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Watch the temps over the high plains, mid west and Great Lakes areas this week. They are calling for temps around Detroit in th -5 to -10F without the wind chill. They are saying that temps in the U.P. might get as low as -20 to -30F. Winds chills even lower. Make sure if you are headed up this...

After a zillion mis-haps and a ton of goof ups we are back in service!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!! We are chillin at the house for the weekend and have a Pre-dispatch for Monday!!! Let's hope this all holds up and we can get back to work. Layoutshooter

I ran into a minor but very annoying problem with the new box. If I ran the lift gate up all the way it would get jammed up under that box and had to be broken free using a 5' long breaker bar. I had today free so I ran the truck up to the Western Branch Diesel shop in Canton OH. They broke it...

Hey Moose ( and anyone else who wants to look) here are a few pics of the new box. On another note, did anyone know that a load bar with TVAL sensors could fall off a wall after 20 minutes and cause you to have to retest 2 days later? I thought this was a New Year. Must be Obama's fault (humor...

I enjoy finding mistakes and inconsistencies while watching T.V. shows. Today I was watching an old episode of "Hogan's Heros". There was one of the many "escapes" to cover one of thier many operations. During this "escape" the German guards were shown firing thier rifles into the woods where...

Since we are not yet back to work and hunting season is for the most part over, I have turned to fishing. Yesterdays score, 14 trout between 1-4lbs. 12 rainbows and 2 browns. No brookies or steelhead. Not a bad day. All released. Layoutshooter

The Detroit Lions are a PERFECT 0-16!!!!!!!!! A place in history to be proud of!!! At least between the Detroit ***** Cats and Kwamie our local papers will have a years worth of stories!!!!!!! What a great place to be from. Layoutshooter

We got some good news for a change on our new cargo box. The old one was damaged beyond repair in Baton Rouge by hurricane Gustav. We have be fooling around with this since. After many problems and fits and starts we now have a mount date of 22 December at Morgan in Wisconson. It is a 2 day...

Here are a few shots of "The Crew" getting ready for a "Layout Hunt" on Lake Erie just south of the mouth of the Detroit River (Straights of Detroit for those of you who know geography). It was a bit rough off shore so we were unable to get pictures out there this time. Maybe on the next hunt...

I read in a recent FedEx News Letter about Washinton states' chain law. It requires all trucks over 10,000 GVW to carry 2 extra chains. The extra chains are in case one or two of your chains break or if more are needed. The fine for not having the extra chains is $155. It seems that a FedEx...

Had a great 3 days. Saw 8 deer, had one shot, took one. The best part was my Dad. He is 86 years old and STILL able to hunt!! Walks slow and can't go far but still no cain or walker. He walked into his spot, about 1/4 mile, on Sat morning before daylight. He called me on the radio, about 0830...

I found the one good thing to having a broken truck this time of year, IT"S DEER SEASON!! We leave a 0300 on the 14th to head up north. My Dad, my Brother and Sammy. Sammy has been hunting with my dad since 1948. I started with them in 1964 and my brother started in '66. Nothing finer in life...

November 11th is Veterns Day. That is the day that we remember all of those men and women who served this Country both in peace and war to defend our way of life. Let us all forget, just for one minute, thier dedication and sacrifice. They gave us our freedom. Some with there lives, thier...

It is a real shame that todays' youth and the country in general no longer feels like this. I guess we have just had it too good for too long. We have not had to face any kind of REAL problems for years. Now that we have a few we whine, blame and cry rather than face and fight. I pray that...

Stay out of the Detroit area today till at least 12 noon. We had a light dusting of snow which quickly melted and then froze on bridges and ramps. Couple that with many around here forget how to drive in winter from year to year and everything is a mess. Roads shut down all over the area. If you...

I post this knowning that I will be ridiculed, called a racist, a relic and a radical but here it goes. The safety of every man, woman and child in the U.S. was severly comprimised today in a way that we have not seen since Bill Clinton was in office. Barrack Hussain Obama attended his first...

I am willing to bet that within two years the VAST majority of us "small business owners" will not be owners anymore. This "MAN?" will see to it that all or most trucker will have to be "Teamsters" We will be forced to join or go out of business. Don't even try to tell me that they can't, they...

Stop Obama's Scurge!!!! Over the next month or so prior to OSAMA OBAMA taking office a large number of patriots will be forming groups to fight the slime that has over taken this great nation. I shall join with them. I pray that there is a large number of constiutional lawyers that join the...

Anyone else been getting goofy load offers? Like WG loads with all the trimmings that only pay $1 per mile? Last 4 load offers have been that or less. We are home so we won't take loads like that. In fact we hardly ever take those kind unless it brings us home after we have been out for a long...

I was watching the news this morning and I just have to wonder, what is wrong with people? I see a bunch of thugs in Philly trying to tip over a TV news truck. I see reports from Detroit about needing 50,000 volunteers on the streets to keep the number of arsions down on "Angels Night", not to...