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!

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Cramming

We’re back at the “mother ship” in Springfield so I can take my commercial driver license test Monday morning. That gives me all weekend to “cram” for 3 different tests; a pre-trip inspection of the truck, backing (straight back, parallel parking to the left and right side, and dock parking) and driving. We also need to get more work done on the truck (preventative maintenance), watch some training videos, and apply for a TWIC card (a Homeland Security document that will allow us access to ports and other shippers).

P.S. - Another sign that autumn is in the air; there are fewer bugs on our windshield.
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pasadenapio said...

It was so fun talking to you with the gang last night! Where were/are you in Missouri?

September 26, 2008 at 9:52 AM

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