oh by the way. I drive one of those "relics"

Maybe they did away with those "proportioning modules". The whole idea what that you would maintain an equal amount of fuel in each tank even if you were parked on a 20 degree slope to the side. The problem was, you seldom had the same amount of fuel in each tank, and it seemed like it would NEVER equalize. With just a "T" to each tank, if you park on a sideways slope, with less than a quarter tank, you could find that in the morning, you've sucked the upper tank dry and need to prime it. There are good and bad points to both ideas, and I won't even try to say which is better.

But, YES, it is possible to have one side gel up and the other side run out with your guage reading half or better.

Fulton gave that contract up a while before I left Whitehorse.

Gold Star? No wood chips in the Yukon I'm afraid. I haven't worked for Gold Star for over 3 years.

Ohhh, my mistake LNS I thought I saw you pictures you posted from your new job was with them :oops: :oops:

Who will you be going to work for then? Please tell me it's not Northwest! :D :D

Haha, no Northwest runs mostly teams, I'm not into that.

I posted a couple pics of some Arrow trucks out of Cache Creek.

To be honest, I haven't really decided yet what I'm doing yet. I know I'm just laying low for a bit here, getting my house organized and what not. I will run as a spare for the company I was last with here (Direct) when they need me, but not looking to make a commitment to them at this point.

I will get bored pretty fast and will have a plan soon enough I'd imagine. For now I'm just gonna enjoy it. :D

Gotcha LNS. Well sure glad you're not running for them, since they got bought out by Manitoulin, they haven't a clue anymore. Used to be one of the best companies around to work for, not anymore. Can you imagine being dispatched out of some small island in Ontario? They can't even find most of the places Northwest goes! :lol: :lol: If it isn't in their computer system it doesn't exhist! :lol: :lol:

HAHAHA I just saw the yellow trucks and assumed.... well guess where that got me...shoulda looked closer!

Am off to Yellowknife again tonight, so you take care and maybe catch up with you next time!

Well, I gotta say...this has been one of the toughest 2 weeks of my running north in a long time...

I left home on the 28th of Feb & I finally made it home late last night. The weather has been very cold, at least until yesterday...THEN low & behold it warmed up considerably.

I found myself in Yellowknife SEVEN freakin times in the last 2 weeks....
9000 miles later I finally made it back home!

Thankfully the "North of Sixty HOS Rules" are so much longer (15 hours/day driving, 3 hours on duty = total 105 hours/week!) or they'd have locked me up & thrown away the bloody key! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Here's a few more pics to share:

Out on the Ice:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...b2008014-1.jpg


The River beside the road:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...b2008024-1.jpg

I thought this was kind of interesting cause it really shows how rough the ice is before they make a road on it!

More on the Ice Road:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...b2008026-1.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...b2008021-1.jpg

Icy Roads! NOT Ice Roads! :lol: :lol:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...b2008011-1.jpg

Last lonely outpost on the MacKenzie Highway... Arctic "Truck Stop"

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...b2008009-1.jpg

WK those pics are awesome! Really makes me want to come up there...

Thanks Reb!

Anytime you want to come Reb would be more than happy to take you along for a trip...just should be in the summer for the first go round tho.

Summers are absolutely stunning up there...just REALLY short...only 6 weeks!

I don't think I'd mind the cold. The older I get the more the heat bothers me, I generate enough of my own (in flashes). But I do plan on making a trip up there in the next couple years. I really want to go back to Alaska again, maybe stay this time.

Side note: I did my driver training in the snow here, which had it's advantages. The first few times around the yard you could really see how the trailers off-tracked. I thought that was a GREAT help!


I have a friend who drives charter buses and I'm thinking about doing that this summer. He said it's like a party on wheels and he gets paid pretty good to do it! His room and meals are paid too. And the buses he drives are amazing! A million $'s a piece and thay have everything! He does mostly Senior groups and goes all over the country but mostly Branson, MO, Washington DC, and Yellowstone.


Somethin' different!