About This Site

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!

Monday, April 21, 2008

A Bit of Italy - from South Carolina?

Lori had to hightail it to South Carolina as her load of pork from Wisconsin took longer to load than expected. That meant no stopping for church service, otherwise she would have missed her delivery appointment time in South Carolina.

No sooner did she get that load dropped off when she was given another assignment; a load of Cheddar Garlic Cheese bread going from Pioneer Foods in Prosperity, South Carolina to Columbus, Ohio. She's getting a bit tired of driving in Ohio - known not so affectionately in the trucking industry as "Slow-hio" because the truck speed limit is 55 mph.

Not a lot of time to dally on this load either as the delivery time is 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. At least that means Lori will be able to have the load included on this week's paycheck. All loads whose paperwork are submitted by 4:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon make it on that Friday's paycheck.

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