I got a new tow rig last month..

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Two new houses plus a shop? Jelly.

 

Puller vs Pusher debate here: That is a proper Puller for sure! Very nice

 

We got this local guy whos got a big closed car hauler set up. Never missed Spring Nationals/Championship events 1300mi away kind of guy. Now hes doing 100% TT but drives the car (CTS-V) up to TX to GA I believe. I think his truck and trailer gave him more problems

 

car inside? dang. there's only very few affordable neighborhoods in Houston that have a garage for that lol
run for office with that bus and get reimbursed

 

Something about having a big cummins in front of me incase of collision makes me feel better. Plus, pushers can have weight issues on rear axle with the maximum per axle federal limit. Another racer I know from Idaho has a 38 or 39ft tag axle cause of it. Id never seen a tag axle on something under 40ft.

Thats just the "mobile home", it pulls a 24ft ATC enclosed. We have ~1.8 acres now so no problems for storing it all. But we moved rural to get space and to get out of Portland.

 

Cool. The hotel pool and free-continental breakfast sucks anyway. Congrats!

 

Thats a nice setup Dallas, congrats!

 

You've never seen a cement mixer?

Congrats on the new pad and ride. The shop beyond nice, let me know when you're looking to adopt. Now you've just gotta get into motor home racing!

 

Which cummins ya got?

 

Time attack advice - if you're asking you can't afford it

 

No, please ask. I lose so much time on wasted projects from people wanting things and saying they're totally in for it and after I've done the leg work to design things and get it priced out they get cold feet. I'm seriously about to just say **** doing cool ****, I'm just going to make basic things like motor mounts and intakes.

 

going for higher ROI. All we get is some pictures and your name on a list on the internets. I'll drive pass your tow rig one day, with some McD fries i got from the drivethru window

 

I found at the end of the day you cant crowd source new things. People speak with their money emotionally. You gotta have product in hand and ready to send exactly when someone is ready to spend. Give them a few to think about it and its often a lost sale. So that's the hard part, gotta fund development yourself and hope it pays off. The first set of uprights I payed 10k for 10sets of machined parts and still had to buy all the hardware.

Back on the topic of Time Attack advice, shoot for the lower classes if you want to be competitive... Some people willing to spend crazy money.

 

Dallas is right. Often people go hmm i need some of these and will hunt for them. if you say oh i can look into it and get back to you in 6 weeks and i cant give you a price vs competitor X whos got them on the shelf with free shipping youll lose out every time.

At the very least youd need to work out costings beforehand so you can at least give the person a price upfront to see if it scares them off or not. 90% of the time people are window shopping or shopping for future mods in the first instance.