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Starting a "real" job...
06/02/11 at 02:48:10

Been looking since we got back down here. Need an off farm job since farming only pays during the harvest season. And heirloom/heritage pecans are cyclical, generally a good harvest every 2-3 years.

Chipper/mulcher truck. Supposedly just driving. 0630-1530 work day. I start this morning.

If it all works out I'll finally finish my respray, replace my bad ignition relay and start riding again. Have the paint, haven't had a reason to finish painting it. Need to get the bike back in service, the mini-truck I've been driving only gets 25mpg. Better than my fullsize (8-12 mpg 318 V8/3spd automatic 1969 Dodge) but still not good enough.

Not a huge fan of driving but none of the local bike shops are hiring... Wink

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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline On two wheels... again Posts: 3805 WV Gender:	Re: Starting a "real" job... Reply #1 - 06/02/11 at 05:29:44 Congrats and best of luck!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Starting a "real" job... Reply #2 - 06/02/11 at 06:07:53 I cant count the people I just WISH would go get a real job.. But if I could manage to make them do it, Id start in DC.
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John_D FSO Serious Thumper Offline Ridin' and smilin' Posts: 1658 Vancouver, WA Gender:	Re: Starting a "real" job... Reply #3 - 06/02/11 at 09:08:16 Cool, good luck with the job!
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buttgoat1 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1042	Re: Starting a "real" job... Reply #4 - 06/02/11 at 09:34:54 good going may not be great, but it'll do until the right job comes along.
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: Starting a "real" job... Reply #5 - 06/02/11 at 09:40:36 Good luck WD.. It seems when you have days off, you will have plenty around the place to keep you busy as well. This will at least keep the wolves away from the door.. kim
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LostArtist Ex Member	Re: Starting a "real" job... Reply #6 - 06/02/11 at 10:36:39 yay! jobs are good!
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Southpaw Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline This ol' dog ain't staying on the porch! Posts: 920 Missouri Gender:	Re: Starting a "real" job... Reply #7 - 06/02/11 at 22:08:38 Best of luck! Hope its the start of a good turn of luck for you!
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ZAR Serious Thumper Offline Rock this town! Rock it inside out! Posts: 961 Kentucky, USA Gender:	Re: Starting a "real" job... Reply #8 - 06/03/11 at 07:10:28 Kudos WD! Driving can be a PIA for sure! I've been doing that for 30 years now,lately local pick-up and delivery of farm equipment,lawn mowers and the like for service and repair. It's not a bad gig until I have to wrestle a broken down piece of equipment on the trailer! Larry
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drharveys - FSO Serious Thumper Offline Greetings from San Luis del Norte! Posts: 1776 St Louis MO Gender:	Re: Starting a "real" job... Reply #9 - 06/03/11 at 11:45:34 Congrats! Glad to hear you're out there helping the economy again. And yeah, driving for a living does have it's downside -- that must be why it's called WORK. All the best.
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Serious Thumper
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Re: Starting a "real" job...
Reply #10 - 06/03/11 at 16:14:40

Hauled 400+ cubic yards of mulch today. 4 trips, total of 112.4 miles...

Closest it gets to "work" is I have to open the rear door (hydraulic), turn on the walking floor (conveyor belt type, one of two in Memphis), bump the idle speed and release the brake. Load pushes the truck forward as the trailer empties.

120 cubic yard Trinity Mfg self-dumping trailer, basic 10 speed Mercedes powered Freightliner Columbia daycab. Load might weigh 40K pounds. Kind of a joke. I'm used to 525hp 1850 ft lb 14 liter Cummins powered Pete 378 sleeper with a 13 spd. And light road weights of 96K pounds.

It'll do.

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