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Well This Is Some Fine BS I’ve Stepped Into

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Used to be that this place I delivered to gave us up to one hour after the appointment time to still be on the schedule. I was 14 minutes late checking in because of a potty break. Now they’ve decided that they’ll “work me in when they can.” Been here 4 hours, load untouched. [...]

Woo Hoo!

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Celebrating New Year’s alone with two corn dogs, one apple and a bottle of cranberry juice. Any more excitement and I’ll spontaneously combust!

Uh huh, yeah. Going BACK to [...]

Happy New Year (yawn)

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Spending New Year’s at a truckstop in Michigan. As usual. Most times I’ve spent the holiday on the road. It’s always a choice between Christmas and New Year’s and thats a no-brainer for me. New Year’s was fun when I lived in Hawaii. Real fireworks and a party atmosphere for everyone, not just adults drinking themselves [...]

Cell Blogging Test…

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Been a few days of hard driving after lazing around with no load all weekend. Picking up an overdimensional load going to WI that I only have to get as far as IL and then its home to see Terry. I’m very ready for that.

Trying to learn how to “thumb type” on the the bitty little [...]

Truckers! Online DAC Report Request Now!

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Truckers, its very important to know what’s in your DAC report. The information contained in it, right or WRONG, could affect your future hireability as a truck driver. From Allen Smith of AskTheTrucker.com:

The DAC Report Services, now known as HireRight, now allows truck drivers to file a dispute online, concerning the placement of false information on [...]

Fun With Over-sized Truck Loads

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(Alternate Title: Everything you ever wanted to know about over dimensional freight permits on the interstate highway system but didn’t really give a shit about anyways because you’re just humoring the truck driving asshole! Ponderous title, dude!)

What a day today! I’m hauling an oversize and overweight load from Illinois to West Virginia and getting permits for [...]

Tires

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Got my load this morning and came to the shop in Gary to get a mudflap replaced and my tires looked at. They ended replacing all eight drive tires and took enough time doing it that I have no more time to run tonight. Down for the night in the shop yard and will head out [...]

Still Here…

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Still sitting here in SC with no load. I’m not getting paid for this. Yea, verily, life doth suck right now…

At least I’m caught up on all my reading… and cleaning… and every other gawd-damned thing except work! Oh, here’s a video of the truck doing it’s “ghost in the machine” thing again. This was taken [...]

From Rome to Charlotte

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I’m at the Flying Hook in Rock Hill, SC, waiting for Monday to roll around. Up to now it had been a fairly busy week for me. Now that all my loads are done, I wasn’t left with one that would get me through the weekend. I’ll have to wait until Monday and maybe I’ll get [...]

Day 2 of NC to CA and Flickr Faves

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I’d like to have taken lots of pictures as I was hauling ass from TN to my place for the night in OK, but the scenery was just too boring and I was more interested in getting as many miles as I could in before sunset.

The only comment I have on today’s driving is an observation [...]