Nudder update.
Still wondering why I wanted to go into business for myself.
Its because I love it. I even love the things I hate about it!
About a job a week, hundred or so dollars, ugh.
So I bought another truck (that REALLY got the little lady exited)
So I had to get a "real" part time job to pay for my business, am I a dummy?
I was gettin these little old ladies asking me to haul off their 50 yo freezers, riding mowers, wood stoves, etc.
And it was really hurting me trying to get em up into my flatbed so I purchased a 93 GMC box van with a #2000 lb lift gate.
$5600 but man is it nice to be able to wheel something over to it on my dolly and flip the lever!!!!!!
Still have and mostley use my ol flatbed, but now I welcome the calls like " I dont know if you could haul this for me, might be too heavy..."
I was loading a bunch of rr ties today and the customer asked me if I haul much heavy stuff.....?
I told him I been waitin for the call to get rid of a bunch of balsa wood out of someones back yard, or maybe a box of cotton, but alas...
Its usually old lumber, limbs, yardsale stuff, carpet, you know.
Tuesday I underbid a job (my fault) and my first load of three almost cost me as much to dump as I was getting paid!
Plus gas, plus $20 for high school help.
I had jus told him ( my helper) to be carefull tossing boards into my truck , which has racks with about 2" gaps, well next thing I heard was the sickining sound of my rear window blowing out all over my seat.
I told him not to worry and we just kept going. Cleaned all the broken glass out my seat and headed to the dump with our last load, backed up to within about 10 ' of the bin so I could take my tail boards out and my ign switch fell out into my lap, (with the broken glass).
Stuck there, hood up , people honking, I finally unloaded all the heavy ass stuff and lugged it the 10 feet or so then pushed my 6000 pound truck out of the way.
After a hour or so I took a cresent wrench and forced it to spin over and start up.
Pulled up onto the scale and the attentendent tells me "NOT to shut it off again and the bill was $27.00"
I only had 19.
Got home, went right back with their money came back to find a flat tire on my new box dually!
No biggy I got a nice new air compresser. But the thingy that fills regluar tires will not fit duals, good grief.
Shot down to Schucks with $13 in my pocket and asked if thay had something to air up duals and he said "one left in stock" I said awesome how much? He said $14
Sometimes I hate myself. Why couldent I just play golf and give up this foolishness?
Sammy
