Tag Archives: US Xpress

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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Revolving door of trucking friends.

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Anne Leonard

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

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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Great Timing

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Craig

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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Big Storm

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Craig

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

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Craig

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

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Craig

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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Not good for me.

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Craig

We would go broke and the product would never make it to the delivery.  I have a bit of an addiction.

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Where did they all come from?

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Craig

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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$$$$…GULP…$$$$

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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