Author Archives: Craig

After delivering the tires to Ford in Chicago this morning we grabbed a Fedex load in Rock Island and we are heading to Portland Oregon.  Fingers are very crossed as we head across Nebraska (Nebraska has not been good to … Continue reading →

just when we think we know what is going to happen……..in literally the exact same spot we got the repower call last week we get one again. A solo driver has run out of hours an hour Southwest of St … Continue reading →

With apologies to Horace Greeley for misquoting him. We had an awesome but short time home.  We saw the kids, the ones who live in Colorado anyway, and we made some changes in our wardrobes and we picked up Max.  … Continue reading →

So, here is what a “typical” day looks like.  Generally Anne drives during the day and will shut it down about 11 PM to Midnight.  If we have time in the schedule, and we usually do, we both sleep for … Continue reading →

OK, we have been running hard for the last week so let me try to catch everyone up.  After our delivery in Hayward there was nowhere to park.  We were sitting at the curb near the consignee’s waiting for a … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →