Trucking Blog Archive

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

Almost time… 

Afternoon gang! Well, our trip got canceled lastnight… But we have just been sitting around waiting for word of what happens next. Finally,  here is the Grand Plan….well,  you know how plans…

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Phoenix 

We have 2 trips lined up to keep us busy until Monday morning.  We start the posted trip tonight and run overnight to Phoenix.  Then, we have a turnaround trip to get…

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Short work

Morning!  Since snowman can’t show where we are at the moment,  he just keeps staring at me. Tell him to quit it!  We are waiting for the planners to give us a…

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Southern California 

Good morning everyone.  We woke up at 230am Pacific time to make our way through the rest of the mountains and arrive at our delivery ontime.  We did pretty good and beat…

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Donners Pass

Morning!  We have an early start today and will go play in the mountains as we cross into California here shortly.  This past Sunday,  I took the Segway out for a spin…

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Battle Mountain for 30? 

Welcome to Battle Mountain,  Nevada for our 30 minute break. I have been trying to squeeze out a broadcast when possible,  but a good quality signal is impossible in some of these…

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Sun and 20!

Morning!  We picked up our for the third time and just checked our weight.  We are finally California legal! We are extremely heavy, so we can only run this trip with half…

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As The Wheels Turn 

Afternoon!  Sounds like a suitable soap opera for trucking! So, let’s count the delays shall we? We were running a day behind getting to this shipper because the previous delivery was delayed…

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Blizzard Coming 

Afternoon everyone.  We drove straight to the delivery last night. Yes, we were late because the shippers didn’t get us loaded until midnight!  582 miles straight through was not good enough.  We…

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Surprise! 

Morning.  So lastnight we finished unloading in one hour! For a grocery store,  that is unheard of, especially since when I checked in, they warned me they were short several people!  We…

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Kansas 70

Morning! I am (and have been) messing with the snowman image today. I am trying to make it handle and change sizes according to device screen size. It is a little difficult…

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