated tanker was. But I let it sit for awhile, came back to it and finished it. You get this whipped in no time. What you have done is very nice and looks great.

It's the Adult playground. Not for easily offended that's for sure.

He's #2 Shirley Temple passed over last weekend. Who's next?

I've done bottom dump work, and hated it. I've done pneumatics with powder limestone and cement, that was ok. Nice equipment, I drove a working show truck. I've never done reefer. I did dry van and didn't like it very much. But it's really up to each persons preference. I work with a guy who doesn't care for dump truck work and wants to go back to flatbed.

Right on, Thanks Rusty. I know it's still early in the year, just curious.

Sounds like way cool project. I would like to do the same thing someday.

Everything pays different. Like I haul rock and sand, every load, every customer is different. Over the road drivers typically get paid by the mile. Some companies pay mileage different, city center to city center, zip code to zip code, loaded miles and empty miles, actual miles, point to point. Liquid pays different, sometimes mileage, hourly, load of weight. Same for dry bulk. As far as certs, it would be a good idea to get doubles/triples, tanker and probably HazMat. Most OTR companies will require that, most liquid haulers and even some dump truck companies. Some dump trucks, transfers, super 10s, end dumps and so on, will haul dirty dirt, hazmat contaminated dirt. You can go to a school on your own, you would have recruiters from different companies come talk to you and then you can decide from there which. I'm not sure what it costs to do that, couple grand I would imagine. I went through a company because the schooling didn't cost me anything out of pocket, just 2 weeks of staying in a hotel they paid for and half the food for that duration. For extra expenses, there are some. It is possible to eat in the truck. Most trucks now, have refrigerators in the truck, you can stock it up with some food. The truck stop sell small cooking appliances that are powered like a cell phone charger. But you will have the cost of eating out because you just don't want to make anything. There are lumped to unload freight in warehouses that can get spendy, but the company usually reimburses that. If everything is normal, no issues and your just taking your required 10 hours off, and you have a sleeper, a hotel would usually be out of your pocket. Now if your broke down or in a day cab, like Iam, the hotel is paid for by the company, mostly again, reimbursed. There are some little stuff you'll need to pay for while on the road, from pens, laundry, chrome and stuff you see and you want. The nice thing about driving, you don't have a boss looking over your shoulder, even though he's only a phone call away. You get to see things that you could quite possibly be the only 1 to see it. Go places you would've never gone on your own. Meet some really cool people along the way, and meet some really odd people too.

It depends on what you get into. I drive tranfser, dump truck. It is possible to make a livin, raise family and have a life. I was raised on a dump truck drivers wages. I enjoy what I do, most of the time, I like where I do it. The hard part is putting in the first couple years, getting the experience under your belt. If you go through a large company to get your license, don't be discouraged if you don't like it there. After a year, the doors open up, after a couple years and no tickets or accident, the doors are pretty much wide open. I started at Schneider, got my license, got some experience and went on to greener grasses.

This is gonna be another SICK build man. It'll look bitchin if you stick with the green Yenko scheme. Awesome start.

Awesome builds. They all look great. Very nicely done.

Any news or updates for this show? The 1:1 show is scheduled Sep 19-21. Is the model show gonna go on?

Nice build. I remember building a kit of Davey Allison after he passed. Mine didn't look anywhere near as good as this does. Very nice job.

You poor poor man. You need a trip the Shelby shop after that. You could always go look at Counts Customs show room. Danny has a nice collection of cars.

Happy B-day Chuck.

Saw this transfer this afternoon. So Cal sure has some purty dirt haulers.

Guess I'll go ahead and add this. My 305" W900.

Saw this Sterling transfer this morning where I was getting loaded.

Looks great. The bracing looks spot on, right down to the half round body to chassis cups. Excellent work. Can't wait to see it in primer.

Very nice. Detailing looks great.

Welcome Derick.