Calling @badinfluence

BYS1981

I lurk more than I post, but I couldn't help myself - awesome,  best of luck,  @badinfluence

thetrim

That's great.  It looks like we'll be seeing you on "Shipping Wars" soon.  Good luck

minniemoh

Way to bring the food truck scene to eastern Iowa @badinfluence! My Dad (also an Iowan) is 69 and still trucking. You've got a passion and a plan! Good luck in your new venture. I'm excited for you and your wife and can't wait for updates on your project.  

SkinnyV

Great story, standing by for results! 

mgd_egg

Good luck in your new adventure. I know Clinton well.  I've spent a lot of time across the River in Fulton. 

cook861

Congrats on your new buisness  and wish you the best 

badinfluence

Made it safely back  to Iowa now just have to wait for the truck to catch up then get I t ready to cook in.

johnkitchens

Hats off to you @badinfluence. I would love to do something like this.

XC242

Slide up to Madison some time. We'll spread the word for you. 

nolaegghead

Good luck, sounds like fun!

badinfluence

Still trying to get the truck up and running. What do ya all think about this for a logo?

theyolksonyou

Personally, I like that a lot. 

saluki2007

Not a huge fan of the tat, but other than that looks awesome.

Langner91

Good Luck with the food truck!  I work in Fulton and usually head to Clinton when I am looking for lunch.  I will look you up!

The Cen-Tex Smoker

I like the logo. I assume you are going to incorporate your meat monster in to your bbq cooks? Still love that thing.

badinfluence

@The Cen-Tex Smoker yes the meat monster will be doing the major cooks for the bbq but will have a mini max inside doing the grilling.

badinfluence

@Langner91 sounds good. Should be going the end of the month. We have a Facebook page that I will be posting to daily for location.  

Eggcelsior

@badinfluence, The food trucks by me also utilize Twitter to send out locations. One even has a simple webpage with a Google Calendar that shows where they'll be.

Legume

I like the logo - I've never understood pigs cooking pigs in bbq logos, but I like it

swordsmn

We don't know each other but I admire a man willing to chase a dream.  Best of Luck!

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Legume said:

I like the logo - I've never understood pigs cooking pigs in bbq logos, but I like it

I always liked the ones with the smiling pig holding a knife and fork while looking at his butt like "I fixin to eat the hell out of my own butt"

BRush00

Best of luck @badinfluence !  A food truck's actually a somewhat appealing idea for myself as well, i've been thinking about it/eyeing it for awhile now. 

My original (pipedream) idea was to park my truck in the parking lot of ski hills, serve breakfast until 10, then go skiing....

Seriously hope this works out for you and your family good Sir - I'd really love it if you would keep us up to date (at least mildly) about your progress.  The more you share here, the more I know for myself down the road!

badinfluence

@BRush00 I will keep everyone posted for sure. Like I said before it is scary to give up what I have known for the last 16 years to make a total jump into the unknown but rumor has it I'ma pretty good cook...lol so we will see Iif this was a wise choice.

Here in my hometown there are no food trucksbut we have a huge ADM plant that on a slow day puts 200 trucks a day thru there and at harvest time over 1200 trucks a day and the wait time can be over 8 hours to get in. That is my target crowd so I will keep my fingers crossed.

FlashkaBob

@DMW  I sent you an OT PM

johnkitchens

badinfluence said:

@BRush00 I will keep everyone posted for sure. Like I said before it is scary to give up what I have known for the last 16 years to make a total jump into the unknown but rumor has it I'ma pretty good cook...lol so we will see Iif this was a wise choice.

Here in my hometown there are no food trucksbut we have a huge ADM plant that on a slow day puts 200 trucks a day thru there and at harvest time over 1200 trucks a day and the wait time can be over 8 hours to get in. That is my target crowd so I will keep my fingers crossed.

There is a huge sawmill just down the road from my office. The log trucks are always lined up waiting to get in and get unloaded. Hmmmm.... now I am thinking! 

badinfluence

@johnkitchens‌ exactly!  Remember a truck driver does not get his physique by being a light eater. Lol

bettysnephew

@badinfluence Good luck in  your new enterprise. I think you have a very good business model with the ADM line up. Truckers do like to eat and if you supply good food conveniently it looks like a home run for you and them.

WyBBQer

@badinfluence best wishes in your new adventure, Doing what someone loves makes work a pleasure and making money doing it makes it better. Best of luck

YukonRon

Outstanding decision! We (my fiancé and I) have friends that do the food truck. Ex corp execs, doing what they love, and doing very well with it. It can be a hectic, frenzied pace, but they tell me they wish they had done this much sooner in life.
I have given SERIOUS consideration to doing the same thing.
Again good for you, I wish you nothing but success.

badinfluence

Just want to say thank you all for the well wishes. 

I had some work done on the rear leaf springs on the truck as Iit was squatting due to the equipment inside. I pick it up tommorow and from there it's going to get the logo put on. Hope to have some pictures up soom.