Life On The Road

• (4) Driver Retention – Truth, Justice and the American Way… -
Before I begin the post, I just want to let you know that we’re going to have a video crew at the T/A Travel Center in Gary, IN I-80/ I-94, Exit 6, Burr St. today from noon until 7pm. We’re seeking drivers opinions and feedback on issues like driver retention, productivity, efficiency or anything else [...More...]


• Nostalgia: Humor, diners, to poetry -
Do you remember the nostalgic little diners that carried those humorous and fun fact books on the tables that you could read while you waited for the meal? There are still a few places like that survive across the country. I found a fun book called; “The Disgusted Driver Handbook” at a small diner in [...More...]


• Religion in Government & Trucking.. -
*** the vid is disturbing. I’m sure you’ve heard the story, now you’ll hear the 911 call. Post #640 - Talk about a touchy subject, for some people that is. I believe in God. I do not follow any one religion. I believe in all paths to God. I feel comfortable in a church, synagogue, mosque [...More...]


• The end of one road… -
This was back when I was running my old ’71 Kenworth; Part one of a two part story. Thanks for reading. “Damn it,” Travis thought, the high pitched whistling chirp from under the hood getting louder and the smell of exhaust drifting through the cab. “What now? Broken head bolt? No, this is a constant [...More...]


• “I Just Drive The Truck” -
That’s what the driver of the Fiber One cereal tells the lady in the car next to him. She wants to know if the product is really 80 calories? Well, that might be “cute” for the ad agency to depict that driver as stupid and uncaring, but it doesn’t sit well with me. If you [...More...]


• IRAN AND THE PRICE OF DIESEL $3.93… -
Iran, North Korea, Egypt and Syria. Trucking execs and owner/operators are watching. Russia, China and Israel. We’re need to be watching them very closely, especially Israel. In Bush’s folly, we invaded and took over, albeit temporarily, Iraq. Where did all that oil go? Did it make a difference in what trucks pay at the pump? [...More...]


• Game Faces -
I was overseas in Korea for the Super Bowl in 1990; a guy gave me a hundred bucks to take his duty so he could go downtown. I was new in-country, and I never was much into football, so I took the hundred bucks.  I didn’t know I would be overseas for the Super Bowl [...More...]


• Uh oh – I just stepped in it… -
I can’t think about driving to Tampa, Florida or my visit to the Fantasy of Flight Museum–that I just wrote about– without also remembering being attacked by fire ants as I stepped out of my truck at a nearby Florida truck stop. It was a surprisingly painful experience! Looking back I wish I had taken [...More...]


• For love of flying -
I love transportation of all kinds—and I imagine that many other truckers do too. I would have loved to learn to fly but content myself with visiting aviation museums and balloon festivals whenever possible as we drive cross country. I wanted to see Howard Hughes’ H-4 Hercules Flying Boat better known as the “Spruce Goose” [...More...]


• Owner-Operatin’- Percentage vs. Mileage -
Well, we’re gaining on it; we’re getting closer every day to making the decision on whether or not to become an owner-operator. But before you start circling ads in the Truck Trader and picking out the chrome, here’s a little something to think about. Great, the potential owner-operator is thinking. Just what I need; another [...More...]


• (3) Driver Retention – Truth, Justice and the American Way -
Post #637 – TGIF everyone. Did I mention Denver in yesterday’s post? Holy jake brake, 8+ inches of snowy snow is expected there now, so if you’re headed that way – have fun!  Snowy snow? OMG. The link to check on weather in that area is, DENVER WEATHER. If you find yourself in inclement weather, [...More...]


• Parking…Men or Women…Who is Better? -
Post #636 - Is there anything more satisfying than waking up on Thursday, 1500 miles to deliver a (TL) load on Monday to somewhere like Denver, Montgomery or Laredo? The weather is cooperating, you’ve got plenty of healthy stuff on board to munch on, some good DVD’s to watch and a good cigar or two to [...More...]


• Weird winter weather -
The weather this year seems to be really strange. In the lower 48 states, January was the third-least snowy on record, according to the Global Snow Lab at Rutgers University. And I am glad that I am not a trucker in Alaska right now for the “worst winter anyone can remember” there. Nor can I [...More...]


• Pre Season Nascar News -
Here is some of the news floating around in the Nascar circles this first day of February. Nascar has re-negotiated the contract that they have with Turner Sports for control over media content. Turner has been in a long term contract with Nascar to run the sanctioning body’s digital footprint for some time now, what [...More...]

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