Trucking Blog Archive

Original blog posts, updates, and memories from the earlier years of BigRigTravels. Part of our Trucking Days archive.

Pack!

Pack, pack, pack! Then off to the doctor to talk with him, then jump in the car and head on up to Michigan for a few days! Lastnight the storms in the…

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Time off!

WooHoo! Time for time off! This seems like forever in getting here. We had an easy day and delivery this morning and made our way up to the Elgin area for a…

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Rice?

Welcome to Rice Lake, Wisconsin where it is perfectly cool with a nice breeze! We arrived early to our preloaded trailer – so that means it is not preloaded yet! HA! We…

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Map

Well guess I better redraw the map! Slight detour due to us getting dangerously close to our 14 hour clock, we had to get parked asap! We made it with 32 minutes…

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Minnesota!

Welcome to Minnesota! It has been awhile since we rolled through here and I do not recall ever unloading from this area before… It is a beautiful sunny day here with enough…

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Elgin

We are about halfway to our delivery which takes place tomorrow late afternoon…so we might as well shutdown for the day. Good easy day today and I expect tomorrow to be the…

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Ohiana

We finally was able to pick up our load and scale it out. All legal and we made it to the Ohio and Indiana state lines. Literally we are right on the…

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Pickup

Afternoon! We had a great unloading experience this morning – in and out in just one hour! Remember the days of one hour photofinishing? I did that for Fox Photo back in…

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Slohio

Welcome to Ohio! This is the best fuel island view I can muster up for tonight. Not bad I’d say… We are done for the day and will finish up with an…

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New York

Good morning from New York! I decided to show up a few hours early and guess what? They put us in a door and started loading right away! Woohoo, I love early…

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Changes

Howdy! How many times did our trip change today?  Lots. The first posted trip changed pick up locations, then the time changed, then location again. Then they messed it up so bad…

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Monday

Morning! Many thanks for the birthday comments, emails and cards yesterday! All of them were appreciated. We are waiting for the planners to finish their coffee and find us some roads to…

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