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In another thread I started, I stated that we would be working during the Forth of July holiday. Altough we wished to service a customer in need and we were the only truck in there area with space availible on our deck, the forth is our wedding anniversary. We were in hopes of celebrating it not...

We will be working over the holiday. Not by choice. But out of desire to serve our Air Force. Today we picked up two thrust reversers for one of their C-17 Globemasters. They are going back to be redone and then placed back in service on the waiting aircraft The reverser acts as a braking...

We will be working over the holiday. Not by choice. But out of desire to serve our Air Force. Today we picked up two thrust reversers for one of their C-17 Globemasters. They are going back to be redone and then placed back in service on the waiting aircraft. The reverser acts as a braking...

Yesterday afternoon Jasmine J. Jordan (Jazzy), a seventeen year old girl from Dalton, MN completed her cross-country run from Los Angeles to NYC at Times Square www.runwithjazzy.com. This 3100 + mile run began back in Sept, 2009. Why? In memory of Sheila Kay Grothe, and to draw attention to the...

Well we've finally done it. We've put a pet back on our truck after being told by FECC that we could not have our pet onboard. Being the pet lovers that we are, we really missed not being allowed to have our poodle with us. For my wife's birthday we got her (us) a Mini Boston Terrier pup that...

In the name of safety, I think its time to take back the construction zones along our highways from those whom choose to ignore the law by speeding and driving carelessly through them. Not only are they endangering the workers, they also are putting themselves and those driving around them at...

Mind you, not that I make it a habit of reading Phil's blog page (LOL), I did read his entries for 5/20-5/22. I did so to see how the closing on their Florida home had gone. According to his blog, it did not go for reasons stated in his blog. Being born and raised in Florida and living there...

Correct me if I'm wrong but based on what we have been seeing lately, is the Fed dropping its standards regarding the trucks its willing to lease on? Now first let me say that it is now two years since we left the Fed for greener pastures. During the five years we were leased on to the Fed...

In another thread on EO, Jamimjim states "Some of you claim to be business people, professionals, and a number of names" and then proceeds to post quotes by myself and others to make his point. Let Jamimjim be the catalyst for the following, as I originally had not planned to post this. Maybe...

Because our carrier has been keeping us quite busy since the beginning of the year, we've not paid attention to the world news in the past few days. No time to watch the tube! But the events of today's loads have given us good cause to fire up the satilite and watch the news! We sit here at...

For a few days I was beginning to believe that our Kenworth had Toyota parts instead of Paccar in it. Especially when it started acting like a "run away Toyota!" Now I'm sure some will think this thread needs to be in truck talk, and thats fine if the moderators want to move it. I just want...

In my almost thirty years out here on the road hauling freight in one capacity or another, I've never had finer customers to serve than now. That is the men and women in the aviation industry. The freight we haul typically is bound for a jet waiting on a repair part so it can get airbound...

Saturday (2/6/10) mid-morning we pulled into the Vicksburg, MS rest area on I-20. This was to be a ten minute (or less) stop to use the rest room, update my log book, and continue on our way. No sooner than I had parked the truck in a legal truck parking space and stepped to the rear to use our...

Pictured below are two Pratt & Whitney F-117 jet engines used exclusively to power the Boeing C-17 Globemaster lll Air Force cargo jets. We hauled two of the four that were enroute to be hung on one of these aircraft. Each engine produces 40,400 lbs thrust for a total of 161,600 lbs of raw...

Ever wonder why some drivers have to adhere to such strick oversized highway rules when others don't? Why do some get heavy fines when others don't for improperly secured or improperly marked loads? In the photo below is one such load that should have been required to follow the same rules as...

Moderators, Please make this a sticky note as it is extremely important and we need the help of the many members of this forum. Members, please read my thread "Proud to be an American Slave" in the Soapbox. This subject could adversely affect you or a family member someday. Thanks, Streakn1

Did our first oversized or over-dimensional load into the city this past week. It was an interesting experience for us and we learned a lot about how NYC and its people deal with getting the large loads around their streets. The load began in NJ where you are only allowed to travel between...

As we were making our way to JFK in Jamaica,NY to deliver an engine Friday, our unbelievable trip began with an irrate NYC cabby pulling directly in front of our truck in the middle of the George Washington Bridge, then slamming on his brakes in an attempt to cause us to rear end him. Then he...

This past week we were dispatched to an undisclosed site to load a full set of landing gear off of a DC-10 cargo jet. The first photo below is one of the two main gear. When we arrived where we thought we were to load the gear, we were quickly told that no it was out on one of the runways...

Many times before we load a newly rebuilt jet engine, they are test fired and ran before being released and shipped back an awaiting aircraft. Also brand new engines and engines that have sat in inventory to long without being run are required to go through the same process. How do you test a...