How heavy is it?

While talking to another driver who drives a "big" truck we compared weight that is hauled during the year. Last year the total weight we hauled was 376,679 with most loads less then 5000 pounds. Now for some reason this truck him funny and when he quit laughing he informed me that in less then two months his flat bed hauls that much or more. Just goes to show we share many things with our cousins the big trucks but in many ways we are a world apart. He hauls his loads steady and we sit much more then he does but when we run we run hard with no stops for breaks. Often on loads we cannot stop for more then two hours without a phone call asking "Is there a problem?"

Even though we are in somewhat different worlds as our big cousin we have many of the same hardships. We have to follow the same logging rules, we haul less weight but we still have to be legal on each axle, we have to have the same drug tests, the same maintenance records, and we have to drive the same rough roads, fight the same traffic and the list goes on. We have a lot of things much easier as can always find a place to park without to much hassle often just because we usually run all night and park in the day.

So for now we will keep our "little truck" and haul our sailboat fuel and keep making a decent living while enjoying each day we have out here!