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…
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…
Fierce Freckles
We stopped at a truck stop in Mississippi to eat. Across the street was a fast food restaurant, and we decided to go eat there because of time constraints. The restaurant was attached to a gas station. The entire building was small compared to other similar setups we have visited. It was just us and…
Gypsy
We walked the lot full of available trucks as we looked at a list provided to us. They were all beautiful, but we saw a ten speed black Freightliner with teal graphics, and it was love at first sight. However, it was not on the list. So we kept walking and eventually talked about the…
Zombies and the Deafness
Willie and Elvira had already moved on to a flatbed company and were telling us all about it. We were making good money, and were hesitant to make that move, at first. The first thing that got us to consider it was the free time they were getting together. Flatbed is much more of operation…
The Adventures of Glowplug and Freckles 