The truckWeb is evolving into a growing cast of characters, each developing their own identity. Their mission is to advance truckWeb to the point where it begins to fill the promise of the name.
Some of the cast may be a little secretive about exactly what they do. After all, they want to offer tips and ideas, not give away their livelihood. Most will ultimately share a fundamental, an insight, maybe an awful decision they made or a great one. Some characters don't know what they do or who they are because they have not been defined yet ...one day they will breathe:)
One or more may have an experience to share to fit your need? We hope so. All cast members hope to help you be as successful as you want to be. Clete
Clete |
Clete knows trucks are
essential to all Americans. He believes that the age of communication is an
opportunity for the little guy to become consistantly more efficient than the big fleets. He has witnessed Americas conventional transportation epochs of river, canal, rail, horse and truck and the cycles within. Clete sees many truck businessmen make the same type of mistakes today that were common and avoidable 50, even 100 years ago ...and, and miss the same type of opportunity. He hopes the cast of truckweb will put light on some of the common mistakes so the truckweb readers have a better chance of success. Clete dosen't care where you buy a truck or what you do with it, he just wants you to be smart about it, or at least smarter than the average fleet. |
Clete thinks one day truck
transportation will simply be, communication, man and machine. Clete is very old. Before he leaves this world he would like to leave his mark by passing on good truck transportation ideas to you. |
truckDoctor |
The truckDoctor's role is to
help make good things happen for truck buyers, particularly in the truck and truck
deal areas. He sells Kenworth trucks at Fort Wayne Truck Center and nearly every one
of his customers have been successful over an 18 year period. With the truckWeb.com site he hopes to offer information that will help truck buyers specifically avoid common mistakes and to help all take advantage of uncommon opportunity. |
The truckDoctor shares
Clete's vision of the future of trucking. The truckDoctor would like you to buy your truck from him, but as he can only stretch so thin, offers much of what he does for free. Just look around the site. There is nothing like the real thing. You can talk to the truckDoctor about a profitable truck for you, by calling Fort Wayne Truck Center at 800.234.7712 or email the truckDoctor. On truckWeb, the truckDoctor is the one paying the bills.
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Bob
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Bob runs a
business that uses trucks. He leased trucks for a while, then discovered if he bought the
right truck; everything fell into place and costs ran below budget. Bob found that drivers were easier to hire and they stuck around. His small fleet of trucks have grown into a solid business asset and profit center. |
Amazingly enough, the older
trucks are nearly as reliable as the new ones. Now, Bobs people tells him they need to add a truck, but the competitive pressures are particularly intense in this part of his industries cycle. He company has been buying the same brand of trucks for 12 years now. It is working well, but the other brand is 10% less! Times are tight ...what to do? |
Dot
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Dot owns a small trucking company serving niche markets. |
Dot is constantly watching for the
opportunity to add value to the transportation services she offers. maybe we can get Dot a new "du", new dress? She is looking a little fuzzy. |
Jake |
Jake is a company driver, he drove a couple of years for one of the big guys. About a year ago he switched to Dots' company to learn about niche markets. | Jake knows some freight pays more than others and he wants to learn how to add value to the load. He is also saving to buy his own truck. |
Merle |
Merle, an owner operator, he is Cete's' grandson -can Clete be that old? Merle is leased on to his granddaughter Dots' small trucking company. Merle loves to drive his custom sleeper truck |
thinking about a new
one. Maybe a truck with one of those AutoShifts or possibly a Freedom
Line. Merle is seldom seen at home and when you meet his wife Sweetie Pie you will know why. |
Spade |
Spade works for Clete. His job is to do the research, to find ways to help the smaller trucker. We will get the truckWeb artist to draw what Spade really looks like fo you. |
Spade is always looking around and
he knows what he is looking for.
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ORT's dog
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Ort, bankrupt early on but apparently saved enough cash to buy a couple of older tractors, then one at a time... then | There is more to this story.
And yes we need another drawing.
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| Hollis no picture yet |
Claimed he nearly went broke at two dollars a mile and used trucks. |
Then figured out a way to make millions at less than a buck a mile! |
Sweetie Pie |
Married to Merle
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She is the reason why all Merle wants to do is drive and think
and think and drive.
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