Oh Canada!

i'd be a happy man if i could run the rockies from alaska to colorado. the rockies and the cascades. very happy.

 

A company that I worked for long time ago used to have a run, once every month, Minneapolis to Anchorage. Many drivers wanted that run, but only one got it. It was Cat Generators, and then back mt. Flatbed.

 

I worked for a company that had a similar kind of run hauling bulk grease for mining equipment from St. Louis to Hyder, AK. They used a three-compartment piston trailer so it was empty from Calgary to St. Louis, loaded to Hyder and then empty back to Calgary. That was a highly sought-after run, about 5,500 miles round-trip.




EDIT: Before anyone gets their panties in a twist about a Canadian company hauling a load originating and terminating in the U.S., the mine was actually in B.C., but the only way to get there was via Hyder (which can only be reached by road via B.C.).

 

Were you working for trimac then? We had a trailer like that when I drove for them, branch11 Ogden Road.

 

ECL... I started with them when they were still just down the street from Trimac.

 

i'm a canadian at swift and i'm waiting for my citizenship to start doing those runs... i think it would worth it once i lease a truck

 

good luck cannuck--how much time do you have left before the mean green card--or do you have it all ready???
i think the citizen part only comes to play for military loads-if you have a green card you are good to go