LNS's Ride

[LadyNorthStar]

2009 International Eagle 9900 fresh outta the wash bay.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/pnw1.jpg

Self Portrait lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/pnw2.jpg

[Double L]

Nice large car 8) I see your reflection off the exhaust shield! :lol: :P

[LadyNorthStar]

Yep, that would be what I meant when I put above the pic, "Self Portrait". ;)

[Double L]

:lol: How you like your new truck? I rode in a 06/07 9400i and it wasn't a bad ride at all but in my opinion Freightliners ride better then again I'm a born and raised Freightliner guy from the heart so I'll be a bit biased! :P

[LadyNorthStar]

I've driven almost all Freightliners in my career, I'll keep this one anyday. Rides really nice, no rattles, just feels like a real solid truck. Interior is beautiful too, I'll get a pic of that tomorrow.

[Double L]

Internationals do have nice interiors. I like the white gauges with green backlight, it's easy on the eyes thats for sure! But my only complaint against Freightliner is the cheap interior they used on the early Century Class and Columbia but at the sametime Volvo's are starting to grow on me. I keep hearing alot of good things about Volvo and it's catching my attention. :)

[stardust3996]

Nice ride! Looks like you have plenty of room in there. I drive an international, but mine is all worn out and raggedy and hasn't been washed. lol (company truck)

One place I had worked for had new volvo's. I really liked those alot.

[RebelDarlin]

Nice Ride Lady!http://www.smileycons.com/img/emotions/88.gif

[Rev.Vassago]

What is the wheelbase on that thing? It seems really short.

[Double L]

243" more than likely Rev, Canada especially Ontario is very strict when it comes to wheelbase, if you pull a 53' trailer the wheelbase of the tractor can't be over 243" If the trailer is shorter than a 53' then you have however long of wheelbase you please. Ontario reminds of California....STRICT and stupid laws! :roll: That is the way I interput the law and is what I've been told by driver's who live in Ontario.

[Rev.Vassago]

243" more than likely Rev, Canada especially Ontario is very strict when it comes to wheelbase, if you pull a 53' trailer the wheelbase of the tractor can't be over 243"

That isn't correct. The wheelbase of the tractor needs to be less than 244", and it is only enforced in the Western provinces. Ontario doesn't bother with it. I've been up in Ontario with my 270" wheelbase hooked to a 53' already. Gone over several scales and passed several cops.

[Double L]

Interesting! I thought it was Ontario that had that law requiring trucks licensed in Ontario pulling 53' trailers to be no more than a 244" wheelbase. Anyway Rev thanks for correcting me on that!

[LadyNorthStar]

It doesn't matter anyway, Ontario or not.

I am in a Western Province, and I pull a 53'. 244 max.

[4roses]

sweet ~ sweet ride !

I know your going to enjoy it ... http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/4roses/happy_clapping.gif ... :wink:

[mike3fan]

243" more than likely Rev, Canada especially Ontario is very strict when it comes to wheelbase, if you pull a 53' trailer the wheelbase of the tractor can't be over 243"

That isn't correct. The wheelbase of the tractor needs to be less than 244", and it is only enforced in the Western provinces. Ontario doesn't bother with it. I've been up in Ontario with my 270" wheelbase hooked to a 53' already. Gone over several scales and passed several cops.

Ask me what the ticket cost me at the Putnam(London,ON) scales for my 270" wheelbase pulling a 53'. $375

I too passed many cops and went over many scales before I was stopped and measured.

[LadyNorthStar]

I drive an international, but mine is all worn out and raggedy and hasn't been washed. lol (company truck)

Well, this is a company truck... I washed it myself. lol

[BanditsCousin]

Nice truck. So you pull for a United agent? I pull for a agent out of San Jose doing special products. I definitely need a front bumper like that when I'm up north!

Canada= 244" max WB. My dad had thios truck spec'd with a 244 when he was on United's US/Canada fleet.

[mike3fan]

Canada= 244" max WB. My dad had thios truck spec'd with a 244 when he was on United's US/Canada fleet.

only if pulling a 53' trailer

[LadyNorthStar]

Nice truck. So you pull for a United agent?.

We have a moving side and a freight side, I haul freight, just share the same yard.

[BanditsCousin]

Cool beans. I used to be on the hhg side, now I'm on the freight side 8)

[Ronin]

Reason number 5,135 why an American carrier should not go into Canada: Wheelbase restrictions.

[wildkat]

Reason number 5,135 why an American carrier should not go into Canada: Wheelbase restrictions.

That's cause of our roads Ronin...we don't have a huge pile of 4 lane highways here...esp in the far north where Lady & I run & also I would imagine with our multitudes of different trailer configurations we have that are different from yours.

Besides you come here, you abide by OUR rules...just like we do when we go down there! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

AND...Lady lookin good...I certainly WISH I had the time to get mine all spiffed up again...geez I think I am still lokkin through bugs that are 3 weeks old! LOL No rest for the weary.

With luck I should be heading up there either tonight or tomorrow...the suits are still trying to decide if I gotta hang out till tomorrow...my PDIC is expired & they're starting to freak about it! LOL the trials of having LCV certification!

My baby...when she's clean:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/000_0014.jpg

[LadyNorthStar]

Reason number 5,135 why an American carrier should not go into Canada: Wheelbase restrictions.

Yeah, and what is it you guys are allowed to drive down there? 11 hours a day? pffff....



I saw someone waiting for a switch on Wednesday Kat and tried to ask him if you were coming but no answer on the radio.

[wildkat]

He likely doesn't have a big radio in his truck yet, cause he asked me once why nobody would talk to him on the CB (he's new) & I told him "we don't use those much up here, & to get a big radio, most everybody runs LADD1 & the scales LADD2, so he said he was looking into it last I saw him, but that was last week, I think. I've been back running Yellowknife the last 10 days or so cause our o/o who usually does that has been sick. But should be back to my usually Nelson & Whitehorse next week.Was it a new Pete? White aeorodyne thing...388 or somesuch? That would be Peter...he's my usual switch if it was. There's another guy...can't recall his name at the moment he's a company guy, then the other guys are Holmes, but I hear they aren't being used so much anymore, Buyers is really trying to get away from the outside carriers...costs them too much & insurance issues are driving them crazy...too many accidents

[wildkat]

Reason number 5,135 why an American carrier should not go into Canada: Wheelbase restrictions.

Yeah, and what is it you guys are allowed to drive down there? 11 hours a day? pffff....:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: buncha whooses(sp?) eh? Let 'em try to do the 13's everyday or the 15's like I do...:roll: :roll:

Lady , can you in the Yukon use the North of 60 rules too like the NWT?

[LadyNorthStar]

Yeah you betcha, 15 driving, 3? on duty is it? and 20 hours to complete it all.


Yeah it was a new Pete. CB? Whats that? lol

[wildkat]

Canada= 244" max WB. My dad had thios truck spec'd with a 244 when he was on United's US/Canada fleet.

only if pulling a 53' trailer

Sorry BC...here in Alberta & BC too I believe (I'd have to look it up) it's 244" MAX. I think it has alot to do with the mountains & getting around curves..oh but the IS an exception for the oilfield...go figure eh?

[wildkat]

Yeah you betcha, 15 driving, 3? on duty is it? and 20 hours to complete it all.


Yeah it was a new Pete. CB? Whats that? lol

I thought so..you ARE afterall NORTH of 60! :lol: :lol: :lol:

But I thought you would know for sure.... yeah that 20 hour thing gets em everytime...you have the adverse conditions exemption like we do too don't you? Where you can add the extra 2 hours of drive time if the roads are bad? I know you can in the NWT & Alberta, not sure about BC tho, what about the Yukon?

[LadyNorthStar]

Yep Yukon has all the bells and whistles regarding extra hours and what not.
BC does not, they are turds.

[wildkat]

Yup, Yup :dung: :dung: :dung: :dung:

BC....Beyond Canada, Bring Cash.... take your pick LMAO!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Ronin]

Reason number 5,135 why an American carrier should not go into Canada: Wheelbase restrictions.

That's cause of our roads Ronin...we don't have a huge pile of 4 lane highways here...esp in the far north where Lady & I run & also I would imagine with our multitudes of different trailer configurations we have that are different from yours.

Which I could understand in the north of 60, and other remote areas.


Besides you come here, you abide by OUR rules...just like we do when we go down there! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Don't worry, it won't happen. Even though My father's side of the family is from Ontario It's too much hassle to go there anymore, but both governments are to blame for that. That and I'm not fond of paying money to get back into my own country, that's supposedly why I pay taxes.

[COLT]

The two hour deferral is good in B.C. make it good the next day...

How many times a schedule, I don't remember...

No mention of an engine L.N.

Too overcast to see the shine of your new truck, the shine won't last long... :?
Baked on bugs.... :evil:

[LadyNorthStar]

Its called a truck wash Colt. lol Actually if you spray on some Bug and Tar remover the bugs and their residue come off quite nice.

ISX.. no one seems to be buying anything else up here anymore.

[wildkat]

The two hour deferral is good in B.C. make it good the next day...

How many times a schedule, I don't remember...

No mention of an engine L.N.

Too overcast to see the shine of your new truck, the shine won't last long... :?
Baked on bugs.... :evil:

No, no COLT, I'm talking about a rule about adverse road conditions, like if you get stuck in a snow storm or whatever, you can drive up to 2 extra hours to make your destination...PROVIDED you can normally do it in the normal 13/15 hour HOS rules.

The deferal thing you are talking about can be done every other day...that is where you can defer 2 hours of your 10 required off-duty time to the next day, but then you MUST make up those 2 hours within the next off-duty shift...hense 12 hours off instead of 10.

Lady, I won't be up tonight...gotta go sit in class tomorrow, then going to Yellowknife, so likely will be up there on Monday night, so if that happens will be in Nelson Tuesday afternoon & if it's not too hot there then will likely stay till 9/10 pm something like that. If it's too hot then I usually go back to where it's higher...like Sikanni or Pink Mountain...cooler up there.

Will send you a bleep on Monday & let you know.

[wildkat]

Reason number 5,135 why an American carrier should not go into Canada: Wheelbase restrictions.

That's cause of our roads Ronin...we don't have a huge pile of 4 lane highways here...esp in the far north where Lady & I run & also I would imagine with our multitudes of different trailer configurations we have that are different from yours.

Which I could understand in the north of 60, and other remote areas.


Besides you come here, you abide by OUR rules...just like we do when we go down there! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Don't worry, it won't happen. Even though My father's side of the family is from Ontario It's too much hassle to go there anymore, but both governments are to blame for that. That and I'm not fond of paying money to get back into my own country, that's supposedly why I pay taxes.

OHHHHH now I get the attitude...I don't like going to Ontario either! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Come to the West where the REAL canucks live...

[LadyNorthStar]

I thought I'd be goin up tonight but ended up with the weekend off. Kinda worried, someones back from holidays, but they said they'd keep me busy no problem. Time will tell, if not, I got another call so I guess a change would be happening again.

[LadyNorthStar]

Hey Kat, new truck number to look for. The guy came back from holidays and apperantly he wanted his truck back. The nerve!

Anyway they gave me my own now that the other guys is out of the shop. So I'm in 439 now, its identical :P but has a set of light force and a set of jetco lights on the front.

I'm off till Saturday, gotta fly to Edmonton for a couple days, but I'll be out on the weekend.

LN

[wildkat]

LNS, off to Nelson tonight, should be there be bout 1-2 tomorrow afternoon. Crap, too bad I had to work last weekend, we could have gotten together in Edmonton when you came down, I'm only 1/2 hour from the city! :D :D

[LadyNorthStar]

Havent been yet, I'm leaving tomorrow. =P Just a quick trip tho.

[wildkat]

That's too bad, am off this weekend...well workin at home. Got to go pick up son-in-law early tomorrow morning then kidlets (grandkids) on Sunday, cause I'm watching them so's daughter can do her photoshoot, so they can come help us on Sunday night & Monday. Tearing down the old garage so's we can build our shop next month. OMG! What alot to do! Garage to tear down this weekend, cat coming in 2 weeks to level up & make site ready for our 50 X 50 shop, they're coming to build that sometime next month...then put all the crap back in place...well that's hubby's job...thank god!

Geezz, just thinking about this is making my back hurt! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[LadyNorthStar]

Finally grabbed one of the whole thang.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/pacificrig.jpg

[wildkat]

Looking good LNS.

Am bound for Hay River tonight, the should be going to Whitehorse Friday, eta Sunday sometime. Hope to have a chance to look you up again then!

[LadyNorthStar]

I'm just witing for confirmation, but I think I'm heading to Nelson today, load lumber in the morning then head to Dawson Creek for a switch. Course I have no idea what time my switch would be leaving edm, but when would you be going through dawson and when do you sleep? Maybe we could end up running up together?

[LadyNorthStar]

Nevermind, scratch that plan. They are too short drivers.
Just going to Nelson today instead, so good chance I will have the weekend off, so call me Sunday if you're here!

[wildkat]

Sounds good

[LadyNorthStar]

Going to call you, no weekend off we're too busy. Off to Nelson!

[wildkat]

Lady, am bound for Nelson tonight...eta 2pm tomorrow. If you are headed that direction call me. Have to do my switch at the Blue Bell cause Holmes isn't licensed for BC, so he won't come to the 5th wheel. So now I gotta cross the scale twice! :cry: :cry:

[LadyNorthStar]

They are almost always closed lately. Ive only seen them open one morning and they were only there for 4 hours.

Didn't go out today, Kenworth is holding my truck hostage. MAN those guys are useless up here! If they can't look at it in the morning I'm just gonna friggin limp it to FSJ.

[LadyNorthStar]

Heading to Nelson shortlyyy....

[wildkat]

Am home for the weekend...YAHOO!!!

[LadyNorthStar]

Had a bit of a different view in the mirror on the trip down this time.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/P1010173.jpg

[wildkat]

Good lord....what a week! Yellowknife on Monday, Fort St John on Wed...I'm not even sure WHERE I'm supposed to be right now! :lol: :lol: :lol: All I know is I just made it home...don't care if I even LOOK at my truck for the rest of the week...babysitting on Saturday cause daughter has a big photo shoot & my granddaughter called me today & told me I'd better make it cause she hadn't seen me for "like 100 years!!" <ouch!> It's been nearly a month...DAMN! I need more hours in the day & just a couple more days in the week!

Got a build date for that DAMNED shop now too! The guy is coming with the cat next Friday & they are coming to build on the 28th...

Can somebody PLEASE stop the world so I can get off for just a few minutes???? :lol: :lol: :lol:

[LadyNorthStar]

Hahaha.. no! *cracks whip*


=P

[wildkat]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[RebelDarlin]

Good lord....what a week! Yellowknife on Monday, Fort St John on Wed...I'm not even sure WHERE I'm supposed to be right now! :lol: :lol: :lol: All I know is I just made it home...don't care if I even LOOK at my truck for the rest of the week...babysitting on Saturday cause daughter has a big photo shoot & my granddaughter called me today & told me I'd better make it cause she hadn't seen me for "like 100 years!!" <ouch!> It's been nearly a month...DAMN! I need more hours in the day & just a couple more days in the week!

Got a build date for that DAMNED shop now too! The guy is coming with the cat next Friday & they are coming to build on the 28th...

Can somebody PLEASE stop the world so I can get off for just a few minutes???? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Damn Kat...isn't that why you're here? To waste time like the rest of us?
:wink:


Seriously though, enjoy the babysitting, and think about how much easier it will be AFTER the shop is built. You know you'd be bored out of your mind if you had NOTHING to do.
:D
Reb-

[wildkat]

Ain't that the truth! I could just do with just a teeny bit LESS busy right now! I'm 6 months behind on my books cause my damned accounting program decided it has a difficulty with some damned thing (I haven't figured out what yet) so it's doubling my income every month (god I wish), for some unknown reason (even to the programmers) it's picking up income from previous months & putting it into the next month...damned if I know how or why, so I'm trying to design something new, BUT I'm afraid my programming skills are so rusty that they are almost non-exhistant anymore. So I am spending so much time researching what I want to do, it seems like I'm getting absolutely NOTHING done at all except obtaining SQUARE eyes from staring at either a book or the computer screen! Jeez no wonder the last time I got my eyes tested they said I needed BIFOCALS!!! I'm too damned YOUNG for freakin BIFOCALS!!!!! :oops: :oops: :lol: :lol: :lol: :shock: :shock: :shock:

[LadyNorthStar]

Was there early and bored, a few pics of the truck at the mill where we load lumber to go South.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/IMG_5623.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/IMG_5624.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/IMG_5640.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/IMG_5643.jpg

[wildkat]

Which mill Lady? In George? Kind of looks like one of them there or maybe Quesnel?

[LadyNorthStar]

Nope I've been totally stuck in Fort Nelson lately. Hoping for something different soon.

Thats the Canfor Mill (Tackama) in Fort Nelson. In behind gasoline alley there.

[wildkat]

Oh that's the one by the scale there? Not the big one out on the highway right?

[RebelDarlin]

Ain't that the truth! I could just do with just a teeny bit LESS busy right now! I'm 6 months behind on my books cause my damned accounting program decided it has a difficulty with some damned thing (I haven't figured out what yet) so it's doubling my income every month (god I wish), for some unknown reason (even to the programmers) it's picking up income from previous months & putting it into the next month...damned if I know how or why, so I'm trying to design something new, BUT I'm afraid my programming skills are so rusty that they are almost non-exhistant anymore. So I am spending so much time researching what I want to do, it seems like I'm getting absolutely NOTHING done at all except obtaining SQUARE eyes from staring at either a book or the computer screen! Jeez no wonder the last time I got my eyes tested they said I needed BIFOCALS!!! I'm too damned YOUNG for freakin BIFOCALS !!!!! :oops: :oops: :lol: :lol: :lol: :shock: :shock: :shock:

That's what I said when I got mine in January! :cry:

[LadyNorthStar]

You betcha, you can get to it from behind the scale or by going past Finning there.

Oh that's the one by the scale there? Not the big one out on the highway right?

[GTR SILVER]

Was there early and bored, a few pics of the truck at the mill where we load lumber to go South.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/IMG_5623.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/IMG_5624.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/IMG_5640.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/IMG_5643.jpg

nice looking truck....BOL 2 YA.... :!: :!: :!: :!: 8) 8)

[LadyNorthStar]

Luck for what? :shock: lol

[GTR SILVER]

Luck for what? :shock: lol

no other meaning then..........just wishing you well.......................... 8)

[wildkat]

Lady... if all goes well I should be heading up to Whitehorse tomorrow night, so maybe get a chance to catch up to you.

Doing my 36 hour reset tonight, good thing too...fighting a migraine today.... :cry: :cry: :cry:

[LadyNorthStar]

Grr I hate migraines. Do you have Imitrex? I hate taking pills but man that stuff is a lifesaver.

[LadyNorthStar]

So they cleaned up our mudhole and laid down new dirt, (nice) but haven't got the packer in to pack it yet (not nice). So yeah I got stuck, well sunk actually, twice. :lol:

Stuck #1

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/truckstuck6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/truckstuck1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/truckstuck2.jpg

And sunk #2

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/truckstuck4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/truckstuck5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/truckstuck3.jpg

[wildkat]

Grr I hate migraines. Do you have Imitrex? I hate taking pills but man that stuff is a lifesaver.

Mostly I just try to sleep...bout the only thing I take for my migraines is my kitty's purring, I am allergic to nearly every painkiller under the sun & kitty's purr is proven to have same frequency as healing ultrasound...soooo very relaxing way to get rid of migraine...sometimes. Actually, I think mostly it's just they're comforting presence that makes me feel better! :wink: :wink:

[wildkat]

So they cleaned up our mudhole and laid down new dirt, (nice) but haven't got the packer in to pack it yet (not nice). So yeah I got stuck, well sunk actually, twice. :lol:




YIKES!!

I just got back from Yellowknife....Got stuck on a closed highway by Fort Provedence for 16 hours cause of a forest fire, then at 7 am on Sunday they opened the highway for 6 hours.... run like heck into Yellowknife & get switched out before they closed it again. The SMOKE was incredible, the just as I got back up to where the fire was again I was crossing the Frank Channel & I noticed the smoke was even thicker than before & all of the sudden I hear this huge CRACK & I look over to see this FIREBALL just literally EXPLODE to my right & WOW all I could think was "I'm not gettin' outta here today!" But they let us through...THANKFULLY! Just got home a few minutes ago....nearly 24 hours late,dirty & exhausted, so what else is new??? LOL Am hoping I can stay home tonight, but somehow I just don't see that happening!

[LadyNorthStar]

WOW!!!! Wheres the PICTURES!!!!??
I have yet to be caught in a fire but the year before I started it was a mess. My boss and his wife got caught somewhere around Swift River. The tourists were feeding everyone (the lodge would only feed the firefighters!) and when they ran out of food, my boss sat'd Edmonton and got approval to open the trailer doors and let everyone eat!
"Long as you open em before Grocery People opens theirs" they said. lol