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Index - 2003 Trips

Trip @     Days   City   Date   Type   Notes  
 
  1a
1b
PA 5/20/03 Ref
Tanker
First trip
Driving all night
First stick shift
 
  2 Bozeman MT 5/28/03 Wrong address on paperwork
 
  3a
3b
3c
Nashville TN
Knoxville TN
Bismark ND
6/9/03
6/18/03
Ref
Trash
Ref
Breakdown
Stashing trucks
Traffic delays
Back to back trips
 
  4 WI 6/18/03
 
  5 Pittsburg OH
Toledo OH
6/21/03 Ref
Trash
Bus Trip
Low Clearance
High priced motel
 
  6 Waco TX 7/4/03 Ref
Ref
Fourth of July
Round trip
 
  7 Fort Stockton 7/10/03 Ref 36 hour busride home
 
  8 Boise ID 7/19/03 Trash Breakdown
Rental Car Issues
Changing dispatch plans
 
  9 WI 7/24/03 Ref
 
  10 Casper WY 7/29/03 Mixer Can't find 'right' motel
Rental was SUV with OnStar
 
  11 WI 8/7/03 Ref
 
  12 WI 8/12/03 Ref
 
  13 Baltimore MD 8/20/03 Ref
 
  14 Allentown PA 9/24/03 Ref
 
  15 Durango CO
Rapid City SD
10/1/03 Mixer
Chasis
Trimmed a few hours (extra day) off this trip
26 hours in a rental car
10 hours in a chasis - lost mup flaps
 
  16 Humbolt IA
St Louis MO
10/10/03 Ref
Ref
Trash
Free ride to airport, just for asking
 
  17 Lima OH 10/16/03 Ref
 
  18 Baltimore MD
Long Island NY
Waterloo IA
Appletonw WI
10/21/03 Ref
Trash
Trash
5 days with co-driver
Breakdowns
 
  19

Albany NY 10/2/03 Ref Training two new drivers
Alcohol check piont
 
  20 Vienna IL 11/4/03 Ref /
Ref
Round trip
 
  21 DC 11/11/03 Ref
 
  22 WI 11/11/18 Ref
Ref
Stopped by the patrol
 
  23 Pontiac MI
Chicago IL
Saint Cloud MN
11/24/03 Ref
Box
No ... sleep
Day before thanksgiving
 
  24 No where 11/19/03 Other driver never showed
Dispatch never followed up
 
  25 Houston TX 12/2/03 Ref
Ref
RAT
Round trip
 
  26 Syracuse NY 12/15/03 Ref Four drivers
Lots of extra miles
 
  27 Cincinatti OH 12/26/03 Ref Truck not ready
Out of rental cars
 
  28 Grand Rapids MI
Beloit WI
12/29/03 Ref
Chasis
Bad weather
Trucks not ready
Ran out of fuel
 

 
 
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