It was late afternoon, and I was about to depart on the nightly trip to Seattle. Out in the yard I ran into one of the city drivers I knew, and being a new driver, I always had plenty of questions. He pointed out a ....

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The boss called me into his office and said, “We need someone to do a switch every Saturday around noon in Clearwater with a truck from Edmonton - would you be interested?” After a quick calculation in my head ....

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“These puppies won’t be weaned for a while yet, but I have one here that’s ready to go home with you right now,” said the breeder as he poured us a glass of sherry. The little guy was shaking with fright as he wa....

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My last driving job was with a relatively large national company. As a part-timer, I drove whatever was available, usually while the assigned drivers were on their days off. But my favourite was old 225 - a cast-off from....

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My first driving job was for a local Delta, BC farmer, hauling fresh produce to Washington and Oregon. Now, some drivers claim that the reefer’s sound lulls them to sleep, but I found myself sleepless in Seattle and ma....

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Back in the late 70s, I worked in an industrial area of Vancouver and occasionally had coffee with an old trucker who worked at a nearby terminal. I was interested in the big rigs and was always happy to listen to his st....

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A few years ago, on a sunny summer Sunday, I left the company yard in Delta BC at dawn and headed east. As the old Gord Lightfoot song goes, I was, "Alberta Bound." As a part-timer, I usually drove whatever moved,....

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