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Working Hard at Hardly Working

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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Revolving door of trucking friends.

I wrote this last year and never posted it. I think it is still relevant so here you go. Today I was talking to my trainer Carl, who is still driving and training for USXpress. We’ve stayed in touch as … Continue reading

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It Always Works Out

Seattle is a tough market for freight most of the time.  Fall, when apples and Christmas trees are running is the only exception.   January is by far the slowest time in trucking.  Rates are depressed and very few loads.  We … Continue reading

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Something fun

We haul all kinds of weird stuff but this may be the messiest that didn’t bother me.   We were in Phoenix and booked a load for the people who put on “The Color Run”.  Picking up all the material at … Continue reading

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Working for a living

Again……. Well, after the regular bumps and bruises of being an owner operator, we are finally back on the road.   Thousands of dollars in “minor” repairs and maintenance later. I could bore you with the details but we are hitting … Continue reading

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Weeerrrrreeeee Baaaaaacccckkk

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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Great Timing

So we went to a wedding in Scottsdale Arizona a week and a half ago.  What an amazing long weekend.  I will let Anne post about that but we headed out on Monday looking for a load.  I found a … Continue reading

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Are you ready for some football?!?!

I am. Last weekend we stopped in Colorado for the Rocky Mountain Showdown. Colorado State Univ vs University of Colorado. CJ didn’t get to play but what an exciting game!!! We won. Then we headed to WI for a load … Continue reading

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OK, Really, Enough Goofing Off

I generally cannot take more than three days off before I start to get jumpy and feeling like I am a total slacker.  Anne, however, does not suffer from this affliction and would be happy to take a month off … Continue reading

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Where did they all come from?

So, a few days ago Anne put up a post about Chick-fil-A and her experience there and “Miss Mary”.  Somebody, somewhere has done something with that post (we think on Facebook) and our blog has exploded with new views.  We … Continue reading

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