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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 [...]

We have spent the weekend in Colorado Springs, Co.  Our load is 27′ wide and therefore too wide to be allowed on the highways over the weekend.
Tomorrow, we have to drive about 50 miles back to where we left it, and then we take it up into the high mountains southwest of Denver.  That area [...]

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 [...]

Tonight I am in Stratford, TX, en route to pick up a load in Siebert, CO.  We’re going to Houston.  Weather is rough to the west of us AND there is a Flash Flood Watch out.  That could make life interesting tomorrow when we come back this way.  There is a 50% chance of rain [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We’re still in Laredo.  There are problems with the load.  The heavy part is loaded to the front, which puts it about 7000 pounds over on the drive wheels.  If we turn the load around, it is going to be five inches higher than we permitted it for.  We’ve worked on possible solutions all afternoon, [...]

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 [...]

I am in San Angelo, TX, tonight.  Tomorrow I head on over to Laredo.  Our load is loading on Wednesday.  Then we head to California.