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You can't make money if you don't at least answer your phone

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Maybe its that Marine spirit, maybe its Hazzard County tenacity , maybe its all of that together. Sometimes you have to be a Gashole but I just lost a service call, from not having my service truck available. That's partly my fault, but its also relying on others who joined our Reaper crew here at HCC . But this goes further, and I understand that family committments and things get in the way or come up, but again a phone call does wonders, don't expect your boss or commander to just keep wondering. That's a cause for complete discharge. This is not Burger King or McDonalds where stupid and ignorant not to mention arrogant crap is excused. In the tow business, holidays where people are out on the roads, its the time to be on call and ready, to take calls. If your equipment is down its time to get it fixed or expect to loose money, BIG MONEY. Highway Hooker Toewing along with Hazzard County Choppers has been accused many times of not paying wages. One if your not here to

It's getting there , Highway Hooker radio and TV

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I am awake although I feel like I woke with a hangover without the party before, seems as though my property managers young'n next door was here with SEVERAL of his friends. The slamming of doors , the smoke breaks just outside my front door on the stair case , going to quietly speak to my lady friend on Monday about it. Okay then. Most of my morning I spent online with a conference chat with the Knytes High Council. Before I get into this further for those who might be new to this blog and all, the Knytes-of-Anarchy is the mothership, under that umbrella , are two organizations, one has a membership of just over 25k , and the other just under 5k. Those organizations are, in order the Rode Knytes the only national towing organization for small rural based tow operators, and the Toew Bro's(Brothers) Association. A more relaxed group of those who like to show off and share our affection of old skool tow trucks and the lifestyle that goes with that.  With that in

Making waves on the Interstate and airwaves.

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It’s no secret that there has been a rumbling of and through a fraternal organization called the TR(Towing & Recovery) Rode Knytes Association, that on the surface goes by the handle of the Hazzard County Toewing Association(towing mis-spelled on purpose). The Hazzard County Toewing Association, has been busting butt for the last 10 years to bring to fruition the only nationwide radio show for those of us who toew(mis-spelled on purpose). Started on the outskirts of the tiny town(still is) of Hagerman(aka-Hazzard)Idaho, in 1984 radio station KTOW FM 89.1 went on the air. The popularity of what we were doing spread like a desert brush fire. To other ends of the surface transportation industry. Truckers both short and long haul were tuning in. Gearheads of all sorts tuned in, from bikers to RV’ers tuned in. Of course then came multiple set backs from deaths in the association of officers, to financial declines, to my redeployment in the USMC. Finally discharged in 2006, the Hazzar

From the Sheep’s Pen

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  Truth in advertising will set you free and make you more credible but not always more profitable. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t advocate lining up unprovable or outright fibs to bolster a company , or make claims that are not doable or even smart, if they are really honored at all. Here at all things AyreWolf Aviation/Hazzard County Choppers (BlackSheep Toewing) we have always believed in doing business truthfully, and in a way that adds to the diversity that is America, as well as the Mountain West. However , there are those that suck on the hind teat of a fat media cow or put things out that while be truthful on the surface may not be what its supposed to be. Or at least the TV news blurb did not tell the entire story. Such as: New web site been out since mid 2010 called Pinterest,.com Kinda like a FaceBook, and no where near the quality of Google. Any mile so I go check it out. Its not as user friendly as claimed, not as well absorbed by us male corpuscles, and not anything t

New coat of fur

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Most of you know this already but for the few that don’t here goes. For me, and it is me, the pursuit of going toewing under Dixie Toewing has been good, everywhere except here. Over night Correy and I had a long talk, and it is agreed that Dixie Toewing will become BlackSheep Towing, in honor of and in memory of the outfit I and Correy and a very select few flew with, called the BlackSheep Squadron VMF214 and l8r, VMA214. BlackSheep Toewing will become active just after August as it’ll take that long to repaint, in Corsair Blue/gray , and do up the printing of cards, invoices, uniforms and so on, but there is a change on the horizon, and I thought many of you should know. Am I getting out of the club, no. Since the club is so much a part of me that getting out of the club, would be like cutting off my arm or leg , I just can’t do it. Has my faith and love of the modern confederacy and the resurrection of Dixie and the Confederate States of America gone? No. But I will say the deth

Rising Pheenix

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Its once again the time of month when the previous months bills get paid, pay checks go out, stores get crowded as Welfare and monthly payment checks get cashed. So there is a bottleneck. Even then there is a serious concern that the swamp will not be able to be crossed. I got my power bill for the Rat Shaq here yesterday. $215.00 . Which is about $75.00 more than I make here. While the damn bill got paid, still the concern here is, is this amiable, is it intelligent to remain here or would going west to Buhl to be next to Twin for the radio gig, or going east to Wyoming for the going toewing gig, be smarter? The answer will be determined through a test I floated on Craig’s List. Posting on air jobs for the clubs radio operation, if there is enough stimulation here and people do want to go to work, then we have a direction and desire to remain on station here. In the other lane, few or next to zero response to the ads mean, low noise, low interest and or able applicants, means this

If I hear one more thing about jobs I’m going to scream

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If I hear one more thing from all these yeahoose running for President, I’m going to scream. Mitt Romney, and all the rest yapping about creating new jobs. What about the jobs that are out there? Shit, there’s jobs, just too many lazy people that have long time ago given up due to fear from repercussions of 9-11 and all that just as soon stay at home collect disability or some form of SSI and not care. Until the middle to end of the month comes and one finds that $700.00 a month don’t go that far and thus are at the food bank begging. I only do that when there is no other choice. But to prevent that crisis from happening in the first place I bust my ass going toewing or doing my radio gig or serving the club, in some way but I’m out working to make extra cash. It is out there. One has to look for it. Just like our talent searches, both on air and in print. If you work it out, $40.00 an hour for 6 full hours a day means $ 5,000.00 a month. No its not get rich time, but hey it’s a j

the difference between

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I hear this more times than I get to change shorts. “ You want women there so you can make out with them” Or some trivial tribble. Fact is, there is a wide gap between the easy sell and the bat upside the head attention getter. The same goes with doing online advertising. I read a interesting article from an online trade publication, on radio about the use of Google Ad extension links etc. I really want to know more. Any how, big web site or small, unless you have something that cracks a whip you ain’t going to get looked at. Look at this; Ad 1: Interesting but little to get your attention, ad;2 Which is going to get inputted in your mind when your rigs in a grind and you need snagged? In this day of instant gratification , if your ad is just mediocre or generic, don’t expect to generate much return on that investment. The thing is If your going to spend money getting your toew service name out there, do it with some oomph. Its like eating chili at the ball game, or at a LDS Relief

Another Knyte on the Mountain Desert

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Ever get to wondering who decides or comes up with the names for things? Like fonts on a computer. Who comes up with those names? What is the root of those names? Then there are those jobs, that you wonder first how they got the job, second, how long could someone do that job, without having it to where the next time they saw the product on the street, that they’d go bonkers. Such a job, might be, like the guy, who sits at a drafting design table. Computer or pencil, to design bras for women. Here all day he sits, drawing circles around all kinds of shapes and contours of boobs. Does that guy go out that day at lunch and see a big pair of tits, and then scream in udder amazement? Okay a short run of fun here, or badgering the public here. Our ads are up on Craig's List for in studio talent. There has not been a stampede here yet, but there have been calls from as far away as Oregon State to Salt Lake City. One from Jerome, one from Boise and one from Salt Lake City. Of those I’m