Author Archives: Craig

So I am sitting on a back highway in the Oklahoma Panhandle at 4:30 in the morning.  There is an accident a ways ahead of us with multiple Semi’s and multiple injuries at the other end of a construction zone.  … Continue reading →

So we got into Phoenix and dropped our load at the Amazon.com facility and then picked up another Amazon load heading to Hebron Kentucky.  So nice to unhook one trailer and grab the one next to it and head out.   … Continue reading →

So Anne kinda hates the NorthEast, trucking companies HATE to pay tolls.  Actually, it is the customer who hates to pay tolls so we don’t usually go the easy way when we get to New Jersey.  Always having to take … Continue reading →

We ran through Texas, Louisiana, Missisippi, Alabama and into Florida.   Stopped for a great Shrimp PoBoy and some Gumbo just outside of Baton Rouge, it was awesome.   Got to our delivery in Medway Florida at Noon on Tuesday and it … Continue reading →

OK, I am going to tell on myself. One of the first things you learn in CDL school is three points of contact, there is a label on the top left corner of the drivers window that stresses to use … Continue reading →

As you can tell from Max’s post below, we had a pretty lazy day yesterday. We left Springfield at midnight and ran up to a little town north of Fort Wayne IN to pick up a “hot load” for the … Continue reading →

Well, we broke down  again! But first let me bring you up to date.  Our load to California got cancelled.  We were at the shipper and they took our trailer to load it at 6 AM and we waited.  At … Continue reading →

OK, we have been busy since we got back on the road. After a great weekend in Oshkosh with family and Megan’s graduation, we have been running pretty hard (which is what we want). We had to head out late … Continue reading →

I think if I sat down and figured what we are making by the hour I would be dismayed….so I will not do that. This is a seven day a week, 12 to 14 hours a day job and we … Continue reading →

So after sitting most of the day in that dusty truck stop in North Denver, we got a load assignment from Sterling CO to Kansas City. We drove to Sterling and picked up 42,000 pounds of dried beans for Sams … Continue reading →