We're having a BOY!!! Due August 1st of 2007.
Also happening with me... Unfortunately I won't be attending the truck show, as much as I'd like to...
I've got a whole pile of shtuff goin' on.
Closing on my 5 acres in SC next week, then hopefully by May, the house will be out there - Yes, I'm so into wheels I'm having my house wheeled to my land! Ha! I crack me up!
2007 manufactured home (Double-wide),
2 full baths!!! and a dishwasher!
even gettin' a fridge with a built-in Ice Maker!!!!
3 bedrooms. 1,200 sq. foot.
I'm "off" the road currently, driving a Cement mixer in upstate SC.
I did it briefly last summer for a different cement co. before being called out on the road to do some private bus work.
I'd stay in the bus work, but, and I know I've said this before - it's too seasonal. I'm making changes in my life for my Boy. The bus biz has been good to me, I've gotten paid to see what most would have to take time off to see. I'd love to continue to do private bus work, but the marketing of the private coach I ran just isn't being done enough to keep me busy. Soooo, upstate SC sees me pouring cement again, mostly slabs, walls, and driveways.
The rest is a mixture of projects.
This co. I'm on with now is a 2 year old co., that so far gives me hours and plenty of over time.
The plant is new, and the equipment is also new.
They're a good bunch, they have 10 trucks, 4 are front discharge, the other 6 are rear discharge. I'm having a boy. I drive a rear discharge mixer, a 2005 Mack with drop down tag axle, that holds 10 yards. Anything over 3 yards onboard you gotta drop your tags.
Most of the time we're hauling 8 to 10 yards.
The truck is nice, a 9 speed with CD player in it! I have air conditioning and heat this time around too!!! I'm movin' up!
The front discharge mixers are neat, their fleet doesn't have tag axles on the front discharge units, so they can't run the interstates with too much on them. They're cool though, with allison automatics in them. Their operators can do almost everything right from the cab of the truck. By the way, I'm having a boy. They can't add additional chutes from the cab, but they can manuever the chute anywhere from the cab - and also from outside the cab as well. But they run them fronts hard, because they're very manueverable - they say they can out manuever a rear discharge unit. Many construction sites request the front discharge units because of their manueverability.
Personally, I like the rear discharge units. They're a bit more work, they can't turn to get out of their own way - but I get to do alot of off-road driving - so far I've slid sideways in 3 different backyards and 1 warehouse site. They're all power, with low reduction you don't even need to touch the throttle - they just crawl over and thru anything. Did I mention I'm having a Boy?. That's what's goin' on with me so far... I miss the big road, but I'm 30 now - married with a Boy on the way, but I've gotten to drive commercially thru all 48 states in tour busses and 18 wheelers (and an expediter straight truck)... I've seen Ontario and Quebec, Canada extensively, and NYC and DC extensively. I miss the road, but I still get a taste of it... I have a 35 mile commute. That's something... goin' from 500+ mile days to basically less than 200 total - with the commute.
There is cool side note - there's a total of 13 guys that I work with - the plant manager, and 2 owners, and 1 yard man... all have kids except 2 drivers... and 5 of the guys used to drive OTR like I did. So we're all able to relate for the most part.
That's what's goin' on with me.
BigBusBob
Also happening with me... Unfortunately I won't be attending the truck show, as much as I'd like to...
I've got a whole pile of shtuff goin' on.
Closing on my 5 acres in SC next week, then hopefully by May, the house will be out there - Yes, I'm so into wheels I'm having my house wheeled to my land! Ha! I crack me up!
2007 manufactured home (Double-wide),
2 full baths!!! and a dishwasher!
even gettin' a fridge with a built-in Ice Maker!!!!
3 bedrooms. 1,200 sq. foot.
I'm "off" the road currently, driving a Cement mixer in upstate SC.
I did it briefly last summer for a different cement co. before being called out on the road to do some private bus work.
I'd stay in the bus work, but, and I know I've said this before - it's too seasonal. I'm making changes in my life for my Boy. The bus biz has been good to me, I've gotten paid to see what most would have to take time off to see. I'd love to continue to do private bus work, but the marketing of the private coach I ran just isn't being done enough to keep me busy. Soooo, upstate SC sees me pouring cement again, mostly slabs, walls, and driveways.
The rest is a mixture of projects.
This co. I'm on with now is a 2 year old co., that so far gives me hours and plenty of over time.
The plant is new, and the equipment is also new.
They're a good bunch, they have 10 trucks, 4 are front discharge, the other 6 are rear discharge. I'm having a boy. I drive a rear discharge mixer, a 2005 Mack with drop down tag axle, that holds 10 yards. Anything over 3 yards onboard you gotta drop your tags.
Most of the time we're hauling 8 to 10 yards.
The truck is nice, a 9 speed with CD player in it! I have air conditioning and heat this time around too!!! I'm movin' up!
The front discharge mixers are neat, their fleet doesn't have tag axles on the front discharge units, so they can't run the interstates with too much on them. They're cool though, with allison automatics in them. Their operators can do almost everything right from the cab of the truck. By the way, I'm having a boy. They can't add additional chutes from the cab, but they can manuever the chute anywhere from the cab - and also from outside the cab as well. But they run them fronts hard, because they're very manueverable - they say they can out manuever a rear discharge unit. Many construction sites request the front discharge units because of their manueverability.
Personally, I like the rear discharge units. They're a bit more work, they can't turn to get out of their own way - but I get to do alot of off-road driving - so far I've slid sideways in 3 different backyards and 1 warehouse site. They're all power, with low reduction you don't even need to touch the throttle - they just crawl over and thru anything. Did I mention I'm having a Boy?. That's what's goin' on with me so far... I miss the big road, but I'm 30 now - married with a Boy on the way, but I've gotten to drive commercially thru all 48 states in tour busses and 18 wheelers (and an expediter straight truck)... I've seen Ontario and Quebec, Canada extensively, and NYC and DC extensively. I miss the road, but I still get a taste of it... I have a 35 mile commute. That's something... goin' from 500+ mile days to basically less than 200 total - with the commute.
There is cool side note - there's a total of 13 guys that I work with - the plant manager, and 2 owners, and 1 yard man... all have kids except 2 drivers... and 5 of the guys used to drive OTR like I did. So we're all able to relate for the most part.
That's what's goin' on with me.
BigBusBob
