Morning TGIF
Good morning to all of ya. We terminated our trip here at the shop in Edwardsville and let another driver make the delivery for us. We kept getting brake alarms, ABS failures,…
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Original blog posts, updates, and memories from the earlier years of BigRigTravels. Part of our Trucking Days archive.
Drive!!
OK, here is yesterday’s drive on Us Highway 160 West in Colorado. Not much of a signal, which is why I opted to record…. As soon as my time lets me drive,…
Read archived post →Loading
Afternoon ya’ll. We are actively loading at the shipper in Monte Vista, Colorado. Nice day so far. I made a hard recording of our run Westbound on Us Highway 160 and will…
Read archived post →Rough
Day today. We showed up for delivery an hour early and they put us in the door two hours late! We had to give up one of our trips because we were…
Read archived post →Sun is up
Morning! Not much been going on lately, just the same ol trucking along. It sure is starting to get cooler, must be about time to officially drag out the ear muffs, gloves,…
Read archived post →Utah breao
Afternoon to ya. We are taking our break just before we get out of Echo Canyon in Utah and head West on Interstate 84 towards our delivery. Mighty chilly this morning at…
Read archived post →Flannel time
Morning! Brrr. It’s starting to get chilly at night! Lastnight I noticed the Wyoming traffic cameras showing low visibility due to blowing snow…. Looks like it won’t bother us today, but it…
Read archived post →Let’s go!
Afternoon ya’ll! We didn’t get to go underground this time, instead we got loaded right at the entrance! Let’s go see what miles we can get in today! All weights are good…
Read archived post →Emporia
Afternoon ya’ll. We made the first delivery lastnight but had to go to our terminal to hand the trailer over to another driver so they could make this morning’s deliver.. We have…
Read archived post →On our way!
Good morning gang. We finally got out of that place yesterday after about 32 hours. Completely stupid. We are on our way to our first delivery that occurs tonight. The final delivery…
Read archived post →Zoo!
Well, our load was supposed to be preloaded at 1am on Thursday. Then they changed it to 1am on Friday. Now it is 930am and they still haven’t even started yet. The…
Read archived post →Ugh!
Morning! Well I rushed to get out of hotel and was all ready to begin our next trip. The trailer was supposed to be preloaded at 1am this morning… But when I…
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