New Website!

My son helped me make a website. He did a great job. Check it out!

https://snorelord.net/

What a world.

So I am no longer a driver. But I am still in the industry doing what I can to help drivers navigate the complex world of logistics. More at 11. Website coming soon.

What I look like now.

This is what 15 years of being in the Trucking industry looks like. Still metal. Still play guitar. Sometimes I still drive a truck.

Hello? Is This Thing Still On?

Wow. I did not realize I still have access to this platform. I started this back in 2008 before You Tube turned into your source for "vlogs" and how-to content. I still remember hearing the word "blog" for the first time and wondering "What the hell is a blog." Then I created one. Without going into my archives I beleive I started this on The Trucker's Report website where the message board (remember those?) had a blog section. I started Downtime on the blogger page and then did a second page called From The Schoolbus To The Truck where I pretty much copied and pasted everything from the Trucker's report blog and posted it here. My last real post was 2013 except for the music post I made in 2016. What is interesting is that I only have 14 followers but according to my home page it has had 53,377 views. Weird. So much has changed. I don't even know where to begin. I imagine that none of the 14 followers are still following me so we will start here. Hi. My name is Snorelord and this is my story....

THE FINAL CURTAIN

Final Transland Post.

April 15th 2008 is when I started driving for TCSI/Transland. In 15 days I will have been with them for 6 years. It seems fast but also a long time ago. I am a much different driver now. I know so much more about the game, but I still desire to learn more. Especially about the business side of it. In six years I have gone from rookie to trainer. I have had 4 trucks. Two of which were brand spanking new. I should be expecting a third one within the month. I have blogged my adventures and have given you the ups and downs. My blog has gotten Transland some drivers. There was even a whole thread on Truckersreport.com message board about me, my blog and how this company was treating me. Here are some of the things I am learning. 1. Cheap freight is the root of a lot of evil in this industry. Anytime I have long dock times, bad shippers, and bad recievers I noticed these are poorly ran customers that barely pay anything. 2. For a trucking company to do well you need two things: 1. Strong freight base and 2. Treat your drivers well. Companies that are huge like Swift, Werner etc have a strong base but it's quantity not quality. However they do not treat their drivers well. Then you have a small 5 truck company that treats drivers like gold but then does not have the base. 3. The more one knows the more one can understand.

Going Back To Cali

So after five years I finally get a run going to California. Only two states I haven't been in with Transland. One California, two Nevada. Don't get me wrong I have been there plenty of times riding with Dad, hell I was born in Oceanside but I haven't driven there.This was an easy dunnage load with a reload coming straight back to Springfield, MO. So I leave Friday AM giddy as a kid. I barely get ten miles out and BOOM! I blow a trailer tire. I pull into Hoods at exit 69 and managed to get rolling within the hour. Friday night I make it to Amarillo where I enjoyed a steak at the Big Texan. (No I did not try the 72 oz steak!) The last time I was at the restaurant was with my Dad. After dinner I went to bed. Saturday I drove to Winslow, AZ where I found the Walmart I knew had an abandoned truck stop right next to it. I did my shopping and I tried to decide if I wanted to spend the night there. Giving the amount of panhandlers and homeless I figured I wouldn't rest well so I moved down about 20 miles and stayed at a rest area. After the light rain storm I climbed the rocks, took pics of my beloved desert. I LOVE IT OUT WEST! Sunday would be the exciting day. I haven't been on I40 West of Flagstaff in over 25 years. I was in awe of the spectacle. I got to Barstow and stopped for the night. I had an open window Monday am and I knew I couldn't sleep at customer, Barstow was a safe bet. Monday AM approached I left in a good time and took a route to Santa Ana hoping for little delay as possible. But still managed to to brush rush hour and it took 2 hours 45 minutes to go 119 miles. I have to say NOTHING looked familiar. Absolutely nothing. I got into town made my delivery and pick up and headed out. I was hoping for a trip down memory lane but I recognized absolutely nothing. Oh well. it was a fun easy run. I got to as far as Big Cabin on Wednesday when my second tire blew out. All in all I enjoyed it. I love running west. I love the scenery, the roads, and there is less people. Now excuse me while I open a cold one and enjoy my home time.