Hey Tracer.....
 

check your PMs

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Did u get your new trailer yet?

check your bm's too. It'll tell you when somethings wrong.

Not yet. Picking up either a 53 tandem flat or 53 TRIDEM step on Monday. Haven't decided yet...

Sounds like Bruce is gettin' rich off of us. I ordered a second one of these last week. 53' with 22.5" rims and a 37" deck height. June 30 delivery.

http://www.wilsontrailer.com/flatbed...ed%20Deck.html

Not more ugly wheel wells!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!

Just kidding, nice trailer.

He said he's going to Port Dover ON Friday for some lakeshore fun. Probably financed by you and me :)

And I AM getting the 53 flat. Wanted to switch to the 53 step tridem he has sitting in the yard but he said it's too late, as the flat came from Wilson modified to meet my requests (all I asked for were in-floor chain tiedowns, and low profile tires instead of regular 22.5 ones). The model I'm getting is called CF-965 (heavy coil hauler, 29' beam) and it can take 54,000 lbs in 4' and 62,000 lbs in 20 ft of space. I'm going to install a third axle in between the 10'1" axles and start making the big bucks by hauling heavy stuff on this brand new 2012 skateboard.

He must've bought himself a Harley.

That's too bad. I was hoping you'd get a step so I could buy it off you in 6 months LOL.

It's funny how different people stumble onto different niches. I have never found heavy to pay well. High and wide, yes but not heavy.

What size engine do you have.....12.7L Detroit?

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That's too bad. I was hoping you'd get a step so I could buy it off you in 6 months LOL.
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Now that's FUNNY!

So he made you buy what you didn't really want ?? Been me would have said 'see ya I'm going over to ABC trailer see what they have'. Bet he would have followed you out the gate begging, never know might have got a better $$ deal.

Prediction: before Sir Gay pays a shop to install a third axle on his new trailer, he already wants to get rid of it for another type of trailer.


I am jealous of him now though.... he doesn't have grass to mow.

CAT C15 550 HP, 2050 lb-ft torque

I'd say that trumps 10.7L 370/400 HP, 1400 ft-lb

Yeah, he sold the ONLY thing he had that will appreciate in value!

I'm jealous too...NOT

What is the latest on the trailer?

Mine or Tracer's? Mine arrived at the dealer last week. They should have the tool box installed this week.

What did you buy, any pics?

According to his blog he got the 53 ft with the tandem spread axle but is also mumbling again about adding a 3rd axle. He also was on a kick to buy another brand new car. He is still basicly spending money as fast as he gets it as far as I can tell. He posts up some of the great rates he is getting and makes it sound like he is really making some good money but also still brings up the fact that he is having to pull advances on his loads for fuel sometimes.Doesnt sound like he saves much or plans much for the future of his business. He seems like a good dude and I love reading that blog but his business sense blows my mind.

He doesnt post here anymore i take it?? What were we too hard on him. He can spend money. The funny thing is its money he doesnt have.

I like this post off his blog.
I wrote them a letter on Friday asking to finance the third axle upgrade but it was not in the cards. I"ll have to do it the old-fashioned way: by setting money aside.

How is buying something with cash the old fashioned way?? Sounds like the smart way to me. Seems like he lives on credit.

searched for 2 years to try and find the perfect trailer for what we do. Finally realized the perfect one was the one we already have so we bought another.
low deck 53' combo step
121" fixed spread
22.5" rims.
10,700 lb

RoadBrute Photo Gallery CFD-900 with Lowered Deck

You mean lack of.....

Sounds like a nice unit, 10,700 sounds really light our 12 ton deckover weighs in at 8400lbs!

Yeah. I tare 30,650 full of fuel with that trailer.

I forgot, he also changed out his rear end ratio AGAIN. He's still rolling though. i dont know how but he is still kicking and his blog is still as entertaining as ever. He does know how to write well.

Ya know... You guys pick on Tracer quite a bit and seem to forget what he's up against with the laws regarding what he can do and can't do in a foreign country. Just saying. The fact that he's still afloat means he's either lucky as hell or doing something right.

Dude, he is doing something right. He is getting good rates on a lot of his loads but he doesnt plan well from load to load and spends like his wallet is on fire and his but is about to catch. If what he posts is true it seems that he literally lives from load to load with no savings toward the future at all. He is on his second brand new trailer in like 2 years and is already planning more modifications even though he is basicly upside down from the first one and is on his third set of rear gears and is in talks of buying another new car when he has been trying to sell his other just to lighten his load. He seems like a good dude but if you have followed his whole venture he makes you wonder just how he has made it this far. Have you read his blog and kept up on his laptop computer and cell phone shopping habits alone?? Its amazing. Again, seems like a great guy and i love his blog but come on. Doesnt take a genius to spot bad business practice.

He may be getting decent rates on some loads but then he deadheads thousands of miles to the next load.Sometimes I think he runs more miles empty than loaded.

He also ordered a new F150 pickup that will show up later this summer. He's an interesting fellow.

You guys couldn't understand the "mysterious Russian soul".....

Tracer's a blithering idiot on his best day!

I loved his comment about "getting an overweight permit" when he was hauling TWO JLG 600AJ's! He's so dumb he doesn't realize that you can't do that. He spends like a drunken sailor and was truly astonished that Ford Motor Credit approved his financing because he own the square root of nothing. His only attribute is that he does write well making his blog truly entertaining!

Michigan drivers, there countless Canadian crossing the border every day hauling freight to and from Canada...he's not doing anything special in fact I truly believe he would be better and do better financially working under a dispatcher...he just can't think quickly enough or put things together quickly enough.

I think the guy needs friends and family. Real people, not internet characters. He's lonely and spends money to make himself feel better. At least he's eating well! He should go on that TV show if they'd quadruple his $10,000 pay.

I was shocked to find out he's leasing trailers and doesn't have his name on the title.

Spends money on a one step up gear change and then needs an advance for tarps for the next load.

For an immigrant, he does have a better grasp of the English language than a lot of American public education victims.

Reading his blog is like watching a train wreck unfold in slow motion concerning his business acumen.

I got hooked when he posted on here about the trip he took to Newfoundland (was it?)

I believe he'll check in here. Love your blog Sarge! За вас!

OMG he changed gears again?????

Change gears, change Harvey Woods!

He's in touch with his feminine side the way he squanders $$$!

But for me you guys wouldn't know what to write about ;) You call me all kinds of names and still read my blog. In case some good guys are still here, here's a quick update:

- I now have a 53 ft FLAT (heavy duty Wilson) with a 10'1" tandem set at 41'
- Ordered a couple of 9' long dunnage trays and will be installing them in a week or so when I get back to ON
- Bought a new Ford F-150 XL truck (cheap version, but with 5.0 L V8, 6 speed auto, cruise-control, and bed lining); it is being built now either at Dearborn or Kansas City - the sales guy isn't sure
- I'm not spending money like crazy anymore: 10% goes into an investment account, 20% to debts; and the rest is for everyday expenses
- I decided not to participate in the World's Trucker TV, even though I was already in and was getting ready to leave for Brazil - too dangerous
- I now mostly truck 1,500 miles a week at $3/mi GROSS between ON and US
- I now have one 4' drop tarp - 16' by 27' but most of the loads I do do not require tarping
- Currently heading to Belleville, IL with a load of asphalt shingles, no tarp, 46,000 lbs

Good for you. :thumbsup:

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I for one miss the several day long accounts of cross-continent loads. Always thought it was interesting. Beats the hell out of the same old posts over and over(I Kinda Wanna drive truck, but be home every 4 hours:lol:; I have 200 dui's and a fatality accident in the last year, please hire me!:drunk:)

Check in now and again.

I'm glad to hear you're doing well Tracer. :thumbsup:

Hey...I never called you any names. But I don't read your blog either (wish I had time) so I guess it all evens out.

PS......At least Bruce gave me jackets for buying a trailer this time. :)

I also miss the adventures of tracer.

I'm a tracer fan.

Funny how folks do their best to chase off the interesting posters.

A pile of bodies is not a stable support for climbing higher in life?