day morning, so off we went 60 miles away, just hoping to find a place to park for the day and watch the Super Bowl......And then, some days you just get lucky.The manufacturer had a weekend crew working on Sunday. We were happy to be able to just go inside their lot and sit until Monday to get loaded, but since this boat mold was slated to be picked up last Friday, the mold, along with the paperwork, were all ready to go. Within minutes of arriving, the forklift had the mold on the trailer and we had just 4 straps to put on and then.....oh yeah..... it was an oversize load. Since we have our own fax number, when we were given the info
about this load while still in Canada, we had the permits faxed and in hand, and off we went.We took off headed south, our destination being Adelanto, CA, to Cabo Yachts. We made it into Coburg, OR for the night and in time to watch the last half of the Super Bowl. We got up early and took showers, but had to wait until sunrise to leave. We anticipated running into some bad weather but we are keeping our hopes high that the roads will be open over all the passes and summits we have to cross. As long as we can make it past Redding, we should be home free.....literally by Wednesday.
6 comments:
I recently discovered your blog and have just finished reading it from beginning to present.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. Your blog entries have given me a better understanding of what life as an over the road trucker is like.
I hope to begin my own adventure in the near future.
since you are constantly on the move, where do you have your mail sent?
Home on Wednesday? That would be cool! Hope you can find a few days to play catch up with friends!
Opie
Currently we use my Mother's address for our mail, but with the move to Washington State later this year, we will get a P.O. Box and ask for home time more frequently, every 4-6 weeks.
How do you work it to have your own FAX number in the truck? Does it come directly into your FAX machine or is it thru you cell phone somehow?
Really enjoy reading your blog.
You guys stay safe out there.
Rod
Pensacola, FL
Rod-
We have a an online fax service that works with our email address. In the truck we have a scanner/copier, so all we have to do is download the faxes to our computer, than hook it to printer and print away. We found that if you spend a lot of time dealing with permits and border crossings, it saves a ton of time.
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