Posts Tagged ‘driver’
Dropped the load-Heading Home
We dropped our load this afternoon at the Climax Mine on top of Fremont Pass, north of Leadville, CO. Now I am in Pueblo, CO, heading home.
Our load was 27 feet wide. That means that on a typical two lane road, the load hung over each shoulder. We ran with four escorts-two up front and [...]
In Houston tonight
I am in Houston tonight, for the third straight night. Sunday night, we got in two hours after sunset and had to wait until Monday morning to deliver our load.
I picked up a load heading back near my home…supposed to leave today, but didn’t. Sooo, I got to stay two additional nights here.
I sat all [...]
It Takes Money to MAKE Money In This Business!
There are those people who will tell you that the pilot car industry is an easy way to make money. Don’t believe it!
Oh, there ARE people who slap on a Wal Mart winky light, handwrite a sign and duct tape it to the door, and use a $39 CB radio and POOF! they are in [...]
Paper Route Surveys Can Get You into Trouble
Today I was thinking about a colleague within the region. He called me a couple of times last week to “pick my brain” about some oversize routes through New Mexico. After the second call, I realized that this fellow was writng a paper (or “book”) survey. In my opinion, that in itself is foolish…but the [...]
On the Road-FINALLY (with challenges)
After waiting since Tuesday evening for our load to California to move, we finally got started this morning. But not without problems. To start off, the driver could not drop his third drive axle. The reason: a wire had corroded loose on the actuator for his air bag. After about an hour, we jury rigged [...]
Mechanical problems on a load
Today, I picked up a load out of Laredo to Illinois, courtesy of Linda Blowers with Emerald Equipment Escorts. We got on the road pretty quickly. However, about 20 miles down the line when we pulled off the road to check the load, I heard a loud rumbling in the back of the truck. I [...]
Still in Laredo
We didn’t go anywhere today. Our driver was told last evening that his load would come across the border from Mexico at 8 AM today. It showed up about 1 PM. Situation normal. The driver was told that the crane would be available in about 2 hours. When we picked him up for dinner at [...]