Had a nice little surprise yesterday. Was dropping a trailer at the WalMart DC in Gordonsville, VA. Saw a lady trucker climbing into her rig....
Houff requires all their drivers to have a hazmat endorsement, and I went and took the hazmat test and submitted the paperwork for a background...
They dunno. There are some correlations. Folks with diabetes tend to get it more often than folks without. Women tend to get it more than men....
A couple days ago, I found out an interesting thing. There is a malady called "trigger finger". Like, this is the actual, official name that...
I do deliver into and around Philly a fair amount. We deliver to a beer distributor that's in Philly proper, and also a regular pick up down near...
Oh yeah. They've got trucks with 800k miles on 'em. They say they're thinking about revising that policy for the newer trucks like my 2026...
Nah, they don't (as far as I know) actually stop you from leaving if you're overweight, and they'll rework you if you ask. But yeah, they do run...
Yesterday's excitement, told a day late: Was picking up at the Coors brewery in Elkton, VA. When you pick up a load there, you have to scale out...
Musta been the wrong size skivvies.
I got back today and found out that my truck had been taken to the Weyers Cave terminal for some repairs. So they gave me a loaner. So the plan...
Back in the truck after my two-week vacation. First trip out? 7 hours so far at the receiver. And counting.
Off for two weeks. My dad is turning 80 next week, and those milestones don't come around often. So me and my daughter are driving out to...
Wooo!
Bracket got bent as you can see. Mudflap itself has a 3-inch tear in it now, down at the bottom, but is otherwise both legal and functional.
I have had trailer tires blow out before. This is the first time I've had two tires blow at once. [ATTACH] Both tires on the rear axle,...
Yep. I was there early in the week myself. Recycling plant. We pick up bales of scrap cardboard there. I'll wave at you next time I pass through.
Well, it's been a month and change. You make it on board? How are things going?
When I started here and found out that all their trailers have a manual tandem release, I bought myself a pair of vice grips. They have remained...
Was looking at my settlement sheet for last week, and discovered that I'd been paid $250 for driving on Memorial Day. When I drove for Abilene, I...
Had to pick up a load of scrap cardboard in Burlington, NC today. Getting to the shipper requires going down some tight-ish semi-urban streets,...
