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Another Rough Weekend

I ran solo down to Tampa on Sunday then back to central Georgia then ran empty home.   We have decided that since rates suck we would rather sit at home waiting for a good load than be idling in the … Continue reading

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Family and Friends Matter

Craig and I are blessed with the best of friends. Friends we’ve had since we were kids, high school. College, early married life, divorce, remarriage and trucking life. I love meeting new people and love my old peeps dearly. This … Continue reading

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Home Time Matters

We have been doing very well.  Two months since my last post.  We have a saying or slogan or motto (you pick) at Farm2Fleet  “SLACKERS UNITE!”  Boy, have we been living up to expectations. Moving to Chattanooga two years ago … 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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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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Big Storm

Wow, God is awesome.  Look at this sunset in Kansas. Who woulda thought that could lead to this. We made it to Colorado for the Rocky Mountain Showdown (Colorado State vs Colorado Football Game)  CSU kicked butt and we had … 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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A Ralph….I Mean Rough Week

Oh my goodness have we been sick.  We are actually working for a living right now and not sitting at home.  Got a load of astroturf for the football stadium at Wilsonville Highschool in Oregon.  We had a near disaster … 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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$$$$…GULP…$$$$

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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