Posts Tagged ‘Texas’
Do You REALLY Want To Be a PILOT CAR OPERATOR?
Quite often, people considering our business post on the various groups, or call some of us, or email some of us, wanting to know about the pilot car business. Of course they have all sorts of questions: can you make money at it? How much does it cost to get into it? What do I [...]
Home Today
I got in late last night. Today, I worked in the yard. It seems that I am in danger of having a bumper crop of goatheads. For those of you who have never seen these weeds, they are a low leafy plant that produces a nasty sticker that is roughly triangular in shape, thus 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 [...]
How long does one wait?
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, [...]
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 [...]
On My Way to Laredo
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.