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100_5163 After enjoying last weekend at home, wrangling a couple of grandkids who spent the weekend I’m back on the road.  I’ve got some tanker truck and a container that I picked up at a Air National Guard base in Wisconsin and I’m headed for Georgia to deliver tomorrow.  From there I’ll head to a nearby company OC that’s just been close and pick up some stuff to go to another company OC in Illinois.  Nice to have your next load waiting before you finish the load you’re on, it’s so rare that it happens that way lately.

I’ve been asked if I want one of the new RGN trailers to run with instead of the ratty stepdeck flatbed I’m pulling now, I said "Am I gonna make more money with this trailer?" My manager said "Sure!"  Hmm, we’ll see about the money, but I said I’d take one. Anything would be better that the rattle-trap trailer I’m pulling now.  Actually my current trailer isn’t THAT bad, i guess familiarity really does breed contempt.

RGN stands for Removable Goose Neck, and that means when I pick up a piece of heavy equipment, I can drop the front of the trailer onto the dirt and drive whatever I’m gonna haul right onto the trailer.  It will also keep me out of the bullshit load business like bricks, tar paper rolls and the one time I hauled 68 fifty-five gallon drums of raw honey from CA to PA.  I still had bees under my tarps when I got to PA! 

Well, time to get back on the road, I just paused a bit to download some of my audiobooks and get them loaded up on my MP3 player.  Check out Audible.com if you’re looking for great audiobooks at a decent price. Been a member since 2000 and they’ve kept me well entertained on those long stretches of road.

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