New trip
OK, so we finished with our previous trouble trip, yanked out an empty, got that washed and now made it to our next shipper. This trip is not working out as advertised…
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Original blog posts, updates, and memories from the earlier years of BigRigTravels. Part of our Trucking Days archive.
Trouble
Well, we arrived too late yesterday because we had trouble getting an empty trailer. We arrived this morning and found out we do not have the correct pickup numbers, therefore, we cannot…
Read archived post →Plover
We found an empty trailer but by the time we reached Plover the shipper they were closed. We will take care of business in the morning starting off with a trailer washout.…
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Good Sunday Mother’s Day! We are doing the great big hunt for an empty trailer for us to drag up to Plover, get loaded, then drag it back down to Rochelle! This…
Read archived post →Dropyard
We made a trailer swap in Rochelle. Even though we left the shipper 18 hours later than we were supposed to, the delivery did not get changed. Another truck has taken the…
Read archived post →Virginia
Evening folks. We have done all we can do for tonight. While we still have two hours left on our 14, there really is nothing for a truckstop on US Highway 35…
Read archived post →Try again
Morning to all the Road Crew. Not too bad of sleep last night, but this humidity sure zaps it out of me! How in the world did I live in South Texas?…
Read archived post →well now
Welcome to a little truckstop 10 miles from the shipper. I got a knock on the door telling me that they could not load me today and to come back tomorrow. So….we…
Read archived post →Dusty
Good afternoon. We are in line to get loaded…but it might be awhile. Lots of trucks waiting here… Wow, last night really messed up my plans. I wanted to be here early…
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OK, we have arrived in Kenly to get our trailer washed out for our next shipper… On the way out of the delivery location there was a cop with his car pointed…
Read archived post →MOVE! NOW!
ACK! We just got a bang on the door telling us to move off the delivery property. It’s 130AM! This is a big empty dirt lot and after they took forever to…
Read archived post →Night
Well heck, they took forever and made sure we didn’t have enough hours to drive anywhere! We are parking in a dirt lot at the end of the driveway, so at least…
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