Emergency Trip Completed
Howdy ! Ok, we have officially put this two delivery, 2000 mile trip behind us. We managed to pull it off leaving just 1hr and 1min on our 70hr clock. We only gain 5hrs tonight, so we will sit and do a 34hr restart. Our next load is now posted but will not be ready […]
Westbound and Down!
After several unexpected days at the house, we finally have a long trip that will get us out of the East and back towards the West. We pick up our preloaded trailer right here in Belvidere, Illinois Thursday morning and run for 1300 miles! If you were watching the last few minutes of today’s broadcast, […]
Freight Update 9/9/22
Hey gang! Just thought I’d give an update about what’s going on. The truck completed it’s scheduled maintenance and we are on the load board waiting for our next trip. Now, the bad news – freight in the entire South is at it’s lowest point of the last two years. The pandemic caused freight to […]
Delays and confusion
What Up Road Crew!? We are in a delay status for the moment. It seems the tractor tire came off the rim, not completely, but not secured airtight and inflated. An observation shows no holes, nails, or damage to the tire. The tire was fine at our delivery but as soon as we got to […]
Out of time!
Hey gang! As we discussed several times today and yesterday, we are in need of a 34 hour restart. We made our delivery this morning and made it to the truckstop with just 30 minutes left on the 70hr clock. We covered 320 miles today, and a total of 2,590 miles in the last 8 […]
Sun’s Coming Up!
Just an update for ya, yesterday we got the CalBit inspection done, damage report done, spare tire change out, a few permits updated. Today, Tuesday, the freightliner tech will be handling 2 active recalls against this model and year of truck. We are waiting on word about a new mirror assembly replacement as well.
Get Ready for Cross Country!
Ok, time for an update. Today’s delivery had a noon scheduled live unload. We showed up about 1030am hoping to get started early. Well, no such luck since we were told to come back at 3pm. We did, and finally got unloaded about an hour later. Now, our next trip was to be preloaded next […]
July 5th! Vacation is over!
Hey everybody , hope you managed to survive any BRT withdrawals. We had a great time at Belvidere Heritage Days and the Duck Derby last weekend. BigRigTravels and SetpowerUSA are teaming up to give one of our viewers a free 12 inch battery operated floor fan! Check out this video for full details! https://youtu.be/rzOXt290cTo We […]
Belvidere Heritage Update
The City of Belvidere has officially canceled everything for today but moved ALL events to tomorrow. This graphic shows the new times for Sunday. Full day of activities tomorrow, so see ya Sunday!
200 Ducks!
Hey! It’s absolutely great this vacation! But, I do miss the road crew and driving! I was just told there are 200 ducks left before they are sold out. Let’s rally together and help the Belvidere Lions Club for the second year in a row! Check out the homepage on how to buy your ducks […]
Lost Stream! OH no
Hey! The phone kept cool and we were still broadcasting when we got back to the truck and turned the air on. Apparently we were 1 minute too late because the phone did overheat. Anyway , I was on the fence about if we should stop or keep going today. Really not enough time to […]
void void void missing gone!
ok, so, guess I better update things. We already discussed the load problems in the last blog post about quality control delays with this trip. This morning everything was sorted out and we were to pick up that same loaded trailer and deliver to the same scheduled location. We have been searching for our loaded […]