Views From The Road Today

Minnesota and Wisconsin got some fresh snow yesterday if you weren’t aware. The scenery in Wisconsin this morning was absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately there was some liquid precipitation hanging in the air freezing on the window. At times it was acting like freezing fog though it wasn’t foggy.Someone’s having a bad day at the Rochester rest … Read more

This Week – As I See It

I absolutely love using the WordPress Mobile application on my android devices. Unfortunately, this mobile application has made me lazy. I seldom jump on my laptop to update the under the hood stuff like I should. I managed to force myself to do just that last night. After updating several plugin’s, I cleaned up the … Read more

New Lift Axle Trailer

The Boss added a pair of new Walker lift axle trailers to our food grade trailer line up at the shop. We’ve had Polar lift axle trailers on our inedible side for a bit. I recall asking for a lift axle for my usual food grade runs. Unfortunately, at that time Walker was not manufacturing … Read more

A Fine Way To Start The Day

I woke up this only to find this. 35psi just isn’t going to cut it. Update: I was able to borrow an air hose from the mechanics at my customer this morning. I managed to get 92psi in the tire. I decided since I couldn’t see anything sticking in the tire I’d see if I … Read more

The Yard Dogs Bad Day

Spring brings difficulties as well as nice weather. It’s always the wrecker to the rescue.

This Week In Truckin – SALT

Perfect driving conditions were difficult to find this week here in the upper mid west. Rain turned to sleet and then snow. Getting parked for the night is always a good feeling. I love salt on my fries. Unfortunately, not so much a fan of it on my rig.

A “Little” Puddle Doesn’t Get In The Way

After my morning food grade soybean oil delivery I had the privilege (or misfortune depending on how you look at things) of delivering a load of waste oil to a facility that uses it in their compost process.  However, in order to get to the spot for unloading I was forced to drive through a … Read more