Wow...The moderator is calling Steve a hobby trucker. But i guess we are all supposed to be above insults and calling names. Lol I just found this amusing.

Oh yea, well...you still look like a bat and you drool when you sleep

[solo379]

Originally Posted by Jagerbomber

Wow...The moderator is calling Steve a hobby trucker. But i guess we are all supposed to be above insults and calling names.

"Hobby trucker" is not a "name", or(and) "insult"!
It's just "nature" of someone business! :P

It would really be a drag to be called a tourist trucker. Boy, I'm glad I'm not called that!!!

[tinytim]

Originally Posted by Twilight Flyer

For your information, the issue that a lot of these guys have with you is the hobby trucker mentality that you display. What works for you, works for you because of your financial setup and business sense. It won't work for the majority of the would-be owner operators out there and you have been called on it many times and rightfully so.

I read through all of part 1,2 & 3 and saw that point brought up many times. Too many times IMO. I saw absolutely nothing posted that would make someone think they could jump into the same situation without a large chunk of money to get started, to compensate for the delay in getting paid, to deal with the costs of keeping the truck on the road and to cover expenses at home.

If anything, those posts helped me to realize just how costly it is to get started in that situation. I'm sure the intentions were good in many posts but really, as a new reader, it seems some posters think the large majority of us reading it are too challenged to absorb some basic math.

Well, off the read part 4

[Twilight Flyer]

Calling someone a "hobby trucker" is not an insult...nowhere near it. A "hobby trucker" is someone like Steve...fresh off another successful career with money in the bank. If it doesn't work for Steve, he's not going to be hurting. I have nothing against Steve or his success - I think it's great and a lot of guys would love to be in his position. There's no doubt that its' enviable.

But the opposite side of that coin needs to be presented and several posters do that quite well. For your average owner-operator wannabe, doing things Steve's way is a recipe for financial disaster. It won't take much of a curveball to totally bury someone that isn't fully prepared, especially in today's monster world of fuel and operating costs.

[geomon]

Calling someone a "hobby trucker" is not an insult...

However saying you look like a bat and drool in your sleep IS :P

Them's fightin words....

[Darin Younce]

Just curious , at what point does one get elevated from "hobby trucker"to professional trucker? :?

[Twilight Flyer]

However saying you look like a bat and drool in your sleep IS

Unless I do look like a bat and drool in my sleep.

Just curious , at what point does one get elevated from "hobby trucker"to professional trucker?

It's a paperwork thing. You have to fill out a bunch of forms, take a vow of celibacy, and live with mountain monks for 6 months eating mothballs and moldy cheese. Then they give you a plaque and you're a certified professional trucker.

[Darin Younce]

Well , I,ve filled out all the forms , taken the vow and there is a convent
within 10 miles of my house with a bunch of ugly nuns , will that do? :twisted: