Im feeling good today

I know that I had intended to use this blog to help educate people about driving around big trucks, things to look for and things to avoid. It seems like the focus has shifted around to what I've been doing and where I've been. I hope that this change works well for my readers. I hope that I am not boring people to death.  Right now I am home for my usual weekend off with my family. Tomorrow I will be heading for west Chicago. Can you sense the excitement here?

marilyn monroe statue

me in the bunk of my truck

In trying to be courteous today and allowing slow moving traffic to enter the highway at the Ny/Pa state border, heading into pa. By moving out into the left lane, I also put myself into position to bypass an open DOT scale. When I realized this scale was open it was to late. 5-7 miles later, pa state patrol decided they wanted to have a chat with me. That little blunder will cost me $111. As the said in the movie SWAT "Sometimes doing the right thing aint doing the right thing".

Well, lets be safe out there and happy motoring!
Tom

I have really got to do better.  Since my last posts, last year, ive been involved in an accident that resulted in my leaving G and H motor freight. Even though I was not at fault, it seems I did not do enough to avoid/prevent the accident. So, the asked me to leave on good terms. I went to work for heartland express for a short time. They are a good company if you don't mind office politics, long days, short nights and not home as promised. The pay was excellent, one of the best pay packages in the business. But, money isn't everything. So now Im working for a small company out of oxford, iowa and loving every minute of it. It's a pay cut from heartland but I will gladly take less pay for keeping promises.

a long time

wow. Im reviewing this and I see that its been a really long time since I blogged.

thanksgiving

This is usually a short week for those of usd in the trucking industry. Those of us who run regionally are usually home on Wednesday and then leave out again the following Sunday or Monday.  I was home on Tuesday because of Illness. I will not leave now until Monday morning. 5 days at home in a row. That's like a mini vacation. I am quite sure my wife will be ready for me to leave by then.

The freight I hauled this week was generally kind of boring.

 4th class mail to Milwaukee, Wi area.  That usually includes books and make-up.

Card board out of Milwaukee, Wi to Omaha, Ne. I dropped that load in Greenfield Ia.

From there I took a load of Glass from Cardinal glass to Pella, Ia.  Pella is the home office for pella windows and doors that are sold world wide.

From there I picked up an empty trailer and headed for home. This is called dead heading.

todays pictures

Here is my 6th grade class from Bettendorf Middle School in Bettendorf Iowa