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This blog is primarily intended to keep our family and friends up-to-date on where we are and where we’re going as we drive around the country as long-haul truckers. But it’s also a chance to share some observations about life on the road and life in general.

The title is a reference to one of the things we find so attractive about driving a truck (which weighs 40 tons – 80,000 pounds – when fully loaded); it allows us to travel all over this great country of ours, see the sights, and get paid while we're doing it!

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

And She's Off!

Lori got her first official load assignment as a solo driver today. She picked up a loaded trailer that another driver dropped at the Prime facility in Springfield. It's a load of processed meat (probably pork based on its origination point), with some of it headed for the Wal-mart distribution center in Shelbyville, TN and the rest destined for Ingalls market in Black Mountain, NC.

It's actually a good load to start with since there's not a lot of miles to cover and there's lots of time to get there. The delivery time for Wal-mart is 3:15 a.m. Wednesday morning (12 hours to go 340 miles) with the next delivery set for 7:00 a.m. Thursday morning (24 hours to go 329 miles). Of course, you've got to throw the mandatory 10-hour break in there but even then there's plenty of time for her to get where she needs to be.

She's made herself quite at home already. After a good cleaning, she's added some nice rugs to the floor, loaded up the pantry and refrigerator, and found a place for Mickey and Minnie Mouse to sit in the passenger seat. (NOTE: They will NOT be staying there once I get on the truck...) I'll post a photo of the truck (and maybe some video) once I get a chance to meet up with her and get some shots.
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