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Working Hard at Hardly Working

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Craig

OK, not really.  We have actually been running as hard as we can but we keep getting unexpected breaks. After we finished the UPS job, we got home on New Years Eve and we took the first three weeks of … Continue reading →

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Weeerrrrreeeee Baaaaaacccckkk

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Craig

Whew…. We have been out of the loop for a long time.  For the last couple of months we agreed to a contract to provide outside services to UPS.  Last year UPS got slammed mostly due to all of the … Continue reading →

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$$$$…GULP…$$$$

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Craig

So we are home for the week because the truck had a bunch of smallish problems.  I can call even expensive repairs smallish after the expense of replacing the engine last year.  Some of the problems were serious such as … Continue reading →

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Key West Continued

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Craig

So, we had an amazing time in Key West.  We were up in Pennsylvania and there were no loads, I mean no loads available heading South.  Normally we would just follow the money and head somewhere else but this was … Continue reading →

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Enough Time Has Passed

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Craig

OK, I have waited long enough.  About two years ago we had an interesting experience. Anne posted a blog sometime in the Spring of 2012 about a great paycheck we received.  Because of just missing the pay cutoff on a 2500 … Continue reading →

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Friends on the road.

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Anne Leonard

3 years ago we made friends with a couple in the truck next to us. Kathi and Ken Cross. Little did I know how big an impact they would have on my trucking life or what good friends we would … Continue reading →

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I am so over winter. I want spring to last as long.

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Anne Leonard

This has been the worst winter we have been out on the road. At least in my book it is. We have had brakes freeze, -25 degrees without wind and just too much dang snow/ice. We left Pa last night … Continue reading →

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Beat the Drum and Hold the Phone……

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Craig

the sun came out today….were born again there’s new grass on the field….rounding third and headed for home is a brown eyed handsome man…..everyone can understand the way I feel…..Put me in coach! (John Fogerty) Only One More Day!!! Until … Continue reading →

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As We End Another Year

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Craig

Even with all the truck problems we have been so blessed this year.  The friends we have made and the friends we have kept along with our awesome family are just more than we deserve.  Our kids are doing so … Continue reading →

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Not a Great Re-start

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Craig

LOL, wow what a sucky day.  There was a reason we wanted to run a short run to get started.  Had a great round trip 350 miles each way that was paying GREAT Wednesday.  Got in the truck at 4 … Continue reading →

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