delivery completed
automotive parts, 24,537 pounds, delivered from Chicago to Waterloo over 270 miles on time.
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Kyle Smith
Road journal
Newest entries first.
achievement earned
Caught the White-Line Bug: A thousand lifetime miles behind you. That white line gets in the blood like a fever, and the windshield's got the bug count to prove you've caught it.
delivery completed
refrigerated goods, 20,194 pounds, delivered from Kalamazoo to Chicago over 172 miles on time. Delivered without new truck damage.
achievement earned
Bandit Pays the Toll: You hit a toll and let the carrier eat it. Eastbound, westbound, loaded down -- one little beep at the booth, then accounting took the wheel.
achievement earned
What a Long, Strange Haul: Ten career deliveries in the books. It has been a long, strange stretch of road to get here, and the receipts are piling up faster than the war stories.
delivery completed
general freight, 16,062 pounds, delivered from Saginaw to Kalamazoo over 159 miles on time. Delivered without new truck damage.
career milestone
Reached driver level 2.
achievement earned
Bumper-to-Bumper Blues: Heavy traffic, and you kept the following distance sane. The road runs long and life moves fast on it, so you let the jam breathe instead of tailgating into a mess.
achievement earned
Five Clean, In a Row: Five straight deliveries on time, undamaged, and ticket-free. A streak that quiet doesn't make for a good CB story, but it pays.
achievement earned
Last Load Out of Detroit: You hauled a load out of Detroit and pointed it down the road. The home you left keeps calling, but the freight pays better than the homesickness does.
delivery completed
retail goods, 13,374 pounds, delivered from Detroit to Saginaw over 105 miles on time. Delivered without new truck damage.
achievement earned
Three Regions and Ramblin': You've worked three freight regions now. Can't wait to get rolling out to the next one -- though dispatch still mispronounces wherever it turns out to be.
achievement earned
Been Most Everywhere, Man: One route, three states. Still working up to a list of towns long enough to rattle off in one breath, but the map had to stop and clear its throat.
delivery completed
general freight, 27,799 pounds, delivered from Dayton to Detroit over 278 miles on time. Delivered without new truck damage.