So where are the original pioneers of this form and the newbies?
#11
04-26-2010, 11:58 PM
I have to admit I do miss Yoopr and WOT. I think Belpre may have icicles hanging off his computer. We may have to wait for the summer thaw for him to appear again.
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#12
04-27-2010, 12:25 AM
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I also wonder what happened to Yoopr. He disappeared without a trace. Used to email me but seems to have dropped off the edge of the earth.
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#13
04-27-2010, 12:54 AM
Actually in July it will be three years since I got my authority. Running nine trucks now. I parted ways with my friend. That and with the freight improving, my life has become much easier. I work from home now.
I was just about to sign for 2 more units, but I'm not so sure. I have good contacts, good drivers, so I don't know what I want to do; right now it's somewhat easy. Working from home is not all that it's all cracked out to be though. To be honest I'm bored. That about sums it up; I'm bored. Starting to feel like I want to move on to something else, while I maintain these trucks (pays the bills anyway)
#14
04-27-2010, 12:56 AM
Pepe!
I don't think i'd be considered a "pioneer" of the board, but i have a few years here. Sometimes I'm on a lot, sometimes I'll go a week or more without logging on.
We had Teal95KW, a young like me that was a HHG o/o, then company flatbed driver, then company van driver. Hips posts were always decent. He's still a great friend of mine. You probably will never see him post here again. He setup a pressure washing business in TX and is doing well at it. he told m trucking is a chapter of his life he's closed. Booth is still around. I talk to him on the phone quite a bit too. He's gonna be out on the highway jammin gears again in the next few months. Pepe was an interesting guy/story to follow. Wonder whatever happened to him. He did the dry van o/o w/authority deal and made a lot of posts through his beginning and when he started hauling. From what I've read, The Rev is still trucking and doing a specialized deal with retail stores and appears to be doing well in the profitablity area. His deal with Graebel and Landstar seemed to fall apart on him, as well as another venture with a small carrier. Despite me and him butting heads, I'm glad to see he's doing well and caught a break. I'm sure there's others I'm forgetting. When users on here were getting their authority PEPE was one of the pioneers.Did he ever go settle with his wife in the Phillipines?Then comes Doghouse with the biggest sleeper you could find.Not to forget the blue masked face.....................the GODfather.
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04-27-2010, 12:56 AM
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#16
04-27-2010, 01:39 AM
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#17
04-27-2010, 03:36 AM
I still read the board everyday but I rarely post anything.
I'm in the process of putting a business plan together and getting my own authority. I am looking to do short hauls on my own. I am still doing the dedicated long hauls (Des Moines to LA and back) and getting tired of seeing the same potholes week after week. Money is good but the 4,000 miles a week is getting old.
#19
04-27-2010, 04:07 AM
Ya know...I just remembered I have allot the old crews email addresses on an external hard drive,
and some phone numbers written down here somewhere. I should knock on some doors...eh?  Not sure how many still use an email addy a year or so old. I know where Yoopr lives too...but he'd be hard to sneak up on. [YOUTUBE] <object width="660" height="405"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s1c3DW-ZF30&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s1c3DW-ZF30&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="405"></embed></object> [/YOUTUBE]
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