A Long Weekend While it is rare for us to get weekend loads, we are usually happy when one comes along. This past weekend made us rethink our position on weekend runs. Because of the type of freight that we carry most loads requires that one of us be on duty monitoring the load at all times. This means that each of us has to use twelve hours every day from the time we pick up the load until the time that we make delivery. Unfortunately, most of the places to which we deliver ...

Unexpected Week Last week was one of those weeks that came with many surprises. When this happens, things can either go very well or very bad. Fortunately for us, things went rather well. Have you had weeks where plans either did not materialize at all or unexpected plans presented themselves? How did you handle them? In the past, we would have waited until more expected plans would have presented themselves. Last week we decided to go with what came rather than waiting for w...

Headset Review Last week was filled with a little bit of work and a whole lot of fun. Here's hoping you had some of the same! We also purchased a new headset for me. When using my old headset I noticed that the volume seemed to be not working right and others said they had a hard time hearing me despite the fact that I had a great phone signal. The beginning of the week found us making a delivery close to home. With no other loads available we decided to take advantage of som...

Final Week at Home Last week was our final week at home for some time. At least, that is the plan. We took two and half weeks off before, during and after the Independence Day holiday. I like to handle tasks one at a time while Dave seems to prefer working on several tasks simultaneously. Here is the breakdown of how are two and a half weeks flew by. First, we emptied the semi so that we could take it down to Bolt in Indiana to have some work done on the sleeper, replaced air...