The Brown Family and Outlaw Wolf Pack
Michael & Crystal Brown live in Connellsville Pennsylvania. We have lived at the same address for the last eleven years. We choose to stay in our community, despite it being a declining area. We may not have much, but what we have been blessed with, we share with those in greater need than ours.
We participate in our community by attending New Hope Free Methodist Church in
Mount Pleasant PA. This is the church that Crystal's father belonged to for many
years. Last year, Crystal and the children went to Washington D.C. to minister
to the poor. Pastor Ronnie's ministry goes to the streets to help those most in need.
While trucking across this great nation, we see many people in need. We were parked for the night at a truck stop in Northern California last fall. There was a homeless man searching the garbage cans for food. We gave him our last $5, and then took the gentleman into Subway. We bought him a foot long sub. It is amazing how the smallest act of kindness can bring such joy to someone in need. We are the type of people that would give you the shirt off our backs.
As for Outlaw Wolf Pack, we are a small company looking for a hand up in life. When life brings you down, you pray for an angel to come and give you a hand up.
Our experience is in hauling refrigerated freight, and occasionally have damaged boxes or short dated product. We brought 8 boxes of sliced turkey to our church right before Thanksgiving. Pastor Michael had a hot turkey sandwich dinner for the church and anyone in the community who was hungry. This last trip, we had 3 boxes of deli ham. We are taking some to our church for Easter. The rest we shared with our family.
Michael is the proud father of two children. A daughter who is 13 and a son who is 12.
My goal is to leave my children a legacy of more than just bills and broken promises.
I want them to be able to have what they need without the constant struggle of being poor.
My son says he wants to be a trucker like his daddy when he grows up.
I drive teams with my adopted sister-in-law. She has been with us since 2006. We are
helping her while she is helping us get our dream. Until we have positive cash
flow, she is only asking for room and board as form of pay check.
As a family, we have 2 VERY large dogs (225 and 130 pounds.) Our Beagle, Fred rides
in the truck with us. We rescued him from an abusive situation. Helping innocent
animals who are abused and neglected--even the stray cats in our neighborhood--
is very important.
Outlaw Wolf Pack was founded in 2011. I went to work for a large company
as a lease purchase driver in October 2011. As is the case with many big company
lease programs, we did not succeed. The program is set up for the company to
make money, and not for the owner operator's wallet.
I leased onto a small logistics company in March of 2012. At first, I rented a Penske
truck. Though it was expensive, profit was excellent. In May 2012, I went to
A Finance company to Lease-to-own a 2010 Freightliner Classic. She was beautiful.
However, beauty doesn't pay the rent. First, it was the radiator upper resevior
six weeks after signing the contract. The warranty program did not cover the
repairs. Five weeks later, the lower resevior blew on the radiator. Then the air
dryer. (the list goes on) It was not until our 6th or 7th repair that they sent
the maintenance records to us. The head gasket leaked outward in five places.
Their solution was to pressure wash the motor. Then in December, she needed all
8 drive tires and shocks. All told she cost $28,000 in 6 months. We have
pictures of the engine(s) available upon request.
The small logistics company found us a different truck. They leased some high mileage
Kenworth T600's from PacLease and rented it to us. The warranty was great, when
they wanted to fix the problem. While their costs stayed down, very few expensive items were
addressed. The Catepillar C-15 engine had 720,000 miles on it. She leaked oil
near the Jake Brakes and head gasket. She was about to drop a cylinder and had at
least one weak injector.
Michael & Crystal Brown live in Connellsville Pennsylvania. We have lived at the same address for the last eleven years. We choose to stay in our community, despite it being a declining area. We may not have much, but what we have been blessed with, we share with those in greater need than ours.
We participate in our community by attending New Hope Free Methodist Church in
Mount Pleasant PA. This is the church that Crystal's father belonged to for many
years. Last year, Crystal and the children went to Washington D.C. to minister
to the poor. Pastor Ronnie's ministry goes to the streets to help those most in need.
While trucking across this great nation, we see many people in need. We were parked for the night at a truck stop in Northern California last fall. There was a homeless man searching the garbage cans for food. We gave him our last $5, and then took the gentleman into Subway. We bought him a foot long sub. It is amazing how the smallest act of kindness can bring such joy to someone in need. We are the type of people that would give you the shirt off our backs.
As for Outlaw Wolf Pack, we are a small company looking for a hand up in life. When life brings you down, you pray for an angel to come and give you a hand up.
Our experience is in hauling refrigerated freight, and occasionally have damaged boxes or short dated product. We brought 8 boxes of sliced turkey to our church right before Thanksgiving. Pastor Michael had a hot turkey sandwich dinner for the church and anyone in the community who was hungry. This last trip, we had 3 boxes of deli ham. We are taking some to our church for Easter. The rest we shared with our family.
Michael is the proud father of two children. A daughter who is 13 and a son who is 12.
My goal is to leave my children a legacy of more than just bills and broken promises.
I want them to be able to have what they need without the constant struggle of being poor.
My son says he wants to be a trucker like his daddy when he grows up.
I drive teams with my adopted sister-in-law. She has been with us since 2006. We are
helping her while she is helping us get our dream. Until we have positive cash
flow, she is only asking for room and board as form of pay check.
As a family, we have 2 VERY large dogs (225 and 130 pounds.) Our Beagle, Fred rides
in the truck with us. We rescued him from an abusive situation. Helping innocent
animals who are abused and neglected--even the stray cats in our neighborhood--
is very important.
Outlaw Wolf Pack was founded in 2011. I went to work for a large company
as a lease purchase driver in October 2011. As is the case with many big company
lease programs, we did not succeed. The program is set up for the company to
make money, and not for the owner operator's wallet.
I leased onto a small logistics company in March of 2012. At first, I rented a Penske
truck. Though it was expensive, profit was excellent. In May 2012, I went to
A Finance company to Lease-to-own a 2010 Freightliner Classic. She was beautiful.
However, beauty doesn't pay the rent. First, it was the radiator upper resevior
six weeks after signing the contract. The warranty program did not cover the
repairs. Five weeks later, the lower resevior blew on the radiator. Then the air
dryer. (the list goes on) It was not until our 6th or 7th repair that they sent
the maintenance records to us. The head gasket leaked outward in five places.
Their solution was to pressure wash the motor. Then in December, she needed all
8 drive tires and shocks. All told she cost $28,000 in 6 months. We have
pictures of the engine(s) available upon request.
The small logistics company found us a different truck. They leased some high mileage
Kenworth T600's from PacLease and rented it to us. The warranty was great, when
they wanted to fix the problem. While their costs stayed down, very few expensive items were
addressed. The Catepillar C-15 engine had 720,000 miles on it. She leaked oil
near the Jake Brakes and head gasket. She was about to drop a cylinder and had at
least one weak injector.