New Truck...New Job

We are back in business. We finished our first week of our new job and I have to say, I love it! We are now working for Waggoners Trucking on a dedicated route from Denver to Oklahoma City three times a week. We are running oil field equipment, mostly pipe, drills and big tool boxes. We now have a beautiful Kenworth W900 L long nose heavy haul truck with a 450 HP Cummins ISX with dual cams, and back to our 13 speeds (yaay)! This truck was used for hauling wind machine blades, you know those big huge things you see going down the highway? They took off the third axle in the back and walla. I still can't get over just how big this truck really is. I learned to drive a truck in a Kenworth and was not a big fan, as well as it was the first truck Jeff and I actually sat in at the dealership before we even starting driving a truck. It is much smaller up front than the Peterbilt or Freightliner and the floor space is much less, however the aerodyne sleeper with windows all the way around is the most spacious and comfortable sleeper we have ever experienced. We even have a pantry cupboard now!  The storage is great because we hardly carry anything other than food and clothes...no need, we are home every other day now and every weekend.

We also have a dedicated trailer again. No more wasting our time looking for trailers that don't exist. It is a flatbed, only 48', which is sweet for backing up and just easier to manuever. It also has fixed rear split axle tandems which has been a great thing in setting our loads up weight wise. Our heaviest load has only been 61,000 lbs. But the best part is that it is actually a curtain trailer. Once opened, it is exactly like a flatbed, functional for loading,and strapping, but once you close the curtain, which means absolutely NO TARPING, it looks like a soft-sided trailer. It also has a door at the nose of the trailer so you can step up on the catwalk and walk directly into the trailer to check your load, as well as a groovy light that lights up the entire trailer at night. We have some great storage boxes on it as well for holding all of our straps, chains and Cheater bar.

The back of the tractor has an awesome headache rack, which holds a multitude of tools and our tire chains. It isn't even halfway full with every tool known to mankind back there. Plus all of the boxes and headache wrack have locks, so no need to worry about anything getting stolen.

Next post I will talk about our groovy situation in Oklahoma City called home away from home. London is adapting to the new schedule, king of his domain already, and couldn't be more happy with his hometime.