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Farm2Fleet’s new opportunity

As you know, if you have read this blog, we are leased on to Farm2Fleet. A somewhat small, very fast growing, trucking company out of Chattanooga. We love it here and have no plans to go anywhere else. We did … Continue reading

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Annual “King of the Road” survey

I received an email last week from Atlas Van Lines with this information.  Somebody there found our blog and asked us to pass this along.  Pretty good information.  I am posting a link to the full survey, which is pretty … Continue reading

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I Am Not Sure I am This Brave

A couple of weeks ago we received an email from Elizabeth.  Her husband Lee is a truck driver and they follow our blog.  I have really struggled with this post as I am just sick about what has happened to … Continue reading

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

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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Typical Wyoming Winter Day

Out for a nice relaxing drive across Wyoming. So over this brutal winter.  Last year was so mild we got spoiled. Aaaaaand….we almost made it.  35 miles to Utah.  We got stopped for about 6 hours until they opened it … Continue reading

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Shut Down in Illinois

Well, it does not happen often but the weather has stopped us for a bit.  I think we are nearing the Southern end of the storm so I will watch the radar and get moving if we can.  We are … Continue reading

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As We End Another Year

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

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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Groundhog Day

Still not totally sure what we are going to do with the truck.  A lot of the “help” we were getting from the dealer has not materialized and we are debating saving $10,000 and putting in a used engine.  We … Continue reading

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Everything Old Is New Again

Or it will be. It turns out the truck engine is toast.  Even an in-frame (engine rebuild) is not enough.  The dealer took our engine apart to find out exactly what is wrong and the fuel in the oil has … Continue reading

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