Trucking Blog Archive

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

Mad!

So I get up at midnight in order to take care of “emergency ” business and drop this trailer only to be given a list of 7 trailers to use….that are not…

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34 hour restart

Howdy.  Here is the latest information for you.  Because of the weather delays and shipper overloading us, we missed our delivery appointment in Madison,  Wisconsin.  The additional time spent driving in winter…

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Compromise?

Good afternoon from Walton, Kentucky! Hope you enjoyed this trip and especially the early morning delivery down that skinny street in Chicago! It has been a very fast paced, multiple long days…

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Sunday Morning Bobtail

Good morning America! We made our drop and hook delivery then searched several places for an empty trailer. No luck. Planners finally gave up and gave me permission to play Bobtail Bob…

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Sunday video

We are almost to our delivery in Rochelle, Illinois. Right after we drop this trailer we will begin our time off. Be sure to watch the blog Tuesday for a special announcement!

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11 Years of Broadcasting!

Friday February 8th 2019 is our 11th anniversary! Starting right now, we are adding another feature page to the BigRigTravels website. If you look at the menu, click on the Trip Journal.…

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Afternoon delivery

Good Sunday afternoon to ya. We are just dragging our feet a bit since we have a later afternoon delivery scheduled and we can’t arrive too early. We already have the next…

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Delivered!

Good morning/afternoon! We finally got to make our delivery last night in Layton, Utah. Man, it sure felt like Ground Hog day for sure with all the back and forth trips trying…

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Plans changed

Well, Well. The original plan had us dropping this loaded trailer at the customer at 8pm Wednesday night. Then, since we were running more than 24 hours early, arrangements were supposedly made…

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