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Yesterday I stopped to fuel and get a $50.00 cash advance at the Flying J in Midway,FL. What should have been a quick fuel stop and a simple transaction quickly became a nightmare! Once I shut the pump off the cashier (a new employee) attached my ticket along with my cash to the receipt...

As a kid growing up, I climbed the tallest trees in the neighborhood with my friends. No Fear then! As an adult I worked for three different municipal governments in the utilities divisions before going into truck driving full time. One of my job resposibilities was inspecting the water storage...

Some of the airports we pickup and deliver to DON"T allow pets on-board for safety reasons, even though we are only going to the maintenance hangers. Our carrier does not have a pet policy, but who wants to loose a good load over our pet? What we do now requires that we be together as it takes...

Back in my FECC days the tallest things I ever had to wrap were computer mainframes. They might occassionally go about 7' tall. Most of the time my feet never left the ground. Thank God, cause I had a "fear of heights". But now that has changed since our recent carreer change! I had to look...

We do haul quite a bit of other GE engines and parts along with P&W, RR, etc. The biggest engines that we've hauled to date are the JT-9s.

Such a sad and tragic story for both the driver and co-driver. In the many times we have crossed over Donners Pass in our fully loaded T/T we have learned that if you just do what the signs along the way tell you and your equipment is well maintained, you will make it down safely every time...

Sorry to hear about the damage and the down time for repairs. Thankfully, Jerry was able to run the truck for you while you were off for the surgery. You're losses could have been greater.

So, how do you deal with rush hour traffic? Do you hate it like most, or do you find a way to "enjoy" it? You know the story: You're on a hot run that the customer wanted yesterday. Not your fault that the product wasn't ready when it was supposed to be. So after hours of patiently waiting...

Yes, those are called Roll-Tites. Some of the aviation teams are going to them but you limit yourself on hauling the larger engines. They are to wide to fit inside. Would be nice!

Most people like myself do not like change, especially when it entails changing employers or carreers for that matter. As I've shared on this forum we recently did just that. It was a decision made after much agonizing over our cost of operation and frustration with our prior carrier. Rather...

Yep, I agree. Whether your a newbie our an old timer and don't like the system or can't make it work for your satisfaction then leave and go to a carrier and system that does work.

Not knocking the new system (Load OP) since I left just before they went full force with it. Just amazed at how many complaints friends of ours are making when they loose a really nice load they accepted to a truck sitting next to them at the same truckstop. Kinda like placing a juicy steak in...

Ten minutes was more than ample time to make a prudent business choice in taking a load or not when we were leased to our previous carrier. With the new system I feel that one may be rushed into making a decision they would have preferred more time to considered. Friends are reporting that even...

Yes Moot, the cradles have quite a shock absorbtion system in them. Plus the truck and trailer both have to be air-ride or the shipper wont load you. In fact shock protection is such an issue when it comes to hauling these engines, if you are transporting during the winter months and the chain...

Yea , its quite a rush when they fire up a jet parked next to you and after the tote pushes it out of its slot you can feel the thrust from the engines as it taxis away. Not to many civilians get to experiance that. When they are ready to leave they don't wait for you to finish loading or...

No Steve, still running with the ten side boxes the trailer came with. We are planning to install two more in the future. We will need more storage since we want to buy more fitted engine tarps for the CF-56s like the engines in my signature photo. The three engines in the photo are brand new...

From my days with FECC I know that many of you van and straight truck drivers have had the pleasure of picking up or delivering to an awaiting aircraft at an airport. But how often do you see a T/T, especially one almost 80' long like ours doing the same? We do so on almost a daily basis with...

Good news! No snakes today, just big birds flying overhead. After a few days off getting some maintenance done of the tractor we have positioned ourselves at MIA (Miami Int Airport). The Customs lot that we, along with other Av Freight haulers wait in is at the end of the runways. I love...

Leo Godspeed on the repairs to your home and getting the home life back to normal. As residents (home owner) of central Florida ourselves, we are all to aware of the power of hurricanes and the damage they can do. Our largest water oak fell during a hurricane three years ago and almost killed...

All they had to do is close thier eyes and go with "Blind Faith"! LOL Guess the game rules didn't allow that.