We're having an early break-up,.....and I don't mean you and I because the boys would never let that happen.
What I mean is the roads are rough, the fields are muddy and work slows down a bit until she dries up.
I must get to the Regimental Museum in Calgary and we're pushing for a run to the the coastsss so if you're going to break down, do it somewhere nice and I'll use you as the excuse to leave town....anytime except tomorrow and Saturday, when Crashed Ice comes to town.
We did a 100 mile run this morning and the highways are starting to heave like mad. Expansion joints and bridge approaches are rougher than I recall so a guy must stay sharp and "Read the Road" constantly......makes it hard to text and drive properly. Even with my unlimited, limited skill set of strapping loads down, I had a strap come loose. A guys just gotta check the truck and loads more often.
If you're bob-tailing it with a light load, you can call your truck Silver or Black Beauty because she's going to buck.
Did you decide which way you're going? We did the south route, hiway 3 I think in November and it was easy.
If you go through Yoho....ha ha Yoho... say hi to the girls......no uh, get some pictures of that truck with bridges, lakes, rivers and mountains because you'll be telling a story most folks don't have the intestinal fortitude to do.
That said, the escape plan for some of those down hill runs must be known before you go in. Momentum gets ya at a 12 degree grade so if the truck starts to get away, bailing early is the key apparently.
Just make sure your brakes a working at the top of the hill like the rest of the truckers and if you feel better follow them down. A guy can always plant himself into the back of a semi rather than ride it out to the next "Run-off" lane.
Have you run the passes before? There are a few areas where you'll hit ice and the roughest ball like left-overs in the 2 driving tracks. It makes it a miserable trip because it tosses the truck around.....and you're on ice......and it's always at the top of the passes so it's both up-hill and down-hill.
I turned down a haul job to Port Alberni this winter because the pucker factor gets looser when you get old and ya just never know when a little slip at 60mph on a hiway, will make an old guy poop.
All the best, PM me with contact info and a schedule and I can plan a little. We've got support all the way down and back in Revelstoke, Kelowna, Penticton, West Van, Surrey, Powell Liver, Little Fort, Valemont.
