Alot of folks want to know about the truck, and how I get my trips.

First, I am a company driver. I do not own this truck, it is company property for me to use as long as I work for them. So why am I not an owner-operator/independent? Simple. As a company driver, I drive their truck. If anything goes wrong with it, they pay for it. Tires, oil changes, fuel, etc. They pay for it all. I use this same truck until the warranty runs out at about 500,000 miles. Then I get issued a new one. My company does all the load information for me. They send me the trip information over the truck computer, and I go there. Pretty easy. They do all the load searching, expenses, everything. I drive, and collect a paycheck. For me, in MY circumstances, it works for me. Less hassle in paperwork, taxes, expenses, permits, and all that.

Ok, now all about the truck.

The one I currently have is a 2008 Volvo VN670. It really is not all that bad to live in. It has everything I need such as cabinet space, sleep/bed, etc. You can see photos of the interior here: Inside the BigRig.

The truck has two 100 gallon fuel tanks. One on each side. It gets anywhere from 5.0 - 7.5 MPG depending on how heavy I am, mountains, weather, traffic, etc. Sometimes I am not an "18 wheeler". In fact, I can be a 10 wheeler or a 14 wheeler. LOL No, I have not been smelling diesel fumes. More and more of the newer trucks are getting "Super Singles". Those are single tires that take the place of two tires. They are wider (the same width of TWO tires), last longer, and are cheaper in the longrun. You only need one rim now instead of two. I just had my drive tires changed out in December of 2008. These "super singles" tires lasted 224,000 miles!

The EMPTY truck and trailer weighs about 33,500 pounds with about half a tank of fuel. I can haul up to about 46,000 pounds of freight. The maximum I can haul is 80,000 pounds total weight. That includes fuel, freight, the truck/trailer weight, the driver and of course, TK. If I ever am overweight by 20 pounds or so, guess how I can fix that? Throw TK out on the sidewalk! Just kidding. LOL

That is all I can think of right now, if you have other questions you would like answered in this section, please let me know in the blog.