Delays and a "New" Truck

Got the new truck, finally. We made a delivery in Vancouver with no problems. The load we went up to Kalama to pick up should have been pretty easy. We got it loaded, strapped it, chained it, and tarped it, which took, oh, an hour plus, only to find out they had loaded the wrong order. Grr. So we had to un-tarp, unchain, unstrap, then get unloaded then re-loaded, re-strap, re-chain, and re-tarp.

The lady in the guardhouse said "I only missed it by one number..." but it may as well have been off completely. What a pain, and on a day when we were really on the ticking clock, because of how much we had to do. Not only the delivery and pick up of these loads, and picking up the new truck, but we had also scheduled an appointment with the TSA (Transportation Safety Administration) to apply for our TWIC cards (Transportation Worker Identification Credentials) which will allow us to go into regulated ports to pick up and deliver loads. With the 2006 truck and these credentials (when they come through) we won't have to exclude ourselves from loads going into and out of ports like Long Beach, Oakland, Longview, and others around the country.

Despite the do-over on this load, we still made our appointment with time to spare, and then got over to Tec Equipment to pick up the truck, which was ready and waiting for us. We signed all the dreaded paperwork, and got the keys. Then it was time to transfer all our stuff. Thankfully we had been home the day before, so we had offloaded most of it here at the house. Then Collin got to drive it home. He was hating it at first, until he figured a couple things out - but by the end of the run he said he could easily get spoiled by the automatic. I'm looking forward to driving it myself, come Sunday.   

2006 Volvo - Our "New" Home on Wheels