Cam, I'll give you a call today about loads.

Gman, I'm having a blond day...MATS???

 

Cam- that's right, the past 15 years I owned and managed taxi, limo. lift van company. Before 9/11 I had about 135 units in my fleet. Then 9/11 and the dot com bust. Sold everything off in Aug. 06 and lookin for something. Thought about this and driving for Greyhound fir a change of pace. Bill

 

Tammy........Mid America Truck Show

 

As RostyC said, it is the Mid America Truck Show in Louisville. It starts on the 22nd of this month. It is probably the largest truck show in the country. There are usually some Landstar people at the shows. There were some Landstar agent at the Dallas show. Cathy was there from broker carrier relations. I thought if you were working recruitment that you all might have some folks working the show.

 

You were 'worth' millions!?!? Lose it all? Well c'mon, we'll tell you how the common folk do it. It ain't bad. And, there are some like Gman and Solo, living off their investments and playing with trucks. They don't tell you everything.

 

GMan - like I said...I was having a blond moment! No, I won't be going to the truck show as badly as I would love to. There should be reps there for Landstar but they will most likely be corporate staff. I can't take the time away from my drivers to go. Besides...I don't think my heart could handle being around all that chrome! :lol:

 

Cam- You know even if you're moving that much money around in the best of years I only netted about $175,000 to $200,000 and that was for both my wife and I. I used to choke sending out the month insurance payments of $18K to $20K to those smucks who wanted us to can drivers after 2 tickets. I really don't miss the taxi business. Bill

 

Well, I hope you like the trucking business if you make the jump. My brother-in law has a nice little real estate business and was asking my sister about me- 'how does he like owning a truck?' I just told her it's working really, really well for me. Like quite a few on the board, it wasn't what I was thinking about standing in line with my new courses ready to pay the registrar all those years. Plans change. 8) I've got no wife or kids to get back to. I love my Mom but I talk to her on the phone often and see her...enough. When I don't have a load I'm usually happy to go trapsing around in cyberspace or poking around if it's a good city. Guys will know this, places like Jim's Truckstop up there in Cheektowanga, NY- walking distance to the mall, Borders, Fudrucker's... I just sat outside in Phoenix on a gorgeous day having lunch at Rubio's waiting to deliver to the adjacent Best Buy. If I sit a day or two that's fine. I can actually 'live' out here with no real longing to be someplace else, and that's huge, no longing to be someplace you are not. That's one of the worst things about this business for many (probably most) drivers.

And, there are all kinds of misfits in this profession. Guys can vouch for this too, sometimes you'll hear drivers bragging about their felonies, stuff like that- it's funny :lol: Misfits..., 'normal' regular dudes, too.

God bless you. I know you're going to do just fine.

 

The perfect woman..........too bad I'm already married! :lol: :lol:

 

Thanks for the reflection Cam, I can relate to some of your comments. Thanks Bill