It's a Team's Life
Give me my truck…
When we go home we use our pickup for our daily chores and while the pickup is nice it is not a Cascadia. We use the pickup to run into town to the grocery store and to get parts. We do not often take the pickup on long trips, but when we do I am reminded that the truck is set up for long distance driving as well as sitting behind the wheel for extended periods.
There are a myriad of reasons why it is preferable to travel in our truck than a smaller vehicle. The truck is like having our home with us at all times when we need something we step back into the sleeper and get it. This convenience is addicting and often taken for granted. Hotels do not rate high on my list of places I like to stay. When we are forced to spend the night in a hotel the trips back and forth to the truck are plentiful as there is always something forgotten.
While driving down the road the visibility in the truck is much better in the truck as it sits higher than our pickup. Being able to see further down the road enables us to maneuver our vehicle to a safer location on the roadway. When driving in the pickup it is much harder to see down the road further and so our reactions are different and often are much quicker.
The truck is set up to drive long distances in comfort. The dash is rounded and all of the controls are in easy reach. The seat is air ride, the cab is air ride, and the rear suspension is air ride, which is like riding on air…. The Cascadia is double framed as well, which keeps the truck riding smoothly over rough roads. All of this leads to less wear and tear on our bodies while driving or riding across the country.
The truck garners more respect then the pickup and when the turn signals in the truck are turned on it seems as if the smaller vehicles have a tendency to give the truck room. When the turn signal is turned on in the pickup to change lanes it is often as if the signal is broke as there is not visible reaction from the lane we wanting to move into.
In the truck if we get hungry or want a snack we pull into a rest area of parking are and I can quickly make us a healthy snack or meal. This is cheaper and healthier then stopping at a quick stop and grabbing a bag of chips and a pop.
We have cameras as well as our mirrors adjusted to see all corners of the truck. I have a camera and a mirror on my passenger side and I have a camera on the back of the truck for backing. All of these items are beneficial when maneuvering into a tight parking spot. It seems as if it is easier to back the truck into a parking space or pull into a parking space then it is our smaller vehicle. This is probably due to the fact we park the truck many more times a year then we do the pickup.
Another problem I have when at home is I lose our pickup in parking lots. I am used to parking the truck and when I am finished shopping I head outside, look for the truck and head that direction. I forget this when I park the pickup and I have spent many embarrassing moments wandering up and down parking isles pushing my grocery cart looking for our vehicle.
When going down hills are mountains the truck uses the compression brake to slow the truck down while in the pickup the brake pedal must be applied.
The stress is less for us in the truck as we run slower and we do not often pass vehicles. In the pickup the speed limit is strictly adhered to as we do not worry as much about fuel mileage. This leads to stress as we are constantly passing vehicles and all the sudden our mind set is we are in a rush and the slower vehicles drive us crazy.
While driving a car for city use makes sense and is much more practical the truck is better for traversing the countries interstate system.
Another nice bonus is our
truck makes us money while we are driving while the pickup costs us money to
drive.
Bob & Linda Caffee
Leased to: FedEx Custom Critical 

TeamCaffee

Saint Louis MO
Expediters 6 years been out here on the road 11 years
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