Tag Archives: US Xpress

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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Cool Convoy

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Craig

Cool Convoy

These guys passed us (a couple of times)  Anne ask on the cb if they were a racing team and they said yes but would not say who.  Awesome trucks. Continue reading →

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Max in a Panic

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Craig

Max in a Panic

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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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Not Fun

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Craig

So Anne just woke me up.  She was crying and shaking like a leaf;  In Western Nebraska in a bad storm and three trucks right in front of her just slid off the freeway.  It is the  ice and wind … 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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TOTALLY sweating our way through the south…..

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Okay when Craig wrote the earlier blog we were sitting in a restaurant with air conditioning. Can I tell you how hot it is at 6:40 pm. The temp in the  bunk just says an H. Which means it is … 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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A bump in the road

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Craig

Well, we had a bit of a scare this last week.  We had a load of kitchen cabinets that picked up in Indiana and had three deliveries in the Bay Area. Sacramento, Fresno and Union City.  The problem with this load … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago Today

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Craig

It is hard to believe that a year ago today we got on a Greyhound bus to Dallas Texas for orientation at US Xpress. We quickly realized that we would never travel by bus again but so began the adventure. … Continue reading →

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