Guys, this section of the forums has been so popular that I've started a sister site Heavy Truck Forums The topics are broken down more in depth and include most of the trucking industry. Take a look!!
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johndeere123
Well-Known Member
Is there any way to share info directly between the sites? Or are they completely separate?
Birken Vogt
Charter Member
I don't want to rain on your parade but it seems to me that the web is pretty much saturated with truck boards already. I really like the focus of this board on business and machines earning their keep, though.
How do you propose to draw users into the new board?
Also, I find it a bit counterproductive to have such a great number of sub forums. No one is going to read the Brockway forum, for instance, so the lone guy that has one and needs help will never get it from even those who might know the answer but not have a Brockway any more. Sometimes it is better just to keep things all in one place and let the titles of posts do the differentiation.
How do you propose to draw users into the new board?
Also, I find it a bit counterproductive to have such a great number of sub forums. No one is going to read the Brockway forum, for instance, so the lone guy that has one and needs help will never get it from even those who might know the answer but not have a Brockway any more. Sometimes it is better just to keep things all in one place and let the titles of posts do the differentiation.
I'm looking in to whether I can cross post, I'm still a bit of a novice with vBulletin. Birken, my hope is with the same direction, business and trucks will be as popular as heavy equipment. There certainly are more trucks out there than heavy equipment.
Scrub Puller
Senior Member
Yair . . . I find HEF good (make that better than good) for the simple reason everything is on the one site. As Birken Vogt mentions there may be less cross-pollination.
It will be interesting to see how it all pans out but I am a firm believer in the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" way of thinking.
However there may well be "behind the scenes" difficulties for the moderators I don't understand. What ever the case, I hope it all works out . . . but not to the detriment of this excellent board.
All the best with it and Cheers.
It will be interesting to see how it all pans out but I am a firm believer in the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" way of thinking.
However there may well be "behind the scenes" difficulties for the moderators I don't understand. What ever the case, I hope it all works out . . . but not to the detriment of this excellent board.
All the best with it and Cheers.
I'm hoping it will complement our site. There are a lot of truckers out there not involved with heavy equipment that can benefit from it, and I'll link this site at that one. We will more than likely have members join here as a result of that site too.
Thanks td25c
Thanks td25c
powerjoke
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Great, yet another site to visit....how is anyone supposed to get any work done ? Lol. I totally agree with birken and it appears as of right now the other members do too. But 'eh whatever floats your boat......
Hopefully your keeping the truck forum here on HEF open aren't you?
Cross posting from vB board to board is pretty simple ....... But I'm sure ther is a vB board out there somewhere to help explain it lol
Pj
Hopefully your keeping the truck forum here on HEF open aren't you?
Cross posting from vB board to board is pretty simple ....... But I'm sure ther is a vB board out there somewhere to help explain it lol
Pj
CRAFT
Senior Member
I Would hope so too Steve ……. I hope it will separate where the Bear craps in the Bush from some of the $.02 comments that can happen from the wanna-b's…..
We can only see that it'll be a success !
willie59
Administrator
I doubt Steve would shut it down here, really wouldn't make much sense to do so if you think about it, after all, HEF is it's own entity. As for the competition of other truck forums saturation, true enough there's plenty of choices already out there, but I have to think, Steve already started a forum from nothing, HEF, and all of us members have made it what it is now. I have no reason to think we can't make this new forum successful as well. But then, as I wake up everyday to realize God has granted me another day of breathing oxygen, maybe I'm the eternal optimist.
Tiny
Senior Member
That is broken down .
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grandpa
Senior Member
Tiny!!!!
willie59
Administrator
BJP
Member
Does your user name and password (for HEF) work in the sister site or do I have register again to login there?
You will need to register there. I'm not sure that I can set it to automatically register HEF members, plus I wouldn't feel right about doing that without permission from each member. We have nearly 35,000 members here, that would be some process to get permission from each one.
95zIV
Senior Member
Steve,
Could we get a link to the new forum in the "Link Exchanges" section? This might also draw more attention to it when new people arrive when they look in that section out of curiosity.
And by the way, I do like the way you have the new forum set up, it allows anyone with ANY interest in trucks(no matter how obscure they may be) a chance to put that interest in the right spot.
Could we get a link to the new forum in the "Link Exchanges" section? This might also draw more attention to it when new people arrive when they look in that section out of curiosity.
And by the way, I do like the way you have the new forum set up, it allows anyone with ANY interest in trucks(no matter how obscure they may be) a chance to put that interest in the right spot.
Good idea Ray, and thanks Corey!!
Plant Fitter
Senior Member
I registered with Heavy Truck Forums. It said I would receive an email which has a link that I would need to activate the account. I never received any email. Now I can log in to Heavy Truck Forums but it tells me:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
When I click on a picture to view it, it comes up with a message:
you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
1.Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2.If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
It has my username in the bar right up the top, but the account is obviously not working. I'm guessing I need the activation email that I didn't get?
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
When I click on a picture to view it, it comes up with a message:
you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
1.Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2.If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
It has my username in the bar right up the top, but the account is obviously not working. I'm guessing I need the activation email that I didn't get?
digger242j
Administrator
I just went there and checked. It showed you as "awaiting email confirmation", so I changed it to "registered user". Let me know if that didn't help...