I live in Alberta and most of the snow is gone off my front lawn even. I haven't used 4x4 in my pickup for a few days. Depending on when you...
So funny. I do a yearly check through this site. Even though I've moved on from trucking I still often think about trucking (at least a weekly...
I received some emails over the past few years telling me about new postings to this thread. I decided to finally check them today for fun and...
I was at work and saw the smoke from our building. We thought they were practicing the pyro display. I didn't get a chance to get down to the...
I believe that story. I used to run into California all the time and there were a few occasions at the Dunsmuir grade scale where they were...
Go natural fibers. If you are ever near a fire with synthetic fibers they will melt and stick to you. Stick to cottons and wools. Some of my...
Get ready to see a state that's nothing like what it seems on TV. That's all I am going to say. Have fun! LMAO
In my case....flatbed with 1 year experience. Not paid for unloading/loading, sitting around waiting for loads, stuck in road closures, or...
Exact same thing with me. When I run at night I always plan a food stop around sunrise. At sundown it sometimes happens to me as well, but once...
We had a new guy at an automotive shop I worked at. We sent him to a parts store to grab a metric pipe wrench and a muffler bearing. We called...
if it took 2 hours to load at some of these union places that would be great......problem is they seem to take 5 to 10 hours to do what could be...
I agree, unless I'm loading/unloading, I try and keep my entire work day (BREAKS INCLUDED) averaging over 50mph counting the miles spread out...
aaaahhhh this is one of my pet peeves. My truck isn't goverened either, so I've had to deal with the same thing as you many times. I usually...
I've had 2 full inspections, 3 walk-around and logbook checks, and several logbook-only checks in the past year. When I got the full inspections...
Nothing beats mountain driving at night during the summer when you let the jake wide open around corners. Just you, the road, the mountain...
Amen brother!! I'm running super singles. Hauling 60 foot beams on a 48 foot flatbed in icy mountain conditions on super singles with...
I park, finish my day with an hour or so of off duty time and then the rest sleeper time. I finish my post-trip info, ending mileage, yadda...
I'm sitting at 128K and have a couple more weeks to go until I've been driving tractor/trailer for 1 year. (drove straight trucks in the oilfield...
When I was in the oilfield I was driving to another wellsite after working 46 continuous hours working at the previous site. I saw what looked...
My boss designed a special attachment onto the back of his flatbed trailer that lets him load his harley onto it. It doesn't sit on the deck,...
