1. I am going to try and make a video for you guys. This way you will get to "meet me in person". Right now, my boss will not allow me to bring the truck to the school. His concern is safety and insurance liability. The video will include a tour of the inside of my truck. It isn't much to see but it's home to me five nights a week.
2. I drive for G and H motor freight out of Greenfield, Iowa. The company has been in existence since 1947 by hauling freight from Greenfield to Omaha, Ne and Des Moines, Iowa.
in 2012 we have about 60 trucks on the road. Our area of operation goes from Laredo, Texas to the south, to Bismarck North Daktoa to the northwest and then to Social Circle Georgia in the southeast. We go as far east as central Pennsylvania.
3. Some of the commodities I have hauled in 9 years of driving truck are listed below:
Drywall/building materials
Food, both frozen and dry
paper
envelopes
sand
lumber
coils of steel
ammunition
tools
machinery
and the list goes on and on and on and on.
4. I have had the honor of driving truck in 47 of the lower 48 states. Although I have visited the state of Maine, I have never driven my truck in that state. I visited there for 3 days back in 1998 when I was on active duty with the U S Navy.
5. Getting a commercial drivers license is not easy. You must be at least 18 years of age and complete a truck driving school. Some schools are as short as 2 weeks long and others as long as 3 months. 2 weeks is waaaaaaaaaaay to short. There is just not enough time to learn even the basics.
Time for me to sign off and get to bed in a few. I have to listen to the end of the baseball game im listening to. Im a huge fan of the Detroit Tigers!
Mr Johnson
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