Darkness. The only thing that really registers are the two endless constant restraints of vision. To my left, white or yellow dashes. They are interrupted only by reflectors in a symbiotic relationship with my headlights. To my right, solid white or yellow lines with rumble strips designed to rudely bring a drowsy driver back from…
A Cowboy and a Flatbed
We shut down due to snow and ice. It was about 3 am and it started snowing, so much, so fast, that we could not see the road at all and not very far in front of us either. I saw some trucks parked at what I assume was a truck stop and got off…
Indoor Pot Farm
We got a load of AC units going to Seattle. The load paid good, and AC units are easy to secure, so we were happy. I called my job site contact to get the particulars. My goal with calling a job site contact is 1) get directions and truck entrance info, 2) find if there…
Wiggles and Snowballs
There's snow, and then there's SNOW. That is actually Willie, Elvira, and their truck "Demon" ahead of us in this picture. I'm pretty sure Gypsy flirts with Demon when we are not looking. Pffftt, teenagers! Sometime along this run, Willie called and asked, "Did you see me getting wiggly?" And I responded, "Nope, too busy…
Hay Ride
New Mexico has a Navajo Indian reservation with very large hay farms. We were dispatched a load from there hauling hay. The pay rate wasn't good, but we were going to be in a good position for a better load after delivery, and there were a few other factors that led us to accept the…
Scrambled Eggs
We got our first ranch equipment load. Big tubing gates, fence sections, and rodeo chutes. It had five stops, all in Oregon to various places including a major store in a shopping center. These locations are great for the store, tricky for the truckers delivering stuff to them. Luckily, I was able to park on…
Blue Lights and Murder
It was late at night and unusual for me to be driving. Generally, Freckles drives at night and I drive during the day. This is mostly due to Freckles being a night owl, and I, a morning person. She enjoys the less traffic and night time in general and always has. It was somewhere in…
Weed, the High Life
I felt the truck come to an abrupt stop. Sometimes this wakes me up, and sometimes it doesn't. I was only half awake when I heard a loud male voice say, "Turn on your headlights... turn on your headlights..." I heard Freckles say, "I did!?!" Then I heard a male voice say," Well, they aren't…
The Right Thing
It was night, and I was trying to find parking in order to turn the driving over to Freckles. I pulled into to an interstate rest area, just hoping to get lucky, but not really believing there would be a spot. The off ramp shoulder was full, and it was a small, tight parking area.…
Onion Tears
One of the most interesting loads we have hauled since switching to flatbed is onions. They are usually contained in 50-pound mesh bags and stacked on crates and wrapped in more mesh material. There are usually 45 such bags on each crate which equals 900 bags per load. This means 20 crates tightly loaded on…
The Adventures of Glowplug and Freckles 