2017-01-26 10:26
When I began my truck driving career, I anticipated that it could take one of three possible courses:1) Gain enough experience to get a well-paying truck driving job with a route and home ti… Read More
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Follow along as Vally makes a crazy career change from insurance sales to commercial over-the-road truck driver. Crazy adventures follow!
2017-01-24 22:01
We humans are always buying, selling, and trading stuff and we have been doing this for a long, long time. Of course all this buying, selling, trading, building, making and growing things t… Read More
2017-01-24 21:59
It happened so many times before so almost out of instinct, I began checking weather for the usual northerly routes and trying to anticipate the next load. Once this load for southern Illino… Read More
2017-01-24 21:55
After the load was unloaded, I crossed the bridge over the mighty Mississippi and stopped at a truck stop in Memphis. Bruce and I were welcomed to Memphis by thunder and lightening, and then… Read More
2017-01-21 23:37
Maybe I gained favor with the load planners, maybe they just had sympathy for my months-long saga of winter conditions as a new driver. However it came to be, I finally got to go south, to D… Read More
2017-01-11 19:49
It had been raining for two days by the time I backed up to the loading dock in Stockton, California. By the time my load was finally finished, it was nearly 11 pm and much to late to find p… Read More
2017-01-03 01:13
Christmas home time came and went much too quickly. Soon, I found myself transferring my load of Christmas gifts received, and groceries from my car into Bruce. Memories of being… Read More
2016-12-30 18:12
Just as the trailer bumped up against the unloading dock at the large grocery store distribution center in Denver, the on board computer chirped and the message read: "When you are finished… Read More
2016-12-15 18:44
The driving condition that I fear the most, regardless of the vehicle that I'm in, is winter driving conditions. My lifetime of driving and being a passenger in vehicles during winter storm… Read More
2016-12-15 18:43
4AM --- I push in the knob to release the brakes, and ease out of the truck stop, which is completely filled with parked and idling trucks. We take the westbound ramp and soon Bruce has man… Read More
2016-12-01 02:01
My trip out of Minnesota was a load of empty cheese containers (used in Cheese plants). It delivered in Gooding, Idaho and my routing was through South Dakota and Wyoming into Idaho. Partway… Read More
2016-11-26 01:08
All around the Rothsay Minnesota Truck Stop and Restaurant, the black Suburban with the snow plow attachment on the front ran frantically, plowing paths in and around the parking lot and ent… Read More
2016-11-25 23:28
I awoke the next morning in Billings, Montana, having driven the rest of the way from the pass after Bozeman on mostly dry roads. I was worried that my chosen truck stop may not have any pa… Read More
2016-11-19 20:26
If I want to be a truck driver so badly, why does it scare me so much? My worst nightmare is to be on the news "semi-truck causes 8 car smash up -- 3 dead". Sitting in the cab of a semi truc… Read More
2016-11-19 20:25
Orientation concluded on Thursday, and I met my trainer on Friday. His name was Jon. We spoke on the phone on Thursday, and he said to meet him at the truck at the terminal at 8 am. Jon show… Read More
2016-11-19 20:24
I've never been in a submarine. I have friends who served aboard submarines, and frankly, I admire anyone who has been or are submarine sailors. Since I've never been in a submarine, my comp… Read More
2016-11-19 20:23
Dear Reader, meet Bruce, my truck. I never understood why my wife insisted that each of our vehicles have an official name, and personality to match, but it has always been so for our… Read More
2016-11-19 20:22
My First JourneyAfter I passed my solo out tests, I went home for a few days. Something that troubles me with this new job is the extended time away from family. I miss them terribly. It was… Read More
2016-11-19 20:20
As I sit here writing down the events of my first trip, I realize that it was one stressful crisis added to the next. I suppose I had a notion that a brand new driver would somehow be ease… Read More
2016-11-19 20:19
As I sit here writing down the events of my first trip, I realize that it was one stressful crisis added to the next. I suppose I had a notion that a brand new driver would somehow be ease… Read More
2016-11-19 20:18
The rule is one day off for each week out. In the 48 state, or reefer division, which I run in, the minimum time out before home time is granted is three weeks. With that in mind… Read More
2016-11-19 20:17
Back from home time, my first trip was a beer load out of Colorado to Oregon, but the instructions were for me drop it at the terminal in Idaho. Another driver would pick it up from there, a… Read More
2016-11-19 20:16
After the disappointing routing news, I now had no choice but to face off against this menacing storm named Argos. I headed out across Idaho and the skies were cloudy, overcast, and threate… Read More
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