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Day 1 of NC to CA

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Just closed out the first day of one of the longest trips I’ve had in years. I’m taking a forklift from North Carolina to California. I’ve not been to CA in years and I’ve never hauled an oversized load that far since 2006 when I hauled an excavator from Georgia to Washington state. I’m blogging this [...]

Hanging At The Hook

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Get used to long lapses in this (blog) narrative, shit happens and sometimes I get bored with typing in this thing. I’ve finally decided not to feel guilty about it and just type whenever the fuck I feel like it. If nothing else, maybe my typing will improve a bit, but I don’t think I’ll ever [...]

Get A Load On

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About time for bed. Finally got a load about 1300 to pickup a John Deere load out of Dubuque going to somewhere near Dayton, OH. Will pick it up tomorrow. Been Twittering and web browsing in the meantime, basically just wasting time. The WiFi connection here at the Flying J sucks, so I guess its time [...]

Stopped for Repairs

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Hanging out at Gary, truck repaired, waiting for a load out of here. The Qualcomm just beeped after I sent a query. The “read-me-now” lite on the dashboard isn’t lit, so I know its just a message saying, “We’re still looking…” I’m out of cash, cigarettes, and snacks and I’m bored outta my mind. Hopefully the [...]

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Check out my crusty windshield!

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Check out my crusty windshield!, originally uploaded by greeblie.

Waiting somewhere in Illinois to get a new load after the previous one was cancelled. I passed a Streakin Beacon about an hour [...]

Two Seasons in Three Days

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Last week I picked up a mixer truck heading to Florida. I was in Morris, IL and the temperature was 15 or so. This is the view I had while I was waiting for them to thaw out the truck:

This is the fog bank I went through to get to Miami:

When I cleared the fog, I [...]

Tired Of Being Cold

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Got assigned a load around noon to pickup a load in Illinois. the drive from Ohio took a while as the weather was not helpful. When I finally got there, about a half-hour before closing, I was told the load could not be released because whoever paid for it was still a few dollars short. [...]

Freezing Rain

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Woke of this morning to the sound of frozen rain tapping on the fiberglass roof of my truck. Has to crank up the truck and defrost my windows before I could take off.  Then it was 15-20 mph up I-75 until I ran into better weather about 50 miles up the road.  No big deal really, [...]

Back in the Saddle

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On the road now and I’m feeling better. As soon as I get used to truck driving again. I usually feel a little worn out the first day back after a couple of days at home, well this time I went two weeks at home before I was able to run again. I’m bushed! And [...]