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We arrived out at our customer last night about midnight in San Diego and we had a heck of a time finding first the hotel we were delivering to, and next finding the little signs that say "this way to dock areas". It was interesting as it appeared a tour ship was out in the ocean with all of...

Cheri that above statement is perfect! That is why I enjoy Women in Trucking as even though we do the same job as men in many cases we do the job a little different. As far as I am concerned there are jobs in trucking that a lot of women and many men cannot handle due to strength requirements...

Right now it is up in the air if Steve is going to be there are not.... You can give him a call at 800 481 0859 and talk with him.

Starting September 1st we are required to carry chains in Colorado... That is when I start thinking about preparing for winter. The first thing I do when I see the notice about chains in Colorado is get online and order my Slush Busters The Slushbuster Winter De-Icing Strip - Safer and...

I believe that is pretty good mileage for triples anywhere much less the area you run in. What are your winters like pulling triples are you shut down a lot of do you haul less trailers?

I really like the new logo as well and the back door is awesome! Thanks for your comments.

It is really to early to tell and we probably put the wheel covers on before the engine has broke in. Those wheel covers are really noticeable and we really like the look. The truck is continuing to improve on fuel mileage we have had several over 12 MPG fill-ups and one fill-up in the 13...

What are you talking about? I am agreeing with you.

Greg all I can say is it much easier to be a women then it is to be a man from what I can have seen. I could go on about this all day but I will stop as it is frustrating trying to figure out what women want and how bad some are at expressing this.

Greg one of the things I tell everyone about trucking is how men treat ladies. When going into a truck stop it makes my day when a guy will jog to get the door for me and say good morning. I also know that when driving we men and women are both professionals and the steering wheel does not...

Bill I think you brought up a good point as we are all professional drivers and we wanted to be treated as professionals. In my way of thinking if we need to look and act the way we want to be treated...

I agree with you and when driving down the road and I look over into another truck and not only do I see a sloppy driver I see a dash 6" high in trash with chip bags mixed in I think to myself "No wonder we are not treated like professionals". When you see inside a truck door floor window...

Professionalism goes both ways and it is not just in a drivers appearance.

I felt our instructor did a great job of explaining how to handle an accident, but that was a long time ago. Thanks Greg the truck is performing flawlessly and in my next blog I post our first DDEC report with fuel numbers.

Before you go to a community college make sure that the company you are considering is an accredited school as many are not. Not saying they are good or bad programs but you might not be able to go with the company you want. We lived right by a community college that had an semester program and...