Changes in ops.

 

Sir Isaac Newton said it best, everything changes and evolves, nothing stays the same.

Years ago, I made a promise that nothing in going toewing would change until there was a suitable place to reopen Hazzard County Choppers or at least a shop deserving something in the Hazzard County image and legacy.

As such , Hazzard County Choppers opens in Burley in November.

With that, Dixie Toewing rolls out in Idaho Falls, Idaho. While here in Burley, the side saddle or toewing side to Hazzard County Choppers , will be no less than ,

that is>>>. Named after the legendary Marine squadron commanded by Col. Gregory Boyington, who also by the skyway highway, is from here in Idaho.

BlackSheep is the connection between AyreWolf Aviation and Hazzard County Choppers.

Stay tuned this is going to be seriously kicking.

L8R Aviators,

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When learning how to swim look to see how deep the water is first

I love head shrinks and counselors. Their entire view is based on science and little else. Of course nobody likes a mirror held in front of them to see just how much of a dillweed or assmunch we really are or the way we act.

Some problems are self generated, some just plain in waking up in the morning, and then there are those that lend a hand or reach out, when every fiber in your being sezz, “don’t go there”.

A month ago these two guys somewhat disgusted with a local security firm here that they were working for had paid them little if anything. So they came to me.

Normally the Knytes do not hire anyone from outside the club, or club members families.

But I took these two on. Out of the two only one a soldier of the Army, has made the cut of a employee. The other is on a probation situation, both in the club and me.

The problem I’m facing right now, is with all these property loses and damage, I don’t even know if I can pay them or anybody.

Club officers are telling me to finish repair on the trucks, the one repair job, secure a place in Boise and get out of the area. Right now that idea is hot in my brain. After all, I do not have one damn thing holding me here. I have no reason, to think that the crap is going to change on a people level, but I have moved under pressure before, like from the little dork of the bikini bar bouncer gig that ya’ll know about.

So I am looking at the condition of the mission, of going the distance just until the season of Sons of Anarchy is over this year, then get out if something good does not break.

The $800.00 I get as take home after deducting my military pension for child support and alimony, the rest is Social Security and a stipend to operate the business for the club.

Thing is, if security is not secure to the point LexiBelle can’t be protected without incurring more debt for having to rent another shop, just to keep my truck under lock & key, what would happen if we had two new carriers there and one of the heavies there?

I truly want to build a business here, but damn do I need to keep getting hit over the damn head?

My business associate in Twin Falls is really shakey in putting things here now. He don’t want his equipment ripped off. Without his and the clubs support , alone I can’t pay anybody.

My Dad used to tell me, when I was younger, learning how to swim in Hazzard Creek.

He used to tell me, before you jump in off that rock and learn how to swim make sure how deep the water is . If its too shallow all you’ll do is hit your head on a rock and could drown. I’m getting to think the Mini Cassia area of no go Idaho is way to shallow and I have barely missed the rock, but I’m still drowning.

I talked to club HQ on the phone, a few ago, they told me, funds for the shop have been frozen, until the investigation into the property damage and theft to my truck is completed.

They gave me 6 months, here. If after the investigation is complete and the people responsible are brought to justice, and I can show some serious measure of success then HCC (Hazzard County Choppers ) here will resume. If not , they offered me a good package, to move to Boise, likewise if I choose, Salt Lake City. Considering I have kin folks in Salt Lake City, where do you think I’m looking?

There is a third option of course and that’s joining Nate’ team in Evanston Wyoming. In all cases after this last month, I understand why the best business in Burley is U-Haul, and the best things going in and out of Burley is Highway 81, U.S. 30 and I-84.

Thing is too, once I go this time, I’ll be damned if I’ll ever, ever come back. Face it, Idaho is dying, the best thing to do is shoot it, let it bleed out and let it die.

Guess those wanting me out have just about won.

More Thursday.

L8R

Times have changed but people ain’t .

In the olden golden days of the old west, if you got threatened or pestered enough , you could go out, find the perp, and plug his but, bury his body and little would be done.

Today the thieves can rob you of your property , violate your home, defile your loved ones, and oh yes you report it, law comes, makes a report, but that’s it. Little is done.

But dig this, took a survey of LexiBelle, found not only my spare dolly wheels stolen, but my J-T, hooks are gone. Oh yes, now LexiBelle is inside a shop bay, where she can’t be harmed. But even with the crap in Goons Ferry from the pricks in MHI, LexiBelle was left alone. So taking inventory, we find broken windshield, stolen dolly spares, tow chains gone. Total to replace $880.00 . Will the perp be caught? Maybe. Law enforcement was called, took pictures , investigation started. Prognosis? I’ll have to slowly replace it all. If someone wanted me to leave, why not leave my stuff alone, let me repair it and I go away. By doing this it just delays the progress of me getting me and the Wolf-Pack, out of here. If you add the cost of an additional shop I’m out just over $900.00 . Question is and I am revolving this in my mind. All the things stolen are towing specific. Few other people if any would need this stuff. Rival towing service, maybe, but the quandary here is that , for nearly a year and a half LexiBelle sat in both Rupert and Heyburn, nothing ever happened to the truck. NOTHING. For a year or so prior , LexiBelle sat on a back lot of A1, on 5th ave, in Twin Falls. unfenced. Again nothing happened to her. One month , she is violated in a secluded , isolated yard. What gives?

Wish we could do as we did in the old west, pull the trigger and be done with it. Back then too hurting or stealing your horse was punishable by hanging.

People are still, thieves, poor and stupid. Times have changed , not for the better.

I have a feeling some crap is going to hit the fan soon, and someone is going to paying restitution.

If who ever is doing this, reads this, somewhere. Remember a taxi service owner here dug his nails into my arm and cost me money too. He ain’t here no more, or alive.

Life goes on.

More L8R

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The golden age of Twiggy and old skool towing

Many things to get into, this bright and b e a U t ee full Wednesday.

This morning of course is my first of the month income day. Where one of a few auto clubs deposits money directly into my cash account. Which means grub and Skoal. Nothing much more satisfying than that grand aroma of fresh Skoal original wintergreen , than perhaps the synthetic smell of a fresh new tow truck.

Want to thank this gal I met online through Facebook, by the name of Amanda who writes and editorializes a page group there called Respect Tow Truck Operators. Her page and group, re-energized my determination, dedication and renewed my love of going towing at a time when I was near ready to just restore one or two trucks, hang it up and just go flying to make money. So thank you Amanda.

The day is going to be busy, and in doing my research for tonight's Highway Hooker Radio show, the only show on radio that is dedicated to, produced by and delivered to and by us who tow, I started thinking of why I began putting women with trucks, especially tow trucks.

To understand this, it was at the formation of something that had never been done.

To do away with all the history that many of you already know, it began in 1973 when a few of us who got enamored with a toy called the CB radio. After tuning in on all those big rig freight haulers we too wanted to go trailer trucking. In so doing we as teen drivers were sadly awakened that first we were way too young to be splitting gears of the 13 speed variety, but we still loved trucking. Me more towing.

So I got together with our County extension agent in Gooding, Idaho. Took the best of what was known as the 4-H wheels program, and the 4-H tractor safety program mixed in some other things and in 1974 the TeenAge Truckers Association was born.

After a guy who came to our big CB trucker Jamboree in 1975, the guy was the editor and publisher of the original Overdrive magazine , Mike Parkhurst, who along with my Dad who invited him to the Jamboree, put together the original Independent Truckers Association.

Mike did something outstanding, he took everyday OTR trucks, put a snazzy gal with it and called it the DateMaster, so we thought, what’s good for the goose was good enough for the gander. So we as a club put some hot teen era honey’s with our mini haulers and that’s how that started.

After which, such notable industry suppliers like Snap On Tools followed suit

after awhile a few feminazi’s decided that was outrageous and petitioned Snap On to quit the concept. But we in the TTA said phooey we like our dressed out trucks with hot gals. In 1984 at about the time when our now constructed adult version of the Road Commanders Association came together with the only in industry Tow Truck Operators Council, decided to run a gig called Klassic Hookers and Haulers, calendar and video. The Calendar and video, took some of the hottest tow trucks and big rig OTR trucks with some of the areas best gals and in the Mountain West finding those is a challenging project in itself, and did up the vid.

Now then, the word hooker as in tow truck.

I most likely was not the first that coined the word for us in towing. But more likely refined and defined the term, but I first caught the bug with my beloved LexiBelle.

As again Overdrive was one of the ignition sources. I was going for the mail one afternoon. Saw my latest issue of Overdrive. Back then Overdrive put heavy duty tow trucks in when we used the ugly word Wrecker. As in Wrecker of the Month. In there was this dreamy white mid 70’s era Peterbilt from somewhere in Texas called the Happy Hooker, as they titled it. So in a few weeks , I was doing a tow in Boise , met up with a mentor by the name of Tommy N Thompson, who runs TNT TOWING of Boise. He did up some T shirts that had a heavy duty tow truck going one way, a light duty tow truck going the other way with a stenciled model of scantly cladded attire, with the slogan , our hookers handle all sizes. When I finally decided on the formal name of my company, I took the best of all that as this was long b4 all things Hazzard and Dixie and I found each other, but in 1978 I began as Heavy Hooker Wrecker Service. Later trimmed down to Highway Hooker Towing, and our sister company in both Boise and Lewiston Idaho , still runs with that name.

Bringing this in for a landing this morning, my nylon foot fetish in towing.

This happened quite by coincidence . I was doing some research in Utah in looking for some greener fields to plow in towing and saw this Yellow Pages ad for a company in Ogden Utah, called Star Service. Their slogan was, “ We don’t want your arms and legs just your tows.” So that same evening was watching with my young niece the movie by Disney called Cinderella . Seeing the Prince place the glass slipper on Cinderella’s foot , my niece said why don’t you do that? But I wanted some panache to it. So I thought, why not just kiss her toes? Saying we at the Highway Hooker Towing just loves tows. But would anyone understand? So with the help of a video pro in Salt Lake City, and two months of some rather long days of casting and KUTV 2 being one who dared run the ad, we shot the first ad for the concept. Not saying that it was sweet, and while better than a guys feet, womens feet don’t stink, but they can be rather potent too.

Finally, the idea of why I began putting the two words toe and tow, together as toew.

This did not happen until 2009, but should have.

There are those that who are not accustomed to it that will mispronounce the word tow rhyming with the word cow. Rather than saying it as tow(toe). So one of my interns at Confederate Star Media said why don’t you just spell the words together, toe+tow=TOEW. So I did and the gig is history.

But my have we gone the distance. From Twiggy style hot pants and go-go boots to old skool toewing.

Next time, I get together with Hazzard County.

Again want to thank Amanda and her page on Facebook.

More tonight, busy day today.

L8R Ya’ll

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Uncle Jessie and Hazzard County were all about second chances, so I’m giving one

I’m a creature comfort fan. Anything that takes away my creature comforts or luxuries what few I get, I ain’t about to loose it over some half drunk alky who would rather pass me over anyway as he did, but found that there was a person overseeing the money so he brought in this little tight butt, to get me pee-owed and leave. I did, nothing gained but fortunately nothing lost either.

Okay then.

Early this week I gave the boot to a near leach that was causing trouble. Fact is he is still on very, very thin ice. However that said, and remember there is a limit here but if he don’t perform , he’s out the door. One PMS like moment he’s 86’d for good.

So what got me to change my mind? I got an email from one of my associates who said remember when we were young and full of it. We had it lucky, but some today don’t. So why not give the little fartknocker a second roll in the dirt and see what he does. At least he could be a good gopher, you know go fer this, go fer that?

Then his I don’t know honey of whatever, asks if she could work for us. Thing is, for a organization that is NOT just a motorcycle club, but a organization out to sanctify and preserve old skool trucking including towing and tow trucks, which is the foundation of the Knytes-of-Anarchy, which all too many forget. We are NOT just a MC, more like a T-C, Truckers Club. Our subsidiaries , are of course the AyreWolvez, NOT an MC , the AyreWolvez restores to flying condition vintage military warbirds(aircraft), NOT and MC. The only part that is an MC, is our distant and I repeat DISTANT relation to SAMCRO MC. But the Knytes-of-Anarchy is not just and very distantly from being an MC, again more like a T-C.(Truckers Club).

Yet this TC is so bad that I hear from one or two that folks want the club to leave Burley. Okay, I’ll go, give me the green , darn I’ll bail out of this little crap hole so fast that you’d think that there was a tornado. Yet this same TC, is the one people who are down on their luck, who are needing a job, and some that need a hand out come to. Knowing that the Knytes are Christian and will help when we can. But think wee can even get one gal to stand with a tow truck of ours for a pic to put in a newspaper ad? Think we can get one gal to show up to work on the damn radio station? Think we can get one hot bod in front of a TV camera for a tv ad? Nope, might upset the religious majority. When I hear about all these bible and blue book thumpers, telling me I’m so bad, they hate it when I point out that in their very own D&C , Part 89 that deals with tobacco and brew consumption that while not giving my Skoal any room, it does say that, quote, “A drink made with grains, including barley and hops with very cold water is good for relaxation and digestion” , Now I may not be a scholar but, to me that combination means BEER. There’s several passages of Proverbs that deals with controlled but use of strong liquor etc. Saying its good for us. God Put those things here FOR US TO USE, we have Dominion over all the earth. Do you think our God would put something here for us not to use or consume? Do you think if he that knows everything would put things on earth and give man the ability to make use of it if had not wanted us to use things?

Sure abuse, over consumption , no he don’t want us to do, but in moderation, yes. Or if you point out that Genesis is not the beginning , that Adam had a wife BEFORE , Eve, and all you get scowled at. But hey, if you do some serious digging you find it.

If you explain, that the Sabbath day is in fact SATURDAY not SUNDAY, and that going to church on SUNDAY is sinning, want some more examples?

But we are so bad in the Knytes-of-Anarchy.

This organization has its roots which we retain and honor in that old TV show the Dukes-of-Hazzard. Sure we like leggy gals with hot rods like sweet Daisy, yes we have our roots buried deep in the confederacy of today and will honor and help the progression of the Southern Movement. But why would any community want to mess us up? What real BAD thing have we done except maybe make some here take a serious look at themselves and that we might have gave Mini Cassia a serious kick in its complacency? Or is it that We told someone that is of a big famdamnly here mainly one Scott Lynch to shove off? If so then if ya’ll want me and the club, gone, divvy up the cash and I’ll be gone fast.

I do not have any real love for this stinky one horse bassackwards village so stuck up on themselves.

But unless some have the cash for me to leave shut up, until I do. That means leaving trucks alone. Since no truck no can go.

Much to do today.

But As Uncle Jessie taught, I’m giving our hangaround one more chance. And maybe his lady friend if she shows for an interview.

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WAIT! Nature calls!
--rdude
(in the middle of a ping-pong game)

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A DUMP BY ANY OTHER NAME IS STILL A DUMP

 

Someone once said that a rose by any other name is still a rose. Froid said it best, sometimes a cake is just a cake. Whoever said it, could have easily meant this dump I’m living in.

Now to be fair, the dismal economy has left profit and thus improvement margins more scarce than meat on a turkey drumstick at thanksgiving. But couldn’t they try? The shower stall still looks like its about to cave in, plus the workers who have worked on it, never clean up for themselves so I have to clean out the mud and dog shit cakes they track in on their cleated boots. The roof although patched , I’ll bet my next FAA inspection that the damn thing will leak as bad the next heavy downpour rainstorm.

Free Internet? Only if you have a laptop computer. A desk top tower, without modifications that I have to pay for could I get Internet. Then it took damn near a month.

Yes free cable TV, but limited channels. How about the Military Channel, or say SpeedTV? Nope , not unless I buy it on my own.

Free utilities? Bullshit, your paying for it here, just in the rent, but your still paying for it.

The day that I first got turned away, I should have taken it as an omen, waited a bit, but hey it is what it is. It took this place to give me the extra green for two months now to get not only one but two shops up and going, as well as albeit inexperienced workers, but a crew none the less.

Well it’s now official, to be on Idaho police toew truck call out lists, you have to go through the Idaho State Police. The last Idaho legislature passed a bill , that now requires all toewing services that desire to be on a rotation list to be certified by the Idaho State Police. Watch this one get farted around with. Any mile its no longer in the hands of the County Sheriffs offices.

Which means if you don’t meet those standards ya’ll need to go after getting preference toewing. Which means when asked by law enforcement if the person has any toew service in mind, we need to be on our A game so that YOU can at least have that person call YOU and YOUR toew truck.

For us at BlackSheep/Dixie Toewing, we are gearing up to get our name in front of every driver in Idaho, Northern Utah and Western Wyoming. So that they will call us.

If ya’ll thought this business was cut throat b4, ya’ll ain’t seen nothing.

Consider that there is roughly 50,000 people in the Mini Cassia area, covering the towns in both Minidoka and Cassia County, which includes Burley.

Consider there are roughly 20 different toewing services, 15 of which are running out of the same facility, under 15 different names, in Cassia County, and 4 in Minidoka County of only one is still independently owned.

Except for the fact that Dixie Toewing is still owned by me, ran by me, and still one of if not the only toew service in the lower southwestern area of Idaho, oldest, single/same owned toewing service. Which means I can adjust my rates depending on the customer and customers attitude, not by auto club, or group ownership, like others.

My rates have remained lower and affordable for nearly 30 years.

I have yet to have any sort of damage claim, not one. Outside of once and eventually determined not my fault, even one accident.

However with these new regs, because I don’t roll with a fancy dancey carrier, or side stepping grand stallion of a toew rig, I’ll have to work 4 times as hard to get business, as I ever have.

Which is why I am moving from the Powers, Motel. In with a friend, using the leftover money to build my toewing service, to the level it once was. If I can’t, then come about this time next year I’m in Boise.

00:48 Hours, time for sleep, nyte all.

But remember, a Dump by any other name is a Dump, and the Powers Motel, Burley Idaho is a dump. Wonder why the state of Idaho hasn’t sent down inspectors for this place. Certainly one would think that a semi-public facility that is a multi user tenant living place that is really a motel, not Apartment complex, should have regs that make them as responsible as those that make sure our toew trucks are safe to toew that same public.

L8R Ya’ll

 

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Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
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