An Update
Dave Bugg wrote:
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> As of last Wednesday, we are producing around 1600 or so pounds of meat per
> week for 27 different accounts. I have 5 part time guys, plus Roy. I'm at
> the kitchen only three days a week since Roy is such a great manager.
Wow! I had no idea your business was so large.
> Wednesday was also the day that I sold the wholesale business to Roy. I
> still keep the retail business name and incorporation for future use.
Roy sounds like a lucky guy. The hard part of starting
the business and making it successful is already done.
> On September 3, I started a five month course at Bates Vocational Community
> College in Tacoma to get my class 'A' commercial driver's license as a
> commercial truck driver. I've been thinking on this for a while, and decided
> to go forward with it during the recent two week road trip I took with my
> son, Ethan. Another factor in my decision was the fact that my mom is likely
> in her final weeks and months of life. While here in Tacoma, I can visit
> with her for a while after classes are over.
My best friend is married to an independent trucker, and she
says this is the worst time to be in that business. On the
other hand, if you want to buy a truck, now is probably a
good time. A lot of trucks are reverting to the banks that
loaned money to buy them.
Note that if you are going to haul in or out of California,
some new laws that affect truckers went into effect this year.
I don't remember all of the details, but I think auxiliary
power units are now banned. They want all the trucks to hook
up to the grid at truck stops. That'll raise costs, because
it means you can't just overnight in the parking lot of a
truck-friendly store, like Wal-Mart, because you won't have
any power except from batteries.
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