Trucking Blog Archive

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

Hotdogs!

Hotdogs,  cheeseburger hotdogs to be exact,  is what’s for lunch today as we take our 30 minute break.  We started out early this morning at about 4am and so far covered Missouri,…

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California 

Afternoon.  We are waiting in line for a door to get loaded up at this shipper. We only have  1.5 hours left to drive today once we do get loaded and hit…

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Twists!

Morning.  Well we were set yesterday to do our trip, but remember the other day a driver brought us an empty trailer and he took our load and finished the delivery?  Well,…

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Ohio

We had to stop short of delivery yesterday.  I have been fighting allergies and sinus infection since I took time off. I tried my best to make the final delivery but finally…

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Morning 

Good morning everyone.  Yesterday was a very long day. We arrived two hours late, but they took us as soon as we got there. Allergies have been in full force lately and…

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Mississippi 

We started out early this morning but quickly ran into delays since I went to scale out my load, they put me overweight and way too heavy on the back end.  It…

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Hurry up and wait

Afternoon yall. Well this first trip sure is being a pain from the beginning!  We arrived at the shipper, dropped our empty trailer and have bobtailed to the truckstop.  The load was…

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Back to work! 

Morning.  I am waiting for the planners to find us our next trip.  On my few days off, I got to visit Selma again and also revisited Cahaba,  Alabama for the first…

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Selma

Afternoon!  Today me and a bud will make a visit to Selma, Alabama. I used to work and live here in the early 1990’s. Since it has been awhile, I will take…

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Alabama! 

We are waiting to make the first delivery here in Montgomery,  Alabama.  Once we get unloaded here, we will hand our trailer off to another driver so they can continue on and…

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Bham 

Afternoon!  We made our delivery and even though it was a very tight place to maneuver around,  we got the job done in a timely manner.  Our next trip is posted and…

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Break 

Welcome to Tennessee!  We are taking our break on the Tennessee and Kentucky state line as we continue towards Birmingham,  Alabama!  Nice day for a Sunday drive, but it sure is sticky!

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