Category Archives: CDL Team

We need to buy a car for California

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Craig

We are here so much we are actually talking about buying a cheap car to leave at the Colton terminal.  We are spending $150 to $200 a month for rental cars here so if we can find a deal we … Continue reading →

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The Great White North

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Craig

So, before Anne threw herself from the truck (there is a nasty rumor she was pushed) there we were, happily running on I-80 across Ohio very early in the morning when the truck computer dings with a message. “We need … Continue reading →

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Remember those famous last words…. 3 points of contact.

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Anne Leonard

REMEMBER THEM!!!!! We had just pulled into a receiver and was ready to drop the load. I was a little confused by the set up. At the entrance they had a barrel so you couldn’t pull in. I was distracted … Continue reading →

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Oooops….That is where I wanted to park

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Craig

So….I had my first accident.  It was just a fender bender and a combination of me being distracted, tired and just bad timing.  We will get back to this later. We had a great week coming out of home time … Continue reading →

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Where the heck did Anne go?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Anne Leonard

I can’t believe I haven’t made a post in awhile. I hate that. I have the best of intentions and then the next thing I know I am driving or I am sleeping. One of the two and I think … Continue reading →

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Update

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Craig

We did get out of Freightliner, finally.  Had a great sushi dinner with our friends Meaghan and Sean, I got a little sleep then we headed to Whittier for a 2 am FedEx pickup to Portland. We also have a … Continue reading →

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Whoops, that hissing sound cannot be good

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Craig

So we had a great time in Charlotte NC.  We dropped in Ashville and headed down to Charlotte where we basically had the day off as our FedEx pickup was not until 3:00 AM the next day.  We dropped our … Continue reading →

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Third Time Is a Charm

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Craig

OK, I will not try to type up a blog post on my tablet ever again.  Two times now I have composed big long posts and since the tablet does not save drafts I have lost them when I lost … Continue reading →

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Vacation is over

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Craig

Since they cannot figure out what is wrong with our truck after three days, our fleet manager has found us a new truck and we are being reseated.  They are getting us a rental car now and we need to … Continue reading →

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Sweatin’ our way through the South

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Craig

Well, not really sweating, but not really comfortable either. The air conditioning on the truck is out again. We could have put it in the shop at Freightliner in Colton California but we had the hours to make it across … Continue reading →

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