Echo, Utah After being held captive, in hostile northern territory, for some weeks, I thought good fortune had come my way. A delay ridden trip across the frozen plains had landed me in the Pacific North West. The three and a half day delay in, the rainy, north west was welcomed relief compared to the [...]
Trapped in a Snowdrift
It’s 8:45, in the evening, and the Allied Van Lines truck driver has gotten himself unstuck, and made his turn,in the parking lot. For about, an hour or so, the Werner truck, to my left, finally got backed in, after chaining his drive tires. I’m sitting in my truck and having a beer. It is [...]
Arrow Trucking Has Closed It’s Doors
Landline Magazine is reporting that Arrow Trucking has given it’s employees an unexpected Christmas present. Drivers for Arrow Trucking have been notified to turn in their trucks at the nearest Freightliner Dealership. Some drivers have ran out of fuel, at truck stops, and have been instructed to turn in their truck keys, to truck stop [...]
Energy Efficient L.E.D. Traffic Light Hazards
Many cities, across the country, have been switching to L.E.D. traffic lights. The L.E.D lights are reported to be 90% more energy efficient than conventional traffic lights. What’s the problem? While the L.E.D lights are working out pretty good in Orlando Fl, they are creating winter driving hazards in Milwaukee. Because L.E.D.s don’t produce heat, [...]
Sunrise in Southern Idaho
This is the view that I woke to Saturday morning. These pictures were taken near McCannon Idaho. All the fighting with Old Man Winter, this winter, was forgotten. This scenery made all the hassles of winter really worth it. I know that you folks, living in crowded cities, have concerns about global warming, and over [...]
Companies in the Salt Lake Area Micro Chipping Employees
I made a delivery to a company in Provo Utah today. I was having trouble getting into the building to check in at the receiving dock. The door bell was broken, the door was locked, and no one responded when I knocked on the large roll up door. I had already walked around the building [...]
Lack of Reason in Commercial Drivers Hours of Service Rules
Monday morning I got the word that the company got audited last week. It was a safety audit and I was a subject of conversation at the resulting management meeting. Here, in the modern age of fascism, the authorities no longer need warrants to enter a trucking company and examine records. They can just waltz [...]
Yet More Global Warming; Not
This Weather Channel report gives me something to look forward to. I have to leave Atlanta, Georgia this morning, where it is a balmy 29 degrees, going to Gillette, Wyoming. Apparently record low temperatures will be lingering a bit longer. More cold and snow Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Jan. 16, 2009 6:24 pm ET [...]
Where Is The Global Warming That I Was Promised ?
I demand my global warming, I want it now! I took this picture on my last trip to central Illinois. I had driven the night before in freezing rain. The timbers stacked on the front of the trailer are heavy, solid oak, 4 X 4′s. They were frozen into a solid block of ice, [...]
