Wednesday, 29 July 2009

Down to Denver and over to Montreal

I had a load to go to Nebraska but that was taken off of me at the last moment instead I was given a load to Aurora Colorado it was cat litter so no meat inspection. I got to the border at 6am they did their normal checks to make sure the radiation was coming from the cat litter and not a nuke I was smuggling into America lol.


I drove down to Billings Montana to buy a 1.5 TB hard drive and to do a bit of shopping at wal-mart. I spent 2 hours walking around and spending money then made my way down to Casper but I mucked up I spent too long shopping and was out of time so I had to stop at a place called Buffalo Wyoming that will teach me but as luck would have it the place I stopped had a big hotel and I used their free Wi-Fi lol.


I spent the night watching TV in the end, but called it a night at about 8.30pm I was shattered so I set my alarm to wake me up at 3am but guess what.... my tri-pac packed up again (how many Canadians does it take to fix a tri-pac.... 7 so far)! Well the tripac cut out and knocked out my alarm so instead of waking up at 3am I woke up at 7am this is what happens when they get you to start at different times of the day it mucks up your body clock.


I sent in a macro telling them what had happened and said I would be late I got a message back saying this is not acceptable yep you guessed it it was my fault the tri-pac went again even tho they know how many times I have had problems with it. When the shit hits the fan its always the drivers fault well you can guess how happy I was when I got that message so I sent a few comments back myself!!


This place in Aurora is well known for making drivers wait for days if you are late but the guys in the office picked up on my accent and asked me what football team I liked but I am not into football so I was just chatting to them about man united as the guy was a big fan of them! After 10 minutes of chat a guy came out and cut my seal off and told me to back on a door. Because of my bad arm cutting a bolt seal off is the one thing I can't do so when ever I have a bolt on I show them my arm and they do it for me.


I was tipped in an hour which made the guys at H&R happy and I was told to go and swap trailers at fort Morgan Colorado. I was planning on doing a quick swap and drive on for another 1.5 hours but when I got there was loads of trucks waiting for their trailers, even an H&R truck was sat there. A bit fed up at seeing that I pulled into drop my trailer and gave them my pic up number. Well it was my lucky night, my trailer and paper work was ready so a quick chat with Eric the other H&R driver (who had been waiting since the day before) then I did a very fast drop and swap.


I got up to the Flying J at Julesburg which is the edge of Colorado. I went in and had a nice hot shower this was the worst Flying J I have been into it was manky, now I have my full years worth of Internet at the Flying J I plan my routes so I go from one to the other its been a lot less hassle and its great I wake up an hour before I set off and I can chat to my wife and daughter.


A couple of guys who are coming over here have asked me which is the best Internet to buy.
The one at the Flying J cost $149.99 for the year that works out at .41 cents a day and it works in some Pilots, TA and Petro truck stops so I think its well worth getting the Internet from the Flying J. You can get a small booklet from the J telling you where all their stops are and another little booklet telling you were all of their hot spots are so if you can't make a J there could be a TA or Pilot on your route.


After I left Julesburg my next stop for the night was going to be the Flying J at Davenport Iowa but because of the muck up the day before it meant I didn't have time to fuel up. I got my card open so I could fill my tanks up at the next truck stop that would give me enough fuel to get back on track with my fuel stops. Some people think its a pain to be told where to fuel up but I don't I like it this way and its no great deal if you want off route fuel.


I made good time, no hold ups, no dramas. Got to Davenport then had a shower then time for bed because my body clock has been mucked up I just go to sleep as soon as I have had my shower. The next day was the muck up bit. I got as far as the bridge that crosses the Mississippi into Illinois and the road was closed so I had to take a detour but no great shakes it was Sunday and most sain people were still in bed. I got back on to I80 then made my way to Sarnia where we cross into Canada. Don't know what was wrong on the border but there were cops everywhere and big queues. It only added about 15 minutes that's all, when I got to the other side I saw Martin and Val, there was a muck up with their paper work and had lost about 4 hours at the border.


I went and sorted my paper work out and had another skip load lol I have been doing this job 10 months now and everyone was a skip load. You watch... me and my big mouth, I bet my next load will be a full inspect lol. Martin and Val were just about to leave when I turned up. They waited for me to get my m-cap then we parked at the Flying J in London Ontario we went in and had a bite to eat then we had our showers they never had any left so they were just about to cough up $10 but I still had a few left so I gave them one of mine we said our goodbyes as they had an early start and I had something else planned and could not start early.

I had a quick look at the fuel stop it was the Husky at Mississauga but that is a real pain in the arse so I went along to the next stop an Esso at Belleville. What a dumb ass... if I had read it properly I would of seen it was for trailers only so I made a quick call to the lady on fuel and told her what I had done....she was great, she said just fill your tanks up (see I told you its never a problem).


I parked at the Flying J at Montreal then made my deliver in the morning it was a very quick tip. I was parked up in my favourite spot where you get free Internet and spoke to my wife and daughters on and off all day my trailer would not be ready until the next day so I had a day off.

Tuesday, 21 July 2009

Dee and girls coming over soon :-)

I can't wait! My wife and 2 daughters Cassie and Jenny will be coming over on the 6th Aug for a week, we will stay at the Lethbridge lodge for about 5 nights then a couple of nights at Edmonton before they fly back to the UK.

I will be showing them around Lethbridge and I will be hoping that my wife likes it and wants to move over here but even if she says yes it will be about 5 years before she is ready because we foster kids. My wife and myself do not want to turn our backs on these boys. Dee will stay in the UK while I am over here working really hard (lololol) this way I can save all my wages for the 5 years which will fill the pot so we can then decide the next step for us.
My daughters have both been looking for jobs in the UK they have sent loads of cv's but had no luck. Cassie starts College in September but she wanted a small job so she could have some money of her own now her daddy is not there to give her any lololololol. UK just not looking good for jobs is it....they dont really stand a chance back there!!

I am going to look around Lethbridge at things to do when they get here so they will not be bored I have found out there is that river run where you float down the river on inflatables for 4 hours then have a BBQ at the end of it, it sounds great fun but Dee doesn't really do water lololol.

After we have been around Lethbridge we will drive up to Edmonton and spend 2 days there. Go swimming in the pool at the mall and on the rides in the fun fair. But then a sad drive down to the airport to say my goodbyes again! BUT I will be going home at the end of September because its our anniversary in October and last year I forgot to ring her lolol, she wasn't happy!! We have been together now 21 years but only been married 3 years so i forgot our second anniversary, now you understand why she wasn't happy lololol! But this year we hope to get away for a week on our own, maybe drive to Scotland.

BBQ with TJ

Well I got back to Saskatoon about 6.30pm I dropped my trailer then went to the Flying J truck stop to meet TJ. The bbq I brought had to be made up before we could do any cooking that was a laugh just doing that!!


The wind had picked up so I had to stick the bbq on my rear tyres as I forgot to buy a small table we just put all the food on the bbq and hoped for the best lol. It was great fun, we had a laugh then we packed everything away and went inside for a drink then it was time for bed .


The next day TJ had to get unloaded at 6am I thought he would of gone but he woke me up at 9am I put my washing on before we went and had a bite to eat then had showers. We spent most of the day sat around waiting for our jobs, mine came in before TJ's so I went around to pick up my trailer but had to wait for them to finish loading.


My load was ready to go at 4pm, great at rush hour! Not nice around Saskatoon at that time. As it was there wasn't much of a hold up then a straight run all the way to Calgary. I passed the truck stop and saw TJ's truck still there so god knows what time he got out of there. I got into Calgary and parked by Staples because it has free Internet. In the morning I went around the corner to do my deliver I sent in my empty Macro and was told to drop my trailer at Highriver and pick up a trailer to bring down to Lethbridge and have my reset.

I went around Lethbridge looking for a 10/4 phone. The guy in the bell shop said he was getting one sent down from Calgary 12 days ago but like so many H&R drivers have found out these phone shops will say anything to make you happy but most of the time they are full of s--t.

The only phone they had was a pink one at the other store in Lethbridge so I thought I would get the pink one and use a black marker on it to make it black lolol. The girl in the shop was very dumb any dumber and she would be eating grass (thank you wolf)! I was getting fed up with this company (BELL) all they did was lie so if any new drivers need phones stay away from these 2 shops I went to another store to buy the phone the guy there knew right away what I wanted and told me everything I need to know. The shop is called Protec and they are next to the Future store. Hi Wolf send me you 10/4 number I lost it and the lady will not give me your number its ok i will not publish it on here lol.


Now I am in the Lethbridge Lodge for just the one night I will stay in the truck tomorrow night as I will be leaving at around 4am to go and pick up my trailer from Brooks. I am off to South Sioux City in Nebraska this time I will be running in the day time so I might get to see the run I did the other night!

Saturday, 18 July 2009

Running with TJ from Ice Road Truckers






Its been a dream of mine for 30 years to drive a truck in America but I could never get in. A friend of mine Ian from Smarts transport told me about H&R, at first it didn't mean anything until I saw a TV program called Ice Road Truckers and I really enjoyed watching it. that program made my mind up for me so I rang H&R and well you know what happened next.


The program itself is a big favourite of mine and a few weeks back when me Martin and Val were at Winnipeg we bumped into one of the stars of the show TJ. We had a chat and he seemed a really nice guy but because he gets loads of people coming up to him and saying hi I thought he would soon forget us... how wrong was I.


I picked up my load from the Brampton yard and headed towards Calgary I had to pull in for fuel at a place called New Liskeard. While I was washing my windscreen guess who came walking over to me yep it was TJ. Ee said hello and asked how I had been he said he kept looking for mine and Martins trucks because we have a union jack plate on the front (I know sad git lolol) this time I had my camera there so I took a pic of him stood in front of my truck (I know even sadder lol) we went in and had a bite to eat and he was going the same way as me so we ran together.


We stopped at Longlac for the night and the next day we drove up to Winnipeg. TJ went to the Flying J while I had a quick drop in Winnipeg. What a dumb arse.... no such thing as a quick tip they weren't even there so I drove round to the J we both went and had our showers then grabbed something to eat.


The next day I had to go and do my deliver. TJ said he would wait at the J for me I was told they would be there at 6am why was I so dumb to believe them so off I went at 5.30am only to find they don't come in until 8am! By the time I got tipped and heading back to the J it was gone 10am I thought TJ would of gone but nope he was sat there waiting for me (what a great guy) most other drivers would of long gone.


We went to the Husky to fuel up and grab a snack then headed west all the time we were chatting, I know this lad is only 24 but he is very mature for his age and we had a good chat and laugh over the 3 days running together he was going to Saskatoon and I was going to Calgary so we split at Regina. There is a trailer sat in Calgary waiting for me to go to Saskatoon so we arranged to meet in the Flying J. We are going to have a bbq by our trucks lol I just brought a gas bbq and some steak for tomorrow night, should be a laugh!


If there are any drivers who read this and are in Saskatoon tomorrow (Sunday) come over and say hi you wont miss us we will be the only idiots in the truck stop having a bbq lololol and if you see my truck smoking don't worry its not my tri-pac haha!

Wednesday, 15 July 2009

New Flying J at Mississsauge

The new Flying J at Mississauga is in Britannia Road east. It has showers and truck parking for 80 trucks and it has Wi-Fi so I'm off to have a nice shower now ready for bed because I have an early start and a very long drive ahead of me all the way to Vancouver Via Winnipeg.

Tuesday, 14 July 2009

TA TRUCK STOP WHAT A RIPOFF!!

I paid for 24 hours of internet at the TA in Napoleon Ohio but just after I brought it I was told to make my way to Toronto but on the way there is a TA truck stop at a place called Woodstock Ontario so I pulled in there for the night. I thought great I can use the internet, what a joke, it wouldn't work so I rang the out of hours number. I waited 20 minutes for them to answer then the guy said there was a problem on their side and he would sort it by the time I got back to my truck.

I got back to my truck and it still would not work so I went inside again to ring them it took 35 minutes and they still didn't answer. I just gave up in the end I know they must be very busy but I rang them at 12.30am and again at 1.30am it only cost me $5 but its my way of keeping in touch with my family and I hate being ripped off.

So if there are any drivers thinking about signing up to the TA truck stop internet forget it, its a joke and the service is as well. I have a full year of internet at the Flying J it connects every time I turn my computer on now. I have my computer on my dash it even connects as I get close to the Flying J its up to every driver what they do with their money but be warned!!

My trip to Napoleon in Ohio

After shopping and sorting my truck out I headed to the border. When I got there there was one hell of a queue for cars but no trucks lol. I passed over my paper work then went around and parked up. The lady in agriculture had sorted my paper work out before I got there so it was a quick hi and goodbye then a quick trip to meat inspection and no one was there as well so a guy there came out and cut my seal off you have to do that yourself but because of my bad arm I can not use bolt cutters I must of been there all of 5 minutes then time to go.

I drove to Shelby Montana to fuel up and get a subway sandwich then I drove to Havre where there is a Wal-mart with truck parking places I had to go and buy a net10 card for my American Pay as you go phone (I was told these had gone bust but it still works fine).

In the truck parking lot was another H&R but I didn't bother seeing who it was but when I was walking back to my truck the driver got out and came over to me it was a Canadian driver who I have met before we had a quick chat and then we left together we spent the next 6 hours chatting on the CB. We stopped at Beach North Dakota to fuel up I was going to stop there but Dale told me there was a better truck stop with free Wi-Fi at Dickinson which was only about 40 miles away I had plenty of time left so we parked there for the night.

The next day I stopped at Fargo for more fuel and bumped into an H&R driver who wanted to know if I had a free shower I said no but just after he went and brought one I forgot I had 2 cards I went looking for him but could not find him I felt guilty all day long because I could of helped him out and didn't.

I wanted to get down as far as Black River Falls Wisconsin but there was a nasty crash in the day and there was on hell of a traffic jam so I called it a night in a rest area about 50 miles from there.

I then drove down to Chicago, my god don't they charge you lots on the toll roads! It cost me $59.50 good job I have always got money on me. I think its very poor from H&R for not telling me about the tolls, what if it had been a new guy or a driver who had no money everything at H&R is learn as you go. You would of thought at the bottom of the qual-com message they would of put something like there are loads of tolls on that road take plenty of money naaaaaaaaa that's too easy why make a drivers life easy lol!!

I got down to Napoleon Ohio at about 8pm and parked in a Pilot for the night. I had a nice shower then watched a couple of episodes of Criminal Minds then went to sleep. I was on the door step to my deliver so in the morning I drove across the road it was about an hours tip now I am sat in the TA truck stop updating my blog and just got a message on my qual-com telling me to make my way to Toronto. I asked them which border do they want me to cross and its been an hour now so I think they are still tyring to pull there thumb out of their arse!

My reset















On my reset I got my truck fixed I bet you can guess what was wrong with it yep it was the tri-pak again! Needed a full service too so I had 2 nights in the Lethbridge Lodge thanks to Penski. The first night was because they could only start servicing my truck at 4.30pm so they gave me a room in the hotel for the night I spent most of my day making a bracket for my laptop as you can see from the pics. I can use Streets and Trips as I am driving along and if I wanted to I could just swivel it around and use it from the passenger seat. If you have a close look at the pics I screwed a metal plate behind my qualcom because we are not allowed to make holes in the dash up a little from there you can see where I had to add a bracket as well but I used the screw that joins the dash together.


The next day I finished off the bracket and just in time for my truck to come out of the work shop. I was just mucking about in the yard doing little bits then went over to my truck only to find my tri-pac had the same fault! I was told to book into the hotel for the night. The next morning I spoke to the fitter who had sorted the tri-pac out and he said it was time to put a new alternator on there and it would only take any hour so I just planned my route for my next trip and went shopping.

Backstabbing Driver!!

As everyone knows I started my blog to keep my family informed of my travels while over in Canada. I get loads of e-mails from drivers asking me alsorts which I really enjoy, there have been many times new drivers have come up to me and said hi and that they have read my blog which is great and always nice to put a face to a name.

If you have read my blog you can see from time to time I have put up little bits about the way Canadians drive, all the Canadian drivers I have spoken to have thought it was quite funny what I say about their driving and none of them have thought it was offensive....all except one driver! He hated it but... wait a minute... he's not a Canadian he is English!! yep its funny how an English guy has taken offence to what I right on my blog.

I ran with a H&R Canadian driver who told me this guy did nothing but slag me off he hated everything I had said and done since I have been here. He spent nearly 6 hours slagging me off I don't really give a toss but when he told me who it was you could of knocked me over with a feather because every time I met this guy he would come up to me shake my hand and ask how I was doing. We would chat for hours even went and had food together and I thought he was a mate now you can see why I like to keep myself to myself.

This driver left his family at home to come here and make a new life for them which is great but why be two faced. I'm sure there are a couple of drivers who don't like me which I have not got a problem with (everyones choice) but they don't come over to chat to me or keep in touch which is fair enough. This guy could not make a go of it over here so he used every excuse to go back home but he blamed everything on H&R. He was just not man enough to do the job he ran from Brandon Manitoba to Swift current in Saskatchewan and called it a day a total of 375 miles but he hated the fact that I can do the miles and making ago of it over here.

I am not going to name him he is not worth the shit I nearly stepped in just a minute ago but hey if you don't like reading my blog or you just don't like me why bother reading it or chatting to me!! I have made a number of friends out here but I have to watch my back even closer now. Guys like this really wind me up, i'd have had far more respect for him if he'd have said something to me face to face but behind my back is bloody playground stuff!!

Tuesday, 7 July 2009

Canadian truck drivers

I met another Canadian truck driver on the road we started chatting between Hearst and Longlac his name was Steve, we were chatting about computers films downloading TV programs everything really we stopped for fuel and a shower at Nipigon then he waited for me to get my subway sandwich at Ignace then we drove to Winnipeg we went in and had a milk shake (your fault Val) then left the next day together and ran up to Regina then he went off to Calgary while I went to Saskatoon. It really is nice when you meet new drivers out on the road, there are some great guys over here and some not so great ones! This french guy had a go at me for being in his country lol he told me where to go so I just took the piss out of him I think he is going to kill me if he gets his hands on me lololol.


Every time I chat to Canadian drivers they ask me if I like it over here I tell them the country is great the people are nice until you get them into a motor vehicle! They all laugh at that and say the same thing I told a group of 5 truck drivers the other day what my thoughts were on there car driving test , one guy was laughing so much he chocked on his food his mate was killing himself laughing and was whacking him on his back lol this is my theory on the Canadian car driving test.


It come's in 3 parts. The first bit you have to sit in front of a large TV screen and watch 20 Nascar races. Part 2 they give you an x-box or ps2 and you have to do 100 laps of a Nascar race or F1 race when you have done that you get to go out in a car you have to overtake and undertake 25 cars in a mile. If you do that with out hitting anything then you get your full license! BUT if you can do the same thing while talking on the phone you get your advanced driving licence! I am not being nasty its just a bit of fun but everyone I have told that to they say the same thing the drivers over here are shocking to watch I wish I had a camera on the front of my truck I would get loads of money from you've been framed or police camera action

My trip up from Kitchener

I made my way to the Esso garage at Hearst Ontario because I got a message from a guy who works at the garage about how nice it is now that a new owner has taken over and that it had Internet (well I think by now you can tell I like the free wi-fi lolol).


I went in and spoke to them and tried to find out who sent me the message but know one there knew who sent it. I asked about the Wi-fi and they gave me the code so I could use it I went out side but I couldn't get on the net Ispoke to a young lad named JF (he's french and just 16 ) I asked him to reset the modem but he said that would not do it and could he just check my laptop. The first thing I wanted to say was bog off I didn't want some kid to look at it but how glad am I now that he did. He touched a couple of buttons and a few boxes opened up that I have never seen then he typed in a code and found the problem in less than 30 seconds we rebooted my laptop and it worked...wow.


I chatted to this lad it turns out he is a bit of a hacker and knows everything there is to know about computers and he had some better software at home. After his shift he went home and came back at 12am his time to have a better look at my laptop and put on a few programs he gave me a couple of programs that he and his mate made that gets rid of spyware. It worked well, then he ran another program which looked at my registry and there was 111 faults so he cleared them and changed a few things around, he was bloody brilliant.

Now my laptop runs really fast and it connects much faster to the Internet all he charged me was $30 but it was well worth it. So if there are any drivers out there who need their computers looked at go into the Esso at Hearst and ask for JF if he is not there then tell them you are a truck driver and ask if they can ring him and he will come into work. It'll be worth it and he is going to do a service where he puts a program on your laptop, if your in Texas and got a problem you can ring him then he can go on line and with your permission look at your computer while you are watching how cool is that you can sit and watch all your windows open up by someone 2000 miles away!

A funny trip to Nebraska

I took to much time getting back from California (Wolf it was your fault lol) so my next trip to Nebraska was foot down and a hard drive. There was a big muck up with border crossing I was told to go to the blue shed by my dispatch for meat inspection on a Monday they don't start until 4pm so I spent the morning shopping and sorting my truck out.


When I crossed the border and went to the blue shed I had to wait my turn then. I was informed I was at the wrong place so I drove around to see Tim at the other place. Lucky for me he was still there he was not happy as he informed H&R dispatch on Sunday my load was to go to him and he opened at 12pm and closed at 4pm, I got there 5.30pm he really is a nice guy and will do everything he can to make the driver happy its a shame the rest can't do the same! It pissed me off that someone in the office didn't tell me I could of been down the road about 5.5 hours as it was I had to run through the night I finished 1.30am I had to stop I nearly ran off the road twice!

When I got to Nebraska I spoke to the American dispatch who wanted me to carry on running at night I told him I can't drive at night I have been starting at 4am for 20 years come 8pm-9pm I am in bed I explained its not safe for me to drive at night I nearly dropped off while driving and he said we can't have that so switch back to days so I had a short day to get me back on track.


The next day I went into Beardstown to swap trailers I pulled up to security to tell them what I was there for I spoke to this young girl who stood 5ft tall but 6ft wide and boy did she have a chip on her shoulder! The way she spoke to me was a disgrace it should never be allowed I never said a word I just walked out dropped my trailer then went up to see this lady upstairs about a trailer wash and pallets she was nice, we chatted for a while I told her about the girl downstairs she laughed and said I was about the 5th driver today to say the same thing she told me to make a complaint to my company.


Don't get me wrong I still love driving a truck and I am earning not bad money but the way truck drivers get treated is a real eye opener! it really feels when you're out on the road what ever happens its the truck drivers fault. I left there to go to Cambridge Ontario but on route my fridge packed up I got it going again but it stopped again about an hour later so I rang on road repairs and told them I needed to take it to thermol king to get it looked at. He gave me the address I asked him if he could ring them and tell them I would be there at 5.30pm my time and 6.30pm there time when I got there they didn't even know I was coming (surprise surprise) so I had to wait in line to get it fixed I lost 3 hours getting the trailer fixed which now made my load late by 2 hours I sent my macro but I never heard a thing.


The next day when I got to Cambridge I was told to back on the door but 3 hours later still no joy I went in and asked what was wrong they told me basically I was being punished for being late and they would get to me when they felt like it that's great I used my time to get the trailer fixed and now I was getting punished for it now I can see why drivers don't go out there way to help.

When I was tipped I had to drive north to get my trailer washed out then come back south to Kitchener just around the corner from where I tipped to swap trailers now I have been to this place a few times so I knew where it was and the Lady's in the office are great very helpful always got time for a quick chat and the blond lady is very nice looking lololol.

It was about 5pm now and I didn't want to fight with the dumb car drivers so I left at 4am to get past Mississauga and made my way to Hearst Ontario because I am rolling my hours I worked it out on my computer I had to get to Hearst then Winnipeg then had only enough hours to get to Saskatoon it worked out when I went in the gate I had 5 minutes driving time left I dropped the trailer and drove in my time to the Husky truck stop where I sat and watched TV I was in bed by 6pm and asleep by about 6.01pm lol.

When I got up I went and had a shower and washed my clothes now I am just waiting here for my trailer which will be ready by 2pm lololololololololololol you think.

I have been reading a few things on the Internet about the new drivers contracts, they are going to pay them less, so what !!! you think its not going to bother me but it will it will affect all of us when there is a long driving job to Texas. Who will get the load... a driver on .42 cents a mile or a new guy on .40 a mile I have just looked at my map and the drive from Lethbridge to Laredo in Texas is 2071 miles give or take a couple of miles now do the math there is a difference of $41.42 times that by how many loads over a month a big saving which is very good for the company but no good for driver moral I have worked for a company who had a 2 tier pay scheme it just made drivers angry they soon got rid of it when drivers left.


I personally think every truck driver should get the same money after all we are all doing the same work the only difference with an experienced driver and a non experienced driver is the experienced driver knows how to get out of the shit faster. We are still learning every day so should a guy who has been driving for 40 years get more money than a guy who has only done 20 years nope I don't think so. Because of my blog I have chatted to loads of drivers and a few sent me e-mails telling me they are not bothering to come to H&R any-more.


Every day I wake up with a smile on my face because this was my dream to do this but the smile doesn't seem to last as long as it used too!! So many drivers I knew have left and a great deal of drivers who I have spoken to are looking else where. I admit I have looked else where but from what I have found out its the same shit just a different name on the door! I bumped into a driver yesterday who was so fed up I thought I hope I don't get like that then it will be time to just walk away.

A few pics of some of the trucks from the truck show

This truck show was rubbish last year this year it was even worse I only went to buy my freezer but here are a couple of pics of some of the trucks.