This is almost embarrassing, but I know the ladies will enjoy this.

When I made my pick up, the trailer was about an inch and a half too high. It's heavy loaded and, try as I might, I couldn't get it to crank down.

Another Schneider driver, female, was close by. So I asked her what we do in these instances. She came over to get a look see at my dilemma. She also complained about the old style compared to the new ratcheting cranks.

Then she says, "here's ...

What can I say? I've done almost all the driving. Yesterday I logged 400 miles exactly.

Today we left Menomonie, WI. In my first week now I have driven in the snow, saw a deer on the RR tracks, saw a county worker with a trailer load of roadkill deer and my TE spotted a bear on the side of the road. (A REAL bear, not a cop.)

We ran hard straight to Indianapolis to the Schneider OC. I pulled into the yard with one minute left on my drive clock. Woulda made it just a lil ...