Another VH logo thief

[sadaist]

Dang. This one is blatant. Was on the freeway & from a distance thought it might be a tour truck hauling the bands gear or something. So I sped up. LOL! Geez. Seriously guys, at least make an attempt to be original.


http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa214/sadaist/Van%20Halen/HT1.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa214/sadaist/Van%20Halen/HT2.jpg

[VAiN]

Damn.. that's pretty obvious.. nice find!

[FORD]

Eddie's lawyers are mobilizing as we speak, to take this guy down........

[FORD]

Holy shit! Tell me this woman on their contact page isn't Hagar's sister?

http://www.hardintruckingcompany.com/contactpage.html

[sadaist]

Wow. they have some pretty nice trucks with the logo all over the place.

http://www.hardintruckingcompany.com/

http://www.hardintruckingcompany.com/sitebuilder/images/hardinkeith2-421x274.jpg

[DONNIEP]

That's band loyalty right there.

[So this is love]

I think it is good free advertising for Van Halen..everybody knows that logo for what it is....its subliminal you see it on the highway you don't think some transport company but daydream about your favorite band... but what do I know?

[Nitro Express]

I used to have a commercial truck driving license. I haven't driven a big rig for a long time. These pictures make me want to drive one again. I hated driving in town but loved being on an open road late at night in the middle of nowhere.

[sadaist]

I used to have a commercial truck driving license. I haven't driven a big rig for a long time. These pictures make me want to drive one again. I hated driving in town but loved being on an open road late at night in the middle of nowhere.

I've often thought of doing it. I would want long haul. Cross country type stuff. Listening to Coast To Coast while out in some middle of nowhere Nevada highway. have a bulldog. Live in the sleeper cab. Know all the truck stops. Now that I have nothing holding me anywhere I would love it. Total freedom and solitude.

[Nitro Express]

I've often thought of doing it. I would want long haul. Cross country type stuff. Listening to Coast To Coast while out in some middle of nowhere Nevada highway. have a bulldog. Live in the sleeper cab. Know all the truck stops. Now that I have nothing holding me anywhere I would love it. Total freedom and solitude.

I drove for my dad's construction company. He had some idiot employees that did something stupid with a company truck and were lucky to not have killed someone. It was in his refractory division which was very profitable but you had to find people willing to work in industrial furnaces in very tough conditions. A lot of people would quit. The money was awsome because they had to pay it to keep employees. I was making $6,000 a week in the mid-80's working on coal fired power plants and nuclear power plants. What was awsome is I was kept on the same pay scale to drive a company truck We worked everything west of the Mississippi. I drove the truck and that was my job. It beat running a 90 pound jack hammer with silica dust flying around in the 100 plus degree air so thick you couldn't see wearing a respirator.

My brother in law drives for Associated Grocers in Seattle. He loves that short haul and the challenge of backing into small loading docks. It would drive me crazy. He's made a good living doing it and is about to retire. One of my friends was an independent trucker but you have to keep the rig going all the time to pay for it and it's hard to make any real money due to the overhead. Fuel prices are a killer. So he hired on with Wal-Mart. He just drives and collects a check and likes it better than owning his own rig.

If you want to long-haul it's hard if you have a family situation with kids. It can be wonderful if you have a girlfriend or wife that wants to ride along. The people that drove the moving van when we moved up here were a husband and wife team. They loved it.

Give it a shot. There is no reason you can't do it. Trucking is a business that you have to be flexible and willing to move where the opportunities are. If you have some education you always can get on the management side of things. I know guys who are depot managers and they make more money but they hunger for the road. I think driving for a rock and roll band would be fun.

[sadaist]

If you want to long-haul it's hard if you have a family situation with kids.


Family, house & dogs are all gone now. It's just me and a storage room at Public Storage with some furniture. Like I said, I got nothing holding me anywhere. Nothing to pack & no one to say goodbye to. Mobile wifi and a laptop is all I need.

[Nitro Express]

Family, house & dogs are all gone now. It's just me and a storage room at Public Storage with some furniture. Like I said, I got nothing holding me anywhere. Nothing to pack & no one to say goodbye to. Mobile wifi and a laptop is all I need.

You are a free man. That's a huge advantage.

[Dave's Bitch]

Family, house & dogs are all gone now. It's just me and a storage room at Public Storage with some furniture. Like I said, I got nothing holding me anywhere. Nothing to pack & no one to say goodbye to. Mobile wifi and a laptop is all I need.

:grouphug:

[Seshmeister]

I used to have a commercial truck driving license. I haven't driven a big rig for a long time. These pictures make me want to drive one again. I hated driving in town but loved being on an open road late at night in the middle of nowhere.

I remember you talking about this job before, if I have the timeline right this was after being a cosmonaut for the Russians but just before the hooker murdering phase...

[sadaist]

I remember you talking about this job before, if I have the timeline right this was after being a cosmonaut for the Russians but just before the hooker murdering phase...

HAHA! No shit. Dude has some serious life experiences in his pocket for real. Always fun to be around people with a lot of stories to tell about life.

[Nickdfresh]

I think it is good free advertising for Van Halen..everybody knows that logo for what it is....its subliminal you see it on the highway you don't think some transport company but daydream about your favorite band... but what do I know?

They still have to license it, what if they have lots of accidents or get involved in a severe controversy involving law violations?

[DONNIEP]

If Ed had one good brain cell left he'd cash in on the logo, the stripes, everything, including every inch of video ever shot.

[Hardrock69]

Well, he has already cashed in on the logo and stripes through t-shirts, guitars, stomp-boxes, etc.

But yes.....we needs video.

[Hardrock69]

If you like driving for bands the thing to do is get a gig driving a tour bus.

Friend of mine here in Nashville was a country tour manager for a major label artist for years.

The artists's career slowed drastically, my friend had no work, so he got on driving a tour bus with one of the Nashville bus companies. Last I heard he was driving for Lenny Kravitz....this was like, 3 years ago. But he drove for whoever.

You can make 70 grand a year.

But it is like being a baby-sitter. Lotta bands treat the bus as if it were a hotel room to be destroyed, and it is the driver's job to keep it clean and serviced, etc.

[DONNIEP]

Well, he has already cashed in on the logo and stripes through t-shirts, guitars, stomp-boxes, etc.

But yes.....we needs video.

You forgot shoes, flip flops and beach towels :)

[Nitro Express]

If you like driving for bands the thing to do is get a gig driving a tour bus.

Friend of mine here in Nashville was a country tour manager for a major label artist for years.

The artists's career slowed drastically, my friend had no work, so he got on driving a tour bus with one of the Nashville bus companies. Last I heard he was driving for Lenny Kravitz....this was like, 3 years ago. But he drove for whoever.

You can make 70 grand a year.

But it is like being a baby-sitter. Lotta bands treat the bus as if it were a hotel room to be destroyed, and it is the driver's job to keep it clean and serviced, etc.

I would rather drive the trucks. It's just you, maybe someone to ride along. Get the cargo to this venue by this time. What I hate driving a big rig is you make your space cushion and some idiot will pull in-front of you. What people have to realize is a loaded rig doe not stop on a dime. The driver is trying to create some stopping space and if you put your car into that and the car in front of you slams it's brakes on, you are going to get a big truck driving up your ass.

Talk to any transportation manager. Decent drivers are hard to find. Many today have lots of issues and are borderline nuts. A lot of them do the job because they just don't get along with people. So yeah, if you are a good driver and have some people skills you probably can nail and keep a good gig. But who wants to be a baby sitter of a rock band? It would be cool to drive for an entertainer that was decent.

[Nitro Express]

I remember you talking about this job before, if I have the timeline right this was after being a cosmonaut for the Russians but just before the hooker murdering phase...

I never murdered any lot lizzards. Some nights I felt like doing so when they keep pounding on your rig at the truck stop trying to sell you a fuck. You could buy no lot lizzard stickers and put them on your truck letting the whores know not to disturb you because you were not interestied in their services. I don't know if they still sell those.

[sadaist]

It would be cool to be out there on the road just driving. Plenty to listen to on the radio. And those sleepers have TV's and good sized beds. I am enjoying solitude & freedom and driving a truck long haul has both of those. Plus there's a lot of states I'd love to drive through and see the country. And who doesn't love greasy eggs & bacon all the time? YUM!

[So this is love]

you live in So Cal and you are bored...I know people that would kill to move to your area....up here we have snow up the roof 4 months of the year and we need to take 2 or 3 vacations a year to deal through this shit....

[Nitro Express]

you live in So Cal and you are bored...I know people that would kill to move to your area....up here we have snow up the roof 4 months of the year and we need to take 2 or 3 vacations a year to deal through this shit....

It's where you live in So Cal. If you can afford to live in Malibu or in La Jolla it's still a nice place. If you are in Garden Grove or North Hollywood, it ain't so great. Also a problem is the state is broke. It's been horribly mismanaged and it's looking for money. Guess what. If you have money the state is going to want a lot more of it so the politicians can buy more votes from all the people who are on welfare. It's the same old story. Seen it before and they will be begging for a federal bailout here soon and this is a state that has a lot of oil. California is the nations third largest oil producer behind Alaska and Texas.

As soon as your state becomes a welfare state, it goes to shit pretty quick. Oh the people working for the government or getting some form of assistance have no idea, but the person trying to make payroll and running something productive feels it. When you deal with that kind of gloom, you start to forget about the nice weather; especially, when you are stuck in traffic trying to get there. I don't even enjoy visiting So-Cal anymore and I used to make a point to actually go there.

[sadaist]

you live in So Cal and you are bored...I know people that would kill to move to your area....up here we have snow up the roof 4 months of the year and we need to take 2 or 3 vacations a year to deal through this shit....

I never said bored. But holy shit is everything expensive here. Plus the attraction is kinda gone. Been here my whole life. Ready to move around some. And I'm tired as fuck of this heat.

[So this is love]

I hear you dude...follow your instinct...:thumb:

[Nitro Express]

I never said bored. But holy shit is everything expensive here. Plus the attraction is kinda gone. Been here my whole life. Ready to move around some. And I'm tired as fuck of this heat.

Heat. Where are you? The San Fernando Valley?

[sadaist]

Heat. Where are you? The San Fernando Valley?


Inland Empire mostly. San bernardino, Riverside, etc. Fucking 90's today. Tired of it.

[So this is love]

Do you know that people like me pay minimum 5k/week to go where it is 90 degrees...your glass is half full not half empty...just kidding you friend...cheers!

[DONNIEP]

Do you know that people like me pay minimum 5k/week to go where it is 90 degrees...your glass is half full not half empty...just kidding you friend...cheers!

So that's why so many Canadians flock to Myrtle Beach..

[So this is love]

I went to Myrtle Beach once and this is cheap for us (I mean compared to flying to the carribean)....but my wife doesn't like the 18 hours road trip...so might as well go to Miami or Jamaica

[DONNIEP]

I can dig what you're saying about the drive. But I've met tons of Canadians who drive down there and I can't figure it out - I mean it's a cool beach and all but that's a hell of a long way to drive just for a beach trip. Maybe I just look at it that way because I live close by.

[So this is love]

you have to understand we Canadians live in the snow ....we eat snow and we feel lucky when the sun is shining and Van Halen is ON....and we have alot of pretty woman... haha!!!

[sadaist]

Do you know that people like me pay minimum 5k/week to go where it is 90 degrees...your glass is half full not half empty...just kidding you friend...cheers!


Oh I know. But in my situation over the last year the heat is just about the worst thing. If my personal situation were different I would be enjoying the hell out of it. But right now I fucking hate the sun.

[Nitro Express]

you have to understand we Canadians live in the snow ....we eat snow and we feel lucky when the sun is shining and Van Halen is ON....and we have alot of pretty woman... haha!!!

We were down in Mexico for spring break and there were a lot of Canadians down there doing the same thing. Most were from the Ontario. You are right, the girls were cute. The snow is a good excuse to have those cute girls keep you warm.

[Nitro Express]

Do you know that people like me pay minimum 5k/week to go where it is 90 degrees...your glass is half full not half empty...just kidding you friend...cheers!

The heat does get old when you are stuck in it for months. It sounds good when you are cold and in the tundra but when you have been in it for months you bitch about it. Especially if it doesn't cool off at night.

[DONNIEP]

I don't know about the economy in So Cal today, but when I was living in San Diego I was so fucking broke I couldn't see straight (or maybe that was the booze and blow). This was in the mid 90s, I was in my mid 20s, the jobs paid exactly SHIT and the rent on my one bedroom apartment was 400 bucks more a month than what I'd paid here (and wasn't half as nice). The job I had required a degree and 3 years experience and paid exactly 400 bucks a week. The problem, as I saw it, was that there were a ton of colleges in the area churning out a shitload of 22 year old kids every spring with the exact same skill set. So the jobs didn't have to pay anything. Plus the cost of living was higher than camel cock. Well, except for the price of beer :gulp:

[Hardrock69]

We must be champions at Thread Derailment, lol.

And yes, I agree about driving a truck vs driving a tour bus. I much prefer to travel alone.

But I hate big rigs.

Would love to get a drive-away job delivering cars cross-country....

[Nitro Express]

We must be champions at Thread Derailment, lol.

And yes, I agree about driving a truck vs driving a tour bus. I much prefer to travel alone.

But I hate big rigs.

Would love to get a drive-away job delivering cars cross-country....

Yeah running through all those gears gets old. The new trucks are nice though. I like the new Volvos. Most the cars I see going long-haul are on trains. I think with the high fuel costs trains are being used more because they are so much more fuel efficient than trucks if you look at cargo moved per gallon of fuel. the cheapest way to move cargo is by ship, then train, then truck. The most expensive is airplane but it gets there quick.

[motherchicken]

Heat. Where are you? The San Fernando Valley?
The valley is heaven compared to the high desert. I grew up in the valley and moved to the desert. The valley's humid and gets pretty smoggy but the desert gets up to 120 in the summer. Then I moved to Texas. Hotter than fuck and humid. Now I live in Washington State. The weather's fantastic, the people are alright and the cops are even friendly here. I wish I would have moved here years ago.
To get back on subject I see nothing wrong with that logo. At least it's wings not rings.

[sadaist]

We must be champions at Thread Derailment, lol.
.


:lmao:


I love this site. Any thread you choose you just never know where it will lead.

[Hardrock69]

Yeah running through all those gears gets old. The new trucks are nice though. I like the new Volvos. Most the cars I see going long-haul are on trains. I think with the high fuel costs trains are being used more because they are so much more fuel efficient than trucks if you look at cargo moved per gallon of fuel. the cheapest way to move cargo is by ship, then train, then truck. The most expensive is airplane but it gets there quick.

My next stop on the road of life is going to be the NW...FORD, LOUNGE.....look out! :hee:

But I have to be able to afford the move first (well, and there are family issues as well).

So the other week I was just checking out freight prices........I was also checking out the price of renting a POD between Gnashville and Seattle.....PODs are the most expensive of the consumer freight container business....there are several others that are cheaper and provide better service.....

My goal is to do a grand tour of the Western US on the way up there...stopping in Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, and California on the way...visiting old friends....paying respects to my Dad (who is buried in Southern Arkansas) and my uncle (who is buried in Reno).

Naturally, I do not want to rent a truck.....so I was checking out the shipping options....Amtrak is the cheapest most definitely.

[FORD]

The valley is heaven compared to the high desert. I grew up in the valley and moved to the desert. The valley's humid and gets pretty smoggy but the desert gets up to 120 in the summer. Then I moved to Texas. Hotter than fuck and humid. Now I live in Washington State. The weather's fantastic, the people are alright and the cops are even friendly here. I wish I would have moved here years ago.
To get back on subject I see nothing wrong with that logo. At least it's wings not rings.

Weather's fantastic??

Well, August and September were OK. Maybe the first week of October. Rest of the year has been pretty much soggy shit though.

Unless Oak Harbor get some of that "rain shadow" shit like Sequim does. They get less rain there for some reason, because the clouds dump a lot of their shit in the Olympics and then don't have to piss again until they get across the Puget Sound.... or to the lower end of it where I'm at.

[motherchicken]

Weather's fantastic??

Well, August and September were OK. Maybe the first week of October. Rest of the year has been pretty much soggy shit though.

Unless Oak Harbor get some of that "rain shadow" shit like Sequim does. They get less rain there for some reason, because the clouds dump a lot of their shit in the Olympics and then don't have to piss again until they get across the Puget Sound.... or to the lower end of it where I'm at.
I've lived the majority of my adult life in a place where it's hotter than hell in the summer, then humid at the begining of fall, decent for a month or so then cold as fuck till spring. Spring is the best part of the year in the desert then it starts getting hot by memorial day and stays hot until after labor day. Texas and Louisiana sucked too. Hot and humid or cold and rainy. It hasn't done much but drizzle here this fall. Not much rain to speak of. It's a little nippy out for sure. But I still wear shorts just about every day. A hoody is about it for jacket needs.

[sadaist]

My next stop on the road of life is going to be the NW...FORD, LOUNGE.....look out! :hee:
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Yeah dude. I spent some time in Oregon. Great part of the country. Actual trees, shade, clouds....loved it. If I had a job offer up there I would be there in a minute. So much more laid back vibe there too compared to So CA. Mellow. No hustle bustle.

[LoungeMachine]

I used to have a knack for bullshit,,,,,wait, I still do.

Yes, you do

:gulp:

Yes, you do......

[FORD]

Yeah dude. I spent some time in Oregon. Great part of the country. Actual trees, shade, clouds....loved it. If I had a job offer up there I would be there in a minute. So much more laid back vibe there too compared to So CA. Mellow. No hustle bustle.

Well.... it used to be that way.... before you goddamn Californians came up here and brought your smog, traffic, and DLC false "Democrats" with you :(

[sadaist]

lol. sorry Ford. I didn't stay though. Was just spending the summer with some friends. However when I got back to So CA, it did feel really good to see a palm tree again. And the Mexican food here has spoiled me. I didn't realize how bad it could get until I tried to get a carne asada burrito up in Oregon.

Carne Asadaist!

[FORD]

You would be surprised where some of the best Mexican food in this state is. Went to this little hole in the wall place in Moses Lake once. Totally whitebread town, so it's not where you would expect to find good Mexican food..... except it's right in the middle of the states farming region, which has led to a sizeable Mexican farm worker population. And the key with any sort of ethnic food establishment, is if you don't see folks of that ethnicity eating there, don't bother. The Mexicans love this place. Wish I could remember the name of the damn joint....

[sadaist]

Yeah. I didn't hunt around all that much. Just spoiled down here since there are so many Mexicans making awesome food. I suppose it's like good pizza. A rarity here but everywhere in New York. Just gotta find it.

[Hardrock69]

What is hilarious is that I ate some fantastic Mexican food in L.A. when I lived there....but my roommate, a former bandmate of mine from Kansas (despite having great Mex food in L.A.), just LOVED this crappy Mexican-like food at a small chain of taco joints called Taco-Tico in Wichita, Kansas.

Illogical. But oh well. He just traveled back there recently to visit family, and yes, stopped at Taco-Tico and ranted about it.

I think it is more a sentimental thing for him, as in my opinion, the food there is so-so.

[ashstralia]

Yeah that logo's blatant.

I've probably never had proper mex food, but surprisingly we have just about every other authentic cuisine available. In a town of twelve thousand people.

envy will be here soon, the epicurean European :biggrin:

[Zing!]

He just traveled back there recently to visit family, and yes, stopped at Taco-Tico and ranted about it.

I think it is more a sentimental thing for him, as in my opinion, the food there is so-so.

Too funny. Whenever we make it back to Iowa, there are two places we have to go: the local pizza joint where I worked in college, and Taco Tico.

Totally sentimental - the food is... unique. I hesitate to call it good. There's just nothing else like it. A smothered sancho from Taco Tico is soooo damn good!

[motherchicken]

The best place to get authentic mexican food is Olvera Street in downtown LA. In Texas they have Tex Mex instead of Mexican food in the upper parts. Tried not to venture south of Houston or linger around El Paso. Reminded me too much of East L A.