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Waiting for a load, or rather waiting for some paperwork before we can even ask for a load, and I am getting antsy. It has been a week since the Young Lady from Olympia took her physical test, and we STILL have no letter from the doctor. Seems between the physical therapy clinic taking a few days to get the report done and sent, and the doctor ( Read more... )

Haven't reported lately, have been a bit tired and not too motivated. A lot of it has been that it has been too hot to sleep well, and too noisy with the truck running. Oh, well.

Have been listening to the sattelite radio Radio Classics channel lately, and found I enjoy the mysteries the most. Not too hot on Inner Sanctum and some of the others ( Read more... )

Things sometimes go well, and then there is the last couple of weeks. Usually I take the little problems in stride, with the help of my driving partner, the YLfO, but due to a bureaucratic foulup with her health card she isn't with me right now. So that's one thing ( Read more... )

Things went pretty smoothly after leaving Spokane, and we made the three deliveries in and around Seattle on Wednesday morning. Last drop was in Everett about noon, and they sent us a new load immediately. Nice. Went to Redmond to pick up a Genie, And I had hauled plenty of those with the old company ( Read more... )

Soon after fueling in Butte, the YLfO noticed the truck wasn't running well, and soon there was no turbocharger operation at all. A big truck engine with a turbocharger feels about like a regular car motor without a charger, and a truck without a turbo is a dog indeed ( Read more... )

May have to do this in installments, but here goes.

Last update we sat in Billings waiting for the shop to have time for us. To avoid any tension or source of stress for my reader I will state right off that the Freightliner shop in Billings, MT cannot find their derriere with both hands and a flashlight ( Read more... )

So we sit ( Read more... )

Sitting in Salina, KS waiting to shower. Been a slow day. We delivered our load yesterday, then were told our load out wouldn't load until today. Then we didn't finish loading until late, about 7:30 local time ( Read more... )

Just driving and driving and more driving. Not much else. The YLfO had a blowout on the trailer last night, and it took out the tire next to it as well. So I spent the better part of the morning getting road service out to put on two new tires. Six hundred sixty-four bucks and change. Transportation. That is why the price of your Wheaties is going ( Read more... )