Moving house

We caught this house up on highway 16, which is two way

traffic, and he was travelling at 45mph!

Update

We got tipped in Brampton and got a reload same day, but as it was my birthday i just couldn't be bothered to do anything, so we watched a bit of tv and had an early night. The load we had was for Saskatoon, which is 3000 kms from Brampton, and 3 days to do it. The first day we got to Hearst, next day West Hawk, then 3rd day run into Saskatoon. We got up this morning and recieved a pre-plan for Calgary to tip wednesday morning, so that'll take us up to our 2 weeks so we'll just reset when we're tipped. Perfect.

Next trip

We got to the drop the evening before we we're due, went in and dropped the trailer. The next morning we went in and picked up the same trailer (m/t). Within 10 mins we had a preplan to load in Kansas City the next morning. So we ran down there and went in to see them. They told me to stick it on a bay, drop and go to bed in there yard while they loaded it. Result. At 5.00 am we got a knock to say it was ready. The load is going to Ontario for friday, so a steady 1600 kms to in 2 days. Also we get to see St louis and Indianapolis. So all in all another good trip, plus we get to run across Canada, more good mileage.

Wall drug

You see bill boards for this place for about 30 miles along the I90 and we've often fancied stopping, but never really had time, this trip we had the time spare so we did. It's basically a huge gift shop, with lots of stuffed animals. We spent a good hour or so wandering around looking at everything. I think we'll call in again during the summer season, when there are more people about, as there was only 5 of us in the whole place.

Rockies

We had a really good steady trip both ways this time. The weather is starting to get worse now. The second photo is the Coquahala summit, a little further on the snow had compacted and was really slick. We were ok as our gross weight was 100,000 lbs (45.5 ton) but all the light trucks that flew past us on the big climb, slowed us down, until things improved. When we got tipped in Calgary we took a reset, then ran to Brooks AB for a load to Souix City NE. We've got 3 days to get there instead of 2 like normal, so we're taking it steady.

quick update

Well what a busy week. We left on sunday morning with a Soiux City for 6.00 am tues, which didn't give us anything to play with. After we tipped we flew over to Little Chute WI for a load of frozen pizzas. At the moment we're in Swift Current SK, in the morning we'll run back into Calgary, drop this one and pick up one for Richmond BC to tip monday morning. We had sausage rolls with brown sauce on for tea and they were so good we bought 8! for tomorow. Got stopped by a sheriff today in North Dakota, he just stood in the middle of the road and flagged me down, he did a full paper inspection on me and i passed. Tomorow night we will go as far as Golden, i'm looking forward to seeing how much snow is about as we haven't been over there for a while, but we've been able to see the mountains turning white from Calgary. Will get some pics and get them posted.

North Dakota

Here are a few pics of the truckstop we parked at, in Jamestown ND. We stopped here on our way back from Wisconsin, which is where we reloaded after Waterloo. At the moment we're on a reset in Calgary until saturday night. We already have our next assignment, South Souix City NE, so we'll crack on early sunday and get to the border for 8 am. When we've cleared, i'll probably run untill about lunch time then call it a day, which will leave us a 1000kms to do on monday, then an easy run in for tuesday.

snow on Rogers Pass Montana
me getting cold. same place
there is a sign just before u get here thats says
the lowest recorded temp here is -70!

Hwy 200 Missoula to Great Falls

This kitten just sat on the door with the window

down, even with the door open it didn't even try

to jump out.

Driving into a dust storm in Washington that

lasted for about 4 hours

update

After we had a week of we got a really steady run to Salem Oregon. We arrived at the delivery first thing monday to find the place deserted. So i made the call to dispatch, and it turns out the customer had moved from those premises about 5 years ago, and the shipper hadn't bothered to update the address. So we got the proper address and delivery time, which wasn't until the next morning. After we tipped we reloaded for Vancouver,in the evening, about 5 miles away, so a steady day again. Once we got loaded i was asked if i minded doing a switch with a trailer coming up from Calafornia as the driver needed to be back in BC, so i said ok, then they said great he'll be there tomorow lunch time! So we finally got away from Salem on wednesday afternoon with a drop on for Calgary at 05.30 friday morning. We tipped that and by 08.00 we were heading south again for a trailer to go to Waterloo Iowa, for sunday night, and thats where we are now. Not sure whats going to happen in the morning as its Thanks giving here, so tomorow is a public holiday, we'll just take it as it comes.

Back to work

Well were at the end of our week off, and what a great week its been. Had plenty of beer, done lots of suffering. Bought a car. Got a full safety bonus from work, which means i've done the miles required without incident. Got all the defects on the truck fixed, so all in all a good week. Spent a couple of hours this evening getting all the gear back in the truck. The load we've been given is for Portland Oregon, which is a good scenic drive. We have also had reports this week, of snow in Montana, British Columbia and Idaho, so we could be playing in snow pretty soon.