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We are progressing towards our new truck and spent several hours at Bolt looking at sleepers being built, the room in the sleepers, and what is possible in our next sleeper. Over the years we have said no to a shower in the sleeper. The showers use to much water, they are hard to maintain, too...

Securing a load will have different requirements depending on the load to be secured, type of vehicle and even some very specific rules for securing certain loads. Generally, for dry vans and reefers, straps, load bars or shoring beams will be used, or any combination of these securement...

I believe this year tax day has been extended to the 16th due to the 15th falling on a Sunday. Preparing for the end of years taxes starts each year on January 1st and continues all year. Our rolling business of a one truck operation creates a plethora of receipts and without a receipt no...

If you like cauliflower & buffalo wings you will love this easy to make buffalo cauliflower bites recipe. Recipe used: Healthy Buffalo Cauliflower Bites CLICK HERE to see more...

I'm not a driver, but work in the office here... We have 2 beardies at home. just wanted to say hey to a fellow dragon lover! :dragonface:

How often we buy things to buy things…. Cute little knickknacks catch the eye and all of the sudden we cannot live without it. Thinking before spending will keep us from impulse buying. Living in the truck for most of the year has taught me over time more is not better. I have learned to buy...

When people hear expediting they often have a lot of questions as to what it is. In this video we answer some of the more common questions we get about expediting. CLICK HERE to see more...

What could you do if you had an additional three hours every day? How about just an additional three work hours each day? How about just an additional three available hours each day? Where would your “extra” time be spent? Now that the ELD mandate is in effect and the enforcement date of April...

Where we lived in SW Kansas was remote and when we went out of town one of our goals was to stock up at various discount stores. With a family of four and living in a small town of less than 2500, we could save enough money by stocking up on supplies and sales when we were out of town to pay...

This will change once you start driving a truck... Truck Stops and the Interstate are not Quiet places! It is amazing the noise level out here and all of the different noises that we hear all day and night. The sounds never stop unless we are lucky enough to park at a customer’s lot that’s...

We are excited to show & tell you all about our newest addition to the truck. We added a Palfinger ILT 40 liftgate with hydraulic jack stands. CLICK HERE to see more...

Today, you can hardly look anywhere and not see a Bluetooth device for sale or being used. As drivers, we know all too well the Bluetooth name and a myriad of devices that help keep us connected to the rest of the world even when we are driving in very remote areas. Bluetooth enabled smartphones...

Patience = ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted by delay - quiet steady perseverance; even-tempered care; diligence When waiting to pull out of our parking spot the other morning I watched as one driver struggled to position himself to back into a parking...

Finding truck parking can be challenging at times & seems to be getting harder to find with the new ELD mandate. CLICK HERE to see more...

Working on the Spec's for the next truck and the debate is raging. Over the past thirteen years, we have always poo-pooed the idea of a shower in our truck. We wanted the storage space that a shower would use up and a larger refrigerator. These past few years though have got us to thinking a...

Negativity can seemingly be found everywhere. There are those who refuse to see anything else. These same people also seem to be the quickest to react to anything positive. In today’s fast paced, socially connected world, it is much more common to see people complain rather than support. READ...

Good visibility at night is a must & having good headlights help. We changed out the stock headlight bulbs on our Freightliner M2 112 to the Sylvania SilverStar zXe bulbs and they make night time visibility much better. CLICK HERE to see more...

Over the years we have sat in some pretty crazy places waiting to get unloaded. At times we had to have a snow plow come get us and at others, we were sweltering in the desert. Military DoD Safe Haven – Temporary storage provided to Department of Energy classified shipment transporters at...

For every rule, there is a rule breaker. Pass a new regulation and someone will not abide. Enact a mandate and someone will not comply. “Outlaw trucker” is a term widely used. Everyone in the transportation industry, for any length of time, has heard or used this term. As the name implies, it...

I have worked hard to gain my rose-colored glasses and to think the best of other people and assume good intentions. Over the past eighteen years in trucking, my rose-colored glasses have slipped every once in a while, and this is something I choose to forget. In order to keep my glasses clean...