These highways and cities have a certain rhythm and hum to them. After a while, what was once terrifying and foreign is something that just becomes a part of me. I can see why people fall in love with these big cities. They all have a certain flavor that my mind tastes, and although big…
Our Duty
Almost 2 years ago, since my last post, we changed companies and bought a new truck. This company is a dry van/flatbed company and exclusively for owner operators. We chose the dry van division and have enjoyed having our choice of loads and destinations. There haven't been very many interesting stories to share, I felt,…
Our Duty
Almost 2 years ago, we changed companies and bought a new truck. This company is a dry van/flatbed company and exclusively for owner operators. We chose the dry van division and have enjoyed having our choice of loads and destinations. There haven't been very many interesting stories to share, I felt, until now. I have…
Tommy!
We ran a load to Center Point Oregon. It was a metal building, siding panels, beams, etc. I arrived at the address which had two open gated driveways into the woods. The first driveway was nice and wide and inviting, the second... I didn't know if I could even make the turn into it. It…
I’m a Male Chauvinist Pig
We have been to a pipe and conduit shipper in Long Beach, CA many times. Today I remembered this was the place we tarped for the very first time in the beginning. When I say we didn't know how to tarp, I mean we really had no idea. We struggled with the tarps pulling this…
Gypsy Takes a Boat Ride
We accepted a load going from Battle Ground Washington to La Pointe Wisconsin. The dispatch message stated that we would have to take a ferry to get to the receiver. I was immediately over the top excited about that as I have never been on a ferry. I called the shipper to confirm the load…
Crazy Folks?
Freckles and I were thinking back on some of the various people we have encountered out here. There have been so many, I have forgotten a lot of them. Here are a few of the most interesting I remember: A guy with major tattoos, on his face, and every other visible piece of skin on…
Solo And Messy
I decided to run solo while Freckles jumped off for over a week to help our oldest daughter move due to a change in her career. A very exciting time and Freckles is exactly the person to help her. The first load I picked up resulted in a mechanical issue which required Gypsy being in…
The Big Apple
New York is a state like no other. There are five "Boroughs" and that's just the city that shares its name. Upstate, Western, and Northwestern. There is agriculture, livestock, and more culture than can simply be summed up in one blog story. When we started flat-bedding, we got our first load to NYC and we…
San Francisco Treat
We rented a car to visit family in San Francisco CA for thanksgiving. We had to rent a car because there is no where desirable to park a truck, or a car for that matter. So we parked at a trucking terminal, in Salt Lake City, and had service performed on our truck while we…
Shhhh….
We got our preloaded trailer and we’re throwing straps at about 2 AM. We were in a “drop lot” and there were five trucks next to and across from us. I wanted to be quiet as there are people asleep in those trucks. Well, as we all may or may not know, of all the…
The Adventures of Glowplug and Freckles 