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Westbound, Foot Down: A load delivered headed the other way. Westbound and willing, you drank the weak coffee, pushed the sun down ahead of you, and put it on the dock.
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Jenni K
Road journal
Newest entries first.
delivery completed
retail goods, 17,893 pounds, delivered from Des Moines to Sioux City over 231 miles on time.
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Mama Warned You About This: You bunked down before the fatigue started steering. Somebody once warned you about staring down that centerline too long -- this time you listened.
delivery completed
shipping containers, 40,875 pounds, delivered from Sedalia to Des Moines over 280 miles on time.
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Kept It Between the Lines: You crossed your first state line with freight aboard. One side to the other, you kept the rig between the lines and the load rode clean across the border.
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Smokey at the Scale: You rolled through an inspection with the paperwork in order. All that radio mischief stayed outside while your axle weights behaved themselves indoors.
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Honky-Tonk of Cones: You crept through a construction zone like every cone had a lawyer on retainer. The swagger shrank down to posted speed, orange vests, and patient merging.
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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.
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Filler-Up and Keep Truckin': You topped off the tank before it got dramatic. Filled 'er up at the old roadside cafe and kept right on truckin' down the line.
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A Working Man's Receipt: You fixed the rig in a proper garage instead of cobbling it together from borrowed parts. Honest work and an honest bill, and the truck rolled out earning its keep again.
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Slow Rod Lincoln: A whole run and not one speeding strike. The souped-up itch tapped the throttle once, then you sat it down to think hard about the insurance.
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Beat the Clock, Fewer Days: You hit the dock before the deadline. Didn't take most of a week behind the wheel to manage it, and dispatch only ever reads the timestamp anyway.
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Signed, Sealed, Hauled: Your very first load is signed for and gone. No fanfare needed -- the receiver got the freight and the paperwork held up clean.
delivery completed
retail goods, 24,692 pounds, delivered from Columbia, Missouri to Sedalia over 50 miles on time.
career milestone
Completed a first Freight Fate delivery.
achievement earned
Sweetheart of the Truck Stop: You pulled into a rest stop for the very first time. The romance lasted exactly as long as the vending machine took to size you up and judge.
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Loaded and Rolling: Cargo's aboard and the seal is set. Eighteen wheels don't roll on by themselves -- somebody had to back it into the dock and sign for it first.
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Star of the Interstate: You built up enough air to kick the brakes loose like a pro. The glory goes to the compressor today -- even the fastest thing on the interstate needs its PSI.
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Breaker, Breaker: You grabbed your first load off the board. No long line of trucks stacked up behind you yet, good buddy -- just a handle, a load number, and somewhere to be.