Trucking Blog Archive

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

From the vault

Afternoon ya’ll. I was snooping around the recesses of the Video Vault files and I found this old video from July 6, 2009. I figured I would show you the video of…

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Time off

Good morning all. We took 8 hours sleep lastnight then ran through Chicagoland to our dropyard and got rid of our trailer. Now, it’s nap time to finish the other two hours…

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Long day!

We made our delivery in Columbus,  Ohio as planned.  We had to go to two different customers to find an empty, usable trailer for our next shipper.  We managed to get out…

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Dangit!

Well we arrived at our shipper a few hours early hoping it would be ready. Nope, no such luck this time.  No sweat since it was scheduled to be released by 3pm.…

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Windy!

Howdy! We had an early start this morning leaving Gary, Indiana and making our way to our delivery.  We have taken the country roads of US Highways 20 and 47 to get…

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Pet a kangaroo? 

Morning gang! We made our delivery this morning and it was pretty painless. We have dragged our empty trailer down to our next shipper in Horse Caves, Kentucky.  I called to see…

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Dinner 

Evening to all. We have arrived for the night at pretty much the closest we can to Louisville.  We deliver first thing in the morning.  We already have our next trip lined…

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Early! 

Hey! Our load was scheduled to pick up tonight at 2330. Yesterday,  I kept thinking I should call the shipper just to see if one in a million shot it would be…

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A few changes 

Morning!  Yeah, more changes on the website.  You should still be able to find everything.  Basically,  I moved the trip map under the trip tracker so all current trip information is seen…

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Accomplished! 

Afternoon!  We just got done with our delivery in Cheyenne,  Wyoming.  It has been a very fast trip from Illinois to Wyoming in basically less than a day and a half. It…

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Super splits!

Afternoon gang.  It was an adventurous drive last night. Rain all night made the roads slick. We saw a big truck jackknifed on the otherside, then later a car spun out, then…

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Cheyenne 

Morning!  After spending the night in the parking lot of our delivery we are almost done unloading here. We will scoot down to the next shipper and wait until our loading appointment…

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