Monthly Archives: February 2011

My Dad found our blog!!

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Anne Leonard

——Letter to Craig===== Dear Craig – As Yet Unmet son-in-law and FD, I finally found out how to get to your blog and have enjoyed reading of your adventures. I find the technical details of special interest. It is hard … Continue reading →

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Back on the road

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Craig

The good news was the truck was an easy fix, the bad news was that nothing was really broken.  Just a clogged emission fluid injector.  The problem with that is there is no telling when it will happen again and … Continue reading →

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Looks a little different than last week!

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Craig

OK, so we got up the next morning and called our fleet manager to check on the repower.  My FM was not in and so I got another guy who was LOSING HIS MIND!  It was kind of funny, this … Continue reading →

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Oh Oh

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Craig

OK, you just gotta love freezing rain. Day started off badly when I missed the stop signal at a Weigh Station entering Kentucky. I really did think I had the green light but just looked down too soon. He came … Continue reading →

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Day two complete

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Craig

The last few days have been amazing.  We really love our truck and we really like the company we chose to work for.  I have never backed into a a whole between two trailer before last night and it was … Continue reading →

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I’m in love!

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Anne Leonard

Okay as you know we got a 2012 Freightliner Cascadia that is a 10 speed. I spent 3 weeks training on an automatic truck and wasn’t sure I’d like the manual transmission. I’M IN LOVE. I won’t say there aren’t … Continue reading →

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Our home away from home

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Anne Leonard

Today is a beautiful day. Craig and I were lucky enough to get a brand new 2012 Freightliner Cascadia 10 speed. What does that mean? We have a freaking ROCKING truck!! I trucks date was 1/2011 how cool is that. … Continue reading →

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A big day for us!

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Craig

So, Anne finished all of her testing yesterday and they almost got done with mine.  Just ran out of time for the road test.  So this morning I was first up at 7:30.  A half hour later I was done.  … Continue reading →

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UPGRADING!!!!

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Anne Leonard

UPGRADE!!        Happy Valentine’s Day Who would have thought three weeks would fly by but they did and today my trainer, Carl is dropping me at Tunnel Hill GA to begin the process of getting our own truck. Both Craig and … Continue reading →

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Last Day of Training (for me)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Craig

Anne will be done on Wednesday afternoon.  I am home for a half day to get my laundry caught up and get Aleena to Verizon for her new phone.  I need to be back on the truck at 5 PM … Continue reading →

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