A day in the life of a hobby trucker
#601
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Originally Posted by Orangetxguy
My My...do you feel special....all that "extra" treatment you got at "Stinkymud"?? Oooooooops...The Port of Tacoma!!
So..you delivered a Crystal Bowel to Snoquakmie? eeeeer Snoqualmie?? Or to Wenatchee?? Or to Central Warshington?? And now Off to Hollywood!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r8N6I4ENL4 (if I coulda got rid of the firt 4 seconds and last 2 minutes of that..I woulda!) I would sure like to know what I have on back. Everything is in big dollar crates and custom made cases. There is one thing that almost looks like a part to a giant Vandigraph generator. All the paperwork attached is very non descriptive. I think I'll head to Jubitz this morning and spend the day there. Time to do laundry and stuff. I can't wait to fill up pulling 2 very light loads and doing 60 most of the time. I gotta hit up Walmart to restock my water too. It's getting close to the point where it will be cheaper to buy water at the truck stop instead of making a special detour to Walmart with the price of fuel.
#602
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Originally Posted by Orangetxguy
My My...do you feel special....all that "extra" treatment you got at "Stinkymud"?? Oooooooops...The Port of Tacoma!!
So..you delivered a Crystal Bowel to Snoquakmie? eeeeer Snoqualmie?? Or to Wenatchee?? Or to Central Warshington?? And now Off to Hollywood!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r8N6I4ENL4 (if I coulda got rid of the firt 4 seconds and last 2 minutes of that..I woulda!) I would sure like to know what I have on back. Everything is in big dollar crates and custom made cases. There is one thing that almost looks like a part to a giant Vandigraph generator. All the paperwork attached is very non descriptive. I think I'll head to Jubitz this morning and spend the day there. Time to do laundry and stuff. I can't wait to fill up pulling 2 very light loads and doing 60 most of the time. I gotta hit up Walmart to restock my water too. It's getting close to the point where it will be cheaper to buy water at the truck stop instead of making a special detour to Walmart with the price of fuel.
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#603
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Made it to Jubitz and stopped at a Walmart on the way. My GPS knows them all so I just picked one on the way. They always have plenty of parking at 3am. Pretty much ate breakfast while shopping and checked out 5 empty wrappers of various stuff.
I'm going to hit up a Home Depot maybe today and buy a pressure treated 6' 2x12 and make a bench to attach to the bumper of my trailer in the back. I can only do so much with my weights inside the truck. It should be pretty easy what I have in mind so I may take a cab instead of driving. Time for some real food while I do my laundry.
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Hey Geomon, Anywhere near the TA in Redding? I'm here for the rest of the day or at least awake for the next 4 hours.
What a great ride on Rt 5 all the way down here. What the hell is that big azz sea plane??????????
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Nowhere near ya Steve...you're probably 2-3 hrs north of Sac-ra-pimento. Based on the hour's you keep you'll probably roll thru here in the depths of night. Give a call if it's tomorrow in the daylight sometime.
Seaplane?....no clue on that one unless you're talking about Howard Hughes' plane down in Long Beach at the Queen Mary. What the heck's in the water up there Steve-o?
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I was maybe an hour away from Redding on Rt 5 looking down at water with lots of boats and there was this wicked big sea plane!! It was a lake, not the ocean. Big azz 4 engine sea plane, not the spruce goose.
Ya, I'm tired from reading all the bickering in the other thread so I'm off to la la land and will probably end up in Bakersfield tomorrow at the end of my day. I'll honk my horn as I pass Sacramento. Then again, maybe not. I may wake up Alice and I'm afraid of her.
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Originally Posted by NotSteve
I was maybe an hour away from Redding on Rt 5 looking down at water with lots of boats and there was this wicked big sea plane!! It was a lake, not the ocean. Big azz 4 engine sea plane, not the spruce goose.
Ya, I'm tired from reading all the bickering in the other thread so I'm off to la la land and will probably end up in Bakersfield tomorrow at the end of my day. I'll honk my horn as I pass Sacramento. Then again, maybe not. I may wake up Alice and I'm afraid of her.
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YA!!!! That was it. It was painted light orange and I saw a small boat next to it with guys dressed in orange jump suits.
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Originally Posted by NotSteve
YA!!!! That was it. It was painted light orange and I saw a small boat next to it with guys dressed in orange jump suits.
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Ya, no kidding. There was a cruiser probably every 20 miles ever since I left Portland all the way here. All 4 wheelers pulled over and every truck doing the speed limit the whole way.
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