Ya not gonna be happy…
Ok so we attempted to depart at 430am this morning but no juice to start the truck. Even though we had the truck in Optimode, which automatically starts the truck when the…
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Original blog posts, updates, and memories from the earlier years of BigRigTravels. Part of our Trucking Days archive.
Try as we may…
Howdy! Boy, the hours tick away and the appointments just get more complicated when customers take way longer to load or unload. We have decided to go ahead and shutdown for the…
Read archived post →Mad Rush?
Good Monday morning Road Crew! We arrived at our delivery this morning at 0415am. Let’s review shall we? We loaded on Friday afternoon and was told to rush to get to the…
Read archived post →Run for Arkansas
Good Sunday morning! The sun is peeking over the horizon so we better get rolling towards Arkansas so we can get into position to make our 5am delivery!
Read archived post →Double tire in Colorado
We are finally getting both trailer tires replaced. New tires on a new trailer but one had a nail in it and the other had a cut. This does put us behind…
Read archived post →No Go update
Morning! The bosses are scrambling to solve our dilemma. We had two hours left and 89 more miles to go to delivery. The distance alone could only be done at highway speeds.…
Read archived post →August already
Morning! The allergies have been off the charts for me so we have been dragging lately. We will run the rest of Interstate 70 then scoot down 15.
Read archived post →Ready for the Rockies?
Good lunchtime almost! We are just waiting for our rest clock to end so we can get out of here. I don’t know exactly what is in these hills around here, but…
Read archived post →430am!
Good super early morning. We just shutdown on our next shipper’s property. Wait. Shutdown? Yup. Our delivery appointment yesterday was set for 7pm. We showed up an hour early. They put us…
Read archived post →Oh boy!
Ok, so not sure how I made a simple statement about us turning down a load (and for good reason) solicited so many negative comments! This will teach me to keep more…
Read archived post →110?
Egads, gonna be 110f here today in Phoenix says the weather app! Crank up the air conditioning! Many thanks for all the birthday wishes. Between emails, Facebook, Twitter, etc, there are so…
Read archived post →Friday in California
Howdy! We were unable to get another driver to take our delivery for us last night so we ended up doing it. It wasn’t really all that bad, but we were so…
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