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…
Read archived post →Trucking Blog Archive
Original blog posts, updates, and memories from the earlier years of BigRigTravels. Part of our Trucking Days archive.
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…
Read archived post →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…
Read archived post →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…
Read archived post →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…
Read archived post →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…
Read archived post →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…
Read archived post →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…
Read archived post →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…
Read archived post →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…
Read archived post →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…
Read archived post →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…
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