Tag Archives: USX

2012 in review

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Craig

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 39,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this … Continue reading →

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One week as contractors

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Craig

Well, it seems trucking as a contractor is a whole lot like trucking as a company driver. You have the best of intentions…… We did not get out of Irving until Tuesday. We did not have the Cab Card (basically … Continue reading →

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A Pretty Great Month

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Craig

OK, a whole month between posts. I have the best of intentions but just been too lazy to do it. Had a great month really, got to stop in La Quinta CA to have dinner with one of my favorite … Continue reading →

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I feel a bit inadequate

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Craig

So this guy just walked by us in the restaurant wearing a shirt about three sizes too small. Anne says “he is trying to make his muscles look bigger……….you should try that” Always building up my ego. Lol

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We Get Around

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Craig

I think it is amazing how many people look at our blog, and from all over the world. We started this blog on December 13th, 2010 as we were finishing CDL school and choosing a company. I was pretty surprised … Continue reading →

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The Rockies in the Fall

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Craig

Just a beautiful drive this time of year…….completely different one month from now

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Change is a good thing….we hope.

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Craig

11 Months ago we moved to the reefer (refrigerated) board and for the first six months it was just awesome. USX had just started a reefer division and our Fleet Manager Phyllis was in charge of it and she is … Continue reading →

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Chivalry is alive and well.

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Anne Leonard

I have been thinking about this blog for awhile. I keep meaning to write and then next thing I know it’s my turn to drive…again. When you have two people driving that happens a lot LOL. There are so many … Continue reading →

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Sweet Home Wisconsin

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Craig

This week anyway. We are at my sisters in Oshkosh for my Niece’s wedding. Love family time…..also love getting away from family time, lol. We got to Chicago Tuesday afternoon on a load of Campbells Soup to Kenosha Wisconsin that did not … Continue reading →

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Inside the International ProStar….with video

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Craig

So, they finally caught up to us and has us stop in our Lexington NC Terminal to get a new truck. We were pretty frustrated about it because we felt we had just broken in our Freightliner Cascadia at 350,000 … Continue reading →

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