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Offline missouri_logger

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Re: Time to buy a truck??
« Reply #40 on: February 08, 2012, 09:30:55 am »
imho your prob better off talking to your trucker to drop the rates some cause trust me owning your own truck is not what its all cracked up to be its not as easy as you put it and it cost lots every time you think your great something brecks down its logging and the 15 cents to haul to walnut has been offered to everyone but by the time you figure what you got in it your not makeing bank and you also got to think your time is worth something too remember that we own 3 trucks and there more hassle then they are worth most of the time just my opinion

Offline lumberjack48

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Re: Time to buy a truck??
« Reply #41 on: February 08, 2012, 11:45:50 am »
I'll try an keep this simple, when your a logger you usually go home about the same time every night. When your a trucker you can pretty much set your time when you'll be home. When your a logger / trucker you can't tell time anymore, your work for the day is never done, theres always something that has to be done before the next day.
Don't get me wrong i liked working like this, it was the wife. She told me if you love that truck so much then you sleep with it.
Third generation logger, owner operator, 30 yrs felling experience with pole skidder. I got my neck broke back in 89, left me a quad. The wife kept the job going up to 96.
I owned, 8  Homelite's  , 17 Husqvarna's, 6 Jonsered's,  12 Stihls, 2 Partners,  5 Skidders  4 trucks  3 crawlers 2 tractors

Offline Autocar

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Re: Time to buy a truck??
« Reply #42 on: February 13, 2012, 05:24:27 pm »
Just curious if you ever took the step to own your own truck yet ?  ;)

 


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