Forgive me Father... it's been 34 hours since I slept. Not because of driving but after the weekend the first day back started with a 5am wake-up so by three in the afternoon I was still wide awake. Set off ...
Eschew obfuscation
May 25th, 2010Express Yourself
May 24th, 2010I'm back on the express run out of Sydney tonight. It's not the best run as you end up fairly tired, especially at the beginning of the week while you transition from the world of normal mortals toward the witching ...
Motivated morons
May 18th, 2010The following story is about some brilliant individuals that thought it would be fun to throw a very large object through the windscreen of a vehicle. I often struggle with the motivation of individuals that partake in such activities as graffiti ...
Nights in shining trucks.
May 17th, 2010It would appear that I have found my niche in life... well not exactly but I spent all last week doing the express run out of Sydney each night and have commenced a repetition of the same pattern this week ...
Last week.
May 10th, 2010I travelled 4500 km's last week and stopped 26 times to load or unload. At an average of one hour to load that's 26 hours, plus the kilometres at an average of 80 kph (56 hours) adds up to an ...
Reflection is often important
April 21st, 2010I can't wait to retire, well actually I can as I'll possibly be old then and not just middle aged. The opportunity to cruise the highways and byways of this great land, at my leisure towing an eight foot wide ...
Sounds of silence
April 20th, 2010It has been a while since I posted... writers block I guess although a week off thanks to torn ligaments in my lower back certainly hasn't helped my authoring juices to flow. But I'm back, no pun intended. So now I'm ...
The logistical cost of consumption
March 26th, 2010There is a lot of talk about Global Climate Change in the media and the boffins say that it is indeed changing, although they appear to struggle to agree on what that change actually is. On an average week I'll drive ...
How was your day?
March 24th, 2010A video from YouTube that will make you realise you didn't have the worst day on the road... and that trucks can save your fuel bill... httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie2oG4pFrXk?
Angel on my shoulder
March 11th, 2010I just wanted to take a couple of minutes to acknowledge the valiant efforts of the conscientious driver who attempted to assist me to better understand the road rules the other day. I was hauling over the Wattigans on my way ...
